9 Months Old.....Really???

Hannah is just 3 months from 1 year. My baby is growing up so fast :-( Hannah continues to learn new things everyday and surprise us with her level of understanding and communication. She has such a sweet and caring personality. For the past month she has been giving out kisses either on her own, which is usually right when we need it, or upon our request. I will say "Can Mommy/daddy/her bear/the phone (if someone is on it) have a kiss?" And she then analyzes if she really wants to and usually leans forward and plants a juicy open mouth kiss on us/the object. Usually I say "thank you" when she kisses me and on a few different occasions she responds with "Dank oooo".

She know's what the hand gesture waving means because I was on the phone with her uncle David and he said "Hi Baby Hannah" and without being prompted by me she looked at the phone and waved to it. She is also queen of mimicking: There have been times where she has repeated us when we have said "Hi". If a loved one says "Bye Bye Hannah" she has been known to say "Buuuuu-I" and wave at the same time. One time I had a big yawn right after waking up in the morning and she looked at me and repeated the same loud noise, she cracks me up. She also sometimes say's "Aww Dun (All Done)" when she is done eating.

Hannah has quickly become a daddy's girl. It started a couple of Sunday's ago when she didn't want to go to mommy, she just wanted to be with daddy. Jake would try to hand to her to me and she would start fussing until I handed her back over to daddy. Sometimes Hannah will ask for daddy when he is not home. This is how the conversation goes: Hannah will say "Dada??" And I respond with "Dada's at work." And she responds with "Ohhhhh". Usually she asks me a couple of times in a row and always responds with "Ohhh" when I tell her daddy's at work.

Favorite Toys

• Balls
• Playskool ball popper where she hits this button and the balls pop up like popcorn.
• Her stuffed bear's

Favorite Activities

• Reading books (she can actually turn the pages and point to objects on the page)
• Standing up by herself with the support of the couch/ottoman
• Mommy and daddy helping her walk around
• Hide and Seek (Jake and I take turns running around the house while the other person helps Hannah to chase us down and find us, she laughs hysterically)
• Peek a boo (always a baby crowd pleaser)

Words

• Mama
• Dadda
• Ball
• Hi there ("Hi Der")
• Thank you ("Dank oo")
• Bye
• Hi
• Num Num (she say's this when she's hungry)
• All done ("Awww Dun")

New Skills

• Pointing
• Going from skooting on her belly to pushing herself back to sitting
• Standing up in her crib
• Rocks back and forth on her hand's and knees more frequently, she will be crawling any day now.

Favorite Food

• Nursing
• Turkey Rice
• Rice Puffs
• Baby Mum-mums
• Fruits
• Yogurt

Her 9 month check up is next week, so I will report on her stats then. As far as we can tell she is still just as tall as ever and weighs over 20lbs.

All smiles on her 9 month birthday.

Playing with her most recent favorite toy, the Playskool ball popper. Thanks Mimi!

I love that dress. Thanks Grandma Geri! :-)

Hannah's 1st Pigtails! She looks so grown up with them...so I'm thinking I won't be doing them too often :-)

The view from the back.

Wearing her Boise State cheerleading outfit that Aunt Aubrey got her last Christmas. It fits perfect! Thanks Aunt Aubrey!

Giving her bear some kisses.