Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Ariah - 9 Months



With all the hustle and bustle of the holidays I completely forgot to post a 9 month update! Well, better late than never...

As always, she has grown and changed dramatically this past month. One exciting change is that she can eat almost all grown up food now! So meal times have been much more interesting as she explores all the new foods. She was being pretty adventuresome with her eating......until.....she learned to shake her head "no." Boy, is she proud of her new trick!! Of course, I'm pretty sure we encouraged it a bit, because it was really cute and funny at first....not so much anymore :-) Everything is "no" these days. Okay, so maybe it is still kind of cute. She even remembers the things she is not supposed to get into, and will walk up to them shaking her head with a big grin on her face!

Her signing is getting a little better. She is pretty good with "milk" and is experimenting with "all done." (She does her own version of the sign.)

Her mobility hasn't really changed that much this past month. She can stand for a little while on her own, but only if she is positioned perfectly to keep her balance. She cruises all over the walls and furniture though.
Another exciting "first" this month was her first word! She can say "dog!" When she first learned it, she was so thrilled with herself that she called everything/everyone "dog." But she has gotten better and just says it now when the pups are around.

I think that's about all the updates for the month...We'll see what month 10 brings!!!


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