9 Months Old, A month and a half late

Well, I wrote this post back when Joanna was 9 months old but I never published it! But better late than never so here it is!!! Here are some updates and pictures from Joanna at 9 months:

Weight: 16 1/2 pounds. Still quite a little peanut!

Eating: Purees every meal and lots of finger foods! She has definitely mastered self feeding with finger foods! She loves black eyed peas and Cheerios! Still nursing every three hours. We attempted to introduce formula and rice milk with no luck so the nursing continues!

Movement: She's all over the place! Joanna mastered crawling, standing up on furniture and furniture walking. She loves to be on the move and explore the house. Joanna loves to crawl under things and into small corners as well as through her box tunnel. She is pushing her push toys by herself but she tends to push faster than her feet move and ends up flat on her face! She loves to make a run for the bathroom when Mommy forgets to close the door and since she is currently crawling faster than Mommy can walk, she usually beats me there. By the time I get there she's already standing up on the toilet. She has a huge obsession with the toilets!

Talking: Such a chatterbox! Still no actual words but lots of babbling! She signs more/milk, waves hi and bye, does "so big!" and claps. 

Teeth: Joanna broke her first tooth! Just one but I am sure we have more coming soon!

Play: She's a girl on the go! Joanna is not very into sitting and playing for more than a minute or two before she's off exploring. She does love her books though. One of her favorite things to do is stand up on her bookshelf, pull a book down, sit down and look at it for a second and then stand up and do it all over again until all the books have been taken off the shelf! She also loves to crawl over to the windows and stand up and bang on them! Joanna has also been playing a lot more with Maui. They love to look out the windows together!

Sleep: Well I thought sleep was bad when she was waking up every 3 or 4 hours, and then the 9 month sleep regression hit and I miss only waking up every 3 or 4 hours. Joanna is now waking up about once an hour, sometimes more often. It's only a phase...

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the month:

Playing in the Leaves

Now that I am up and about a little more, I finally got Joanna out to play in the leaves for the first time! We went to Devil's Lake to take some maternity pictures for our friends Andy and Laura who are due with their first baby (a boy!) in a few weeks. We brought Joanna along with Nana (Great Grandma Statz) to enjoy the sunny weather and pretty fall colors. As with all of her firsts, Joanna was very curious about the leaves at first but then started to really enjoy them!

Here are a few of my favorite pictures of Laura and Andy that I just have to share!

Busting out the Play Pen

Joanna has officially become a little terror! She is crawling all over, standing up on everything and getting into every possible dangerous situation she can find.  We decided in order to be able to turn our head for a second every now and then, we needed to bust out the playpen. So far it is working great and she actually thinks of the playpen itself as a toy for standing up. I'm hoping we can keep the playpen as a fun place for JoJo to play so we can have a little freedom to get things done every now and then!

Fun with Grandma and Cousins!

Grandma Mercy came to visit Joanna from Vegas! We were so happy to have her and Joanna had lots of fun smiling and talking to her! It was especially great that Joanna finally pulled the trigger on crawling while her grandmother was here so we all got to experience that milestone together! In addition to officially crawling, Joanna also mastered standing up on furniture while her grandmother was visiting! Needless to say, we are now quite busy chasing Joanna all over the room and making sure she doesn't fall flat on her face!

We also got to go meet up with Joanna's cousins and Aunt and Uncle in Janesville for dinner at one of the only restaurants Mommy can actually eat at (due to the Joanna Diet), Buffalo Wild Wings. Joanna ate french fries with her uncle and read a book with her cousin Joy (they are about a year apart in age). I love getting the kids together. My cousins are some of my best friends and I hope Joanna will have close relationships with her cousins as well!