9 MONTHS OLD!

Today Paiton is 9 months and 1 day old!! I can't believe it. It sounds so old to say I have a 9 month old!!
Yesterday she had her 9 month check up and it went great!! The doctor said she is doing everything she should be and is perfect!! We asked about her not crawling and the doctor said that what's important is that she can get where she wants to go, which she does by scooting and rolling, so we're good!! She scored a 100% on everything developmental! We knew we had a genius! She now weighs 17 pounds 14 ounces and is 26 1/2 inches long. Dr. Zieba said that because Matt is average height and I am only in the 10th percentile for adult women for my height (hehe) Paiton will be a short girl! That's ok! Better short than super tall I think! She didn't tell us anything we didn't already know - P is perfect in every way! She did tell us we can start feeding her what we eat for dinner so that's exciting! Paiton only had to get one shot and it was a flu shot for this winter. She got it in her leg and she didn't even cry! What a big girl!! The doctor said it's especially important to get flu shots this winter due to the swine flu addition! So we did it.
Here she is patiently waiting for the doctor to check her out:
She had to have a needle poke on her toe for a blood test. She didn't even notice this, but she did enjoy pulling the bandaid off!!
This was her 9 month birthday outfit. Grandma Doris gave it to her and we thought it would be perfect for her to wear yesterday! Thanks Grandma! We love it!!


She definitely has her mom's curly hair! We decided to leave it curly yesterday and it looked so cute!!


She started out her birthday morning by watching Blues Clues with Daddy!
We went to lunch and Paiton was very generous, sharing her binky with Daddy!
Matt and I carefully complied a LONG list of things that we wanted to remember about Paiton at this age. Here it is:
1. She is an expert barker! She loves to "talk" to Keilah and bark at her. Whenever a dog barks Paiton immediately mimicks it.
2. She learned how to blow spit bubbles and thinks it's really funny
3. She is learning sign language. We have always wanted to teach her and she is working on it!
4. She LOVES anything having to do with yogurt - we buy her yogurt melt snacks and yogurt juice and she can't get enough! It's good because it gives her lots of calcium!
5. She loves to eat bananas
6. She is very good at standing and can even do it without holding onto anything for a few seconds. She would rather stand than sit.
7. She has a funny sense of humor and enjoys playing tricks on people. Two tricks she likes to play: The other night I was holding her and Mom was sitting next to me. Paiton would lean over and get on Mom's lap for her to hold her. Then she'd come back to my lap. She went back and forth for awhile. Then she would reach out to Mom and when Mom would reach to grab her Paiton would turn and grab onto me and smile big at Nana teasing her! She also teases with food - she will hold food out to you like she is going to share, but as soon as you go to bite it she hurries and puts it in her mouth. She especially likes to play this trick on her Dad!
8. She is quite the talker! She loves to tell big long stories and even changes her voice. She has a monster voice that we love! She says "Mama" and "Uh oh" and lots of other babbles.
9. She goes crazy in her doorway jumper!! She jumps and spins like crazy! We have one but we only have a regular doorway and she goes so crazy in it that she hits her head on the door frame. So she plays in the one Grandma has at her house. They have a double doorway and that gives her plenty of jumping room!!
10. She also likes to play in her bouncy monkey seat we have. She will bounce like crazy. Matt sings a song to her that goes "Boo boo boo boo bouncy boo boo!" and she LOVES that song! She bounces extra high when he sings that to her!
11. She spins around on the floor on her tummy in circles! It's pretty funny.
12. She is a food sorter! We are just amazed at how smart she is. I usually give her three snacks mixed together - rice puffs, yogurt melts, and graham cracker goldfish. She always picks them out in the same order. First she'll eat the yogurt, then the goldfish, then the puffs. Sometimes she will put them in separate piles around her highchair tray!
13. She is now taking big girl baths and she really seems to like them. She loves to play with her yellow duckies!
14. She believes in something we call "Midnight play time". Midnight play time can actually happen anywhere between about 11 pm and 4 am. She goes to bed between 7:30 and 8 pm every night. Sometimes she decides to wake up between 11 and 4 and she is AWAKE. She plays and laughs and tells big stories and keeps us up for hours!!
15. She is a toe sucker!! We have caught her many times just sitting sucking on her big toe. She will spit out her binky and start sucking away! Too cute! I can't blame her, they are pretty cute toes!! Yesterday when the nurse poked her toe and put a bandaid on it Pai looked at us like "Now what am I supposed to do!? That's my suckin toe!!" Haha! Here is a picture of this toe sucking: (It was taken with my phone so it's not the best...)
16. She loves to eat. When she wants something we have she'll spit out her binky and open her mouth like a baby bird. We love the baby bird face and are guilty of sometimes holding food to her a minute longer than we should just to see it!
17. She loves everything about water! She loves to drink it and loves to play in it. She definitely inherited my love for drinking water. She will gulp and gulp it! She also loves playing in it and will float around in her tube at the water park for hours if we let her! The kiddie pool is just the right depth for her to be able to stand in her tube and walk around. She thinks that's pretty cool! She even kicks her legs and "swims" if we hold her on her tummy in the water.
18. She loves to dance to music. Her favorite for some reason is Frank Sinatra and other music like that. But she will get down to anything! She also dances on command. If we say "Dance dance dance!" She will start bopping around! It's too cute!
19. She also sings to us. She will sing with or without music and we love it!
20. She is still nursing and sometimes she decides she needs to right that second. Usually if she gets sad about something or something upsets her. She will root around my shirt and try to get it up. Once we were floating in the river at Roaring Springs and a kid splashed her with water. This made her sad and she was crying. She started pulling my bikini top to the side trying to nurse! We had to get out! It's pretty funny.
21. If she is tired in her carseat and someone is next to her she will grab their hand and put it to her face. She loves to have her face and hair rubbed when she is tired, but only in her carseat for some reason. The usual recipient of this is Cami. It's very sweet.
22. She is still obsessed with her alligators and has quite the growing collection!
23. She is a table biter. Whenever she's sitting somewhere her mouth can reach the table, usually in a highchair at a restaurant, she bites on the edge of the table and won't let go! Cracks us up!
24. At night if she doesn't want to go to sleep she starts running through all her "tricks" to keep herself awake. Her tricks are: Playing peek-a-boo, playing So Big, Waving, and sticking out her tongue.
25. Lastly, she has QUITE the temper. She has been known to throw major fits! She screams and pounds her fists and throws things! The other day at my office she threw her toy against the wall, then threw herself backward onto the floor on her back and started kicking her legs and pounding her arms! It is very naughty and we have dubbed this the Naughty Nine Months! It is hard not to laugh when she does this, but we try to discipline her as well as we can a baby! She also gets mad while she's eating and will hit my hand and the spoon away which causes a huge mess of baby food all over everything! We are going to have our hands full as she gets older.....

Well, there's a little look into our life with Paiton. It is the best life and we are so happy to have such a perfect little girl! We can't wait to see what else is in store for us!