8&9 month post

ok i am a bad mom. i neglected doing an 8 month post. not that i forgot about it; time for doing it just kept slipping away and before i knew it, maizie turned 9 months old. so my few lucky readers get two months in one post!

maizie has started saying a few things. sometimes she repeats things but mostly she says things at random. her favorite right now is "ooh". her other words are "mama", "dada", "wow" (which she said while i took a corner a little fast), and "uh-oh".

she graduated herself onto real food. she won't take baby food unless she is totally desperate. her favorite thing is string cheese.

she kisses her dolly...and then shakes it by the arm.

maizie pounces. she sits on her knees a lot and bounces, and then BAM she pounces on a toy. it reminds me of a kitten learning to hunt.

maizie thinks that nice furniture is there for her to chew on. i know that teething isnt fun, that's why we have spent a small fortune on teething toys and medicine. but our sweet girl prefers to gnaw on tables, chairs, and these glass knobs on a dresser at my mom and dad's house.

she has started standing by herself for longer periods of time. i think so far about 30 seconds has been the longest she has been able to do.

she LOVES books. she has one book that she plays with regularly and the only way she could open it was by throwing it around.

she is trying to walk. we bought her a little stroller to push around. she loves it!

maizie started climbing the stairs. she just cant figure out how to get back down.

she really likes fires. whenever we make one and the flames are big she can hardly stand it, and shrieks and laughs.

today maizie got her hands on a pear, and before i knew it she had taken 2 huge bites out of it.