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Braelyn Faith is now 9 months old!!!!!  She is SO funny...her little personality is just growing every day.  She has definitely perfected her crawling and does it at lightening speed with a form we call "highstepping".  She picks up her knees and her hands so high-it is hilarious!  When she gets to the tile, her knees are taken out of the equation and she is on all fours with her little booty up in the air!  I wouldn't want to crawl on my knees on the tile either!  She pulls up on everything now, but her getting down could use a little practice.  I am assuming that is how we have already had a black eye, a bruise on the bridge of her nose, and a bloody tongue.  I knew the tongue was a matter of time given that it is always out and her 4 little teeth are like razor blades!  Her favorite places to be are outside and in Emerson's room.  She loves checking out all her big sister's toys, and most days Emerson is more than happy to share!  She has finally mastered eating some of the little Gerber snacks that she picks up and eats by herself.  For the longest time she just threw them all on the floor, now they make it in her mouth(most of the time!).  FINALLY she started waving and it is sooo cute.  It is not just her hand but a full arm wave.  We haven't quite figured out how to get through to her about the things she is  not allowed to touch.  When we get on to her she gets a huge grin on her face and moves as fast as she can to the next thing that she is not supposed to touch!  She is extremely ticklish and she loves playing chase with Emerson.  At her well baby check she was 28 inches(70%), 18 pounds 10 ounces(50%), and her head was 43 centimeters(25%).  They did a blood test and determined she is not anemic.  Unfortunately her ears had still not cleared up from the infections when Grandma was here so we had to start another round of a stronger antibiotic.  We are going to check her again in 10 days to see if we have to go see the ENT.  Otherwise he said that she was doing great!

She can make me smile doing absolutely nothing at all!

If you look close, you can see the tooth on top.  She has gotten the one beside it and there is quite a gap between them!  So cute!

If you ever can't find her, look for Emerson!

Evidence that we still haven't learned what is Mommy's and what is Braelyn's!  The bird cage has already been knocked off chipping the paint on the wall behind it!

Mommy, you were right!  These yogurt melts are much better in my mouth than on the floor!

Look close again for the teeth!

Mommy's newest little helper

Where does this one go?

Brown Eyed Girl!

Hey Mom, I found the missing sock!