Bella

I thought I'd do a quick post about Bella and how she's growing and crawling and eating table food. She's changed a lot in the past couple of months, so I thought our families would enjoy some videos/pictures of her. She started crawling around the end of December and kind of took her time in "perfecting" her crawl. She's gotten pretty fast lately, and now she's getting ready to pull up to standing. She does what we call the "Bear Walk" where she starts off crawling, then straightens her legs so she's crawling on her toes, with her bum up in the air. She likes to stand at the couch, but she can't get up or down without some help.

She has started eating some table food now. Her favorite is cheerios, but she also likes breads and fruits and those nasty little meat sticks. She does really well with picking them up herself and getting the food into her mouth. She eats all the time it seems. I guess she needs the nourishment to keep fueling her growing body. She just had her 9 month check-up and she's 22 lbs 4 oz.and 30 1/4" tall. Lydia, our biggest baby was 22 lbs. 9 oz. at 9 months, so they are pretty close.

This video is a bit long, but I'm not sure how to edit the videos.

Bella's hair is also a lot longer than any of the other girls' at this stage. It sticks straight up like Maggie's did when Maggie had hair at about 1 1/2. It's really cute and we get so many comments about her hair. I could gel it down I suppose, but I think it adds personality and makes her "Bella".
I'm trying to show how the hair goes over the headband--that's a big deal for me!

Her cute personality is really coming out and she is really such a good, happy baby.