Kennedy and Kinley: 9 Months

Nine months has come and gone so fast.

Both girls are growing like crazy and I can't believe the changes that took place this month. Seriously intense crawling, trying table food, pulling up, and teeth!

Movement has been crazy this month. Kennedy started off for the big girl playroom first with this gimpy crawling movement. It looks like a sitting position while lunging forward and dragging one of her legs. She pushes off the dragging leg and moves so fast. Kinley is sticking to the army crawling for the most part. She has added in getting up on all fours here and there, but she is quicker when slithering like a snake.

Kennedy

Kinley

Both girls have tried table food and it went over HORRIBLY. There was choking and gagging all around the kitchen table. Carrots were the first things we tried and Kinley actually wanted more even while choking, but Kennedy wasn't having it. Both girls did like the apples we offered and they are liking practicing with the mum-mums which Claire is happy to shove in their mouths. They have been busy eyeing up everything on the table, so I know everyone is hoping that table food is coming quickly!

They have been pulling up and falling all over the floor. The very hard floor. Our downstairs is all tile minus the rugs that aren't padded except in the playroom. We made a small corral on the foam pads out of pillows on the floor so it has taken a little bit of the edge off when they fall. There is still a considerable amount of screaming, but Claire is always willing to come pick them up by their arms or even better their necks! YIKES!

The learning table that makes noise is a favorite place to pull up on and bang buttons while laughing. They are both pulling up on the couch and just standing while leaning on it. As the month came to a close they were able to slowly put themselves back on the ground. 

Monthly pictures are getting more difficult to take if someone isn't dancing like a complete fool behind me. 

Both girls now have two teeth! Everything goes in their mouths and they are gnawing on everything. I could do without the horrible teething process these girls have, but they are so cute with tiny white "toothes" as Claire says. 

Both girls have been babbling a good amount. Both started with "mama mama mama" and have moved to adding "ba ba ba" "da da da"... It won't be long until they are more noisy. 

At their 9 month appointment both girls were right around 16 pounds and tracking so great. I find myself rocking them and trying to remember what they felt like 9 months ago. Tiny is all I remember. They take up a lot of room in their cribs now and when they are laying flat out flat they seem so big.