Myla 9 Months

Happy 9 months Myla, June 11th.

She's in the 30th percentile in height and weight- our littlest babe at 17 lbs.

She's just the most pleasant happy baby (as long as someone outside our little family doesn't get inside her bubble).  Her favorite things to do are flap her arms, smile, laugh, clap, swing, go for stroller rides, riding on her parents' shoulders, and play with her big sisters. She likes to feed herself and she won't take a bottle anymore. She loves bath time with her sisters. They love bath time with her too, unless she gets really excited... and SO splashy. At 9 months she didn't have any teeth, although now her top canine teeth and her front bottom 2 have broken the surface. She is coming out of her bout with stranger danger and is beginning to smile, laugh and clap for people outside her immediate family. At her 9 month check up, we found out her iron count was extremely low, which apparently effects her energy level. Two days after giving her an iron supplement, she came off her sitting perch and was army crawling around. Now although she's not crawling yet, she's much more mobile, able to move from laying down to sitting, pull herself to standing, and maneuver herself around the room- army crawling, scooting and rolling. 

She doesn't like her hands to be touched and she loves to bounce. When she stands, she doesn't try to walk, she just tries jumping. I have to hold onto her body, not her hands so she can flap her arms without interference. When I'm holding her and she gets excited, all her limbs start flapping, and she bounces her body. It's the best. 

Cambry and Vienna frequently fight to get the closest to Myla's face, both of them say, "I need to see Myla!" They love making her squeal with laughter, and are so good at it. Vienna sometimes has difficulty differentiating between her squeals of pain and laughter, and sits on top of her. When she squeals, Vienna always looks at me like smugly and says, "Myla laughs. She likes it."

We love you dearly Myla Avolene!