Makayla @ 9 months

 Better get this up quick, before she's 10 months ;).  At Makayla's 9 month appointment she weighed 20 lbs & was 28" long.  She grew 5 lbs and 2 inches since her surgery 3 months ago!  She is rivaling Michael in size.  Her iron was low that day, so we have to give her iron drops once a day, with a recheck in a month.

 She is smiling and laughing more.

 sorry, I couldn't choose, they were all so cute!

 She eats cheerios like a champ.  And anything else she can get in her mouth. (i've pulled out cardboard, onion peels, etc.  I only found them because she was trying to nurse, but couldn't.  so I looked in her mouth (which she hates) and there they were.  This was after I swept the floor.)

 This doesn't really show it, but she's starting to scrunch her face up like I do in a funny smirk.

 This is the first outfit we bought for her, before she was born.  I found it on clearance at Sears for $8!  It even came with a longsleeve onesie & it feels like a blanket.

 This was a rare, but special bonding time with Daddy. Feeding the bottle is rare, bonding is not.  She makes a zzzz-ckkk sound w/daddy when he "flies" her around the room chasing her brothers.  Or her mommy.

 She loves standing up next to & walking along the furniture.  Last night she cried out in her "worried" voice, so I looked at her & noticed she had both hands clutching her toy, instead of the table.  She was afraid to move.

 We bought a fireplace insert with our tax return.  We've had tons of fires because it blows the warm air out, instead of sucking it up the chimney.  It raises the upstairs temperature 3-4 degrees, but lowers the basement by atleast that much.

 She also navigates the stairs perfectly (knock on wood).  She knows how to turn around, so I don't have to watch her on the stairs anymore. (yes!)

 Michael wanted to take our picture.  This was the best of the three.  Haha-Makayla looks like an oldfashioned 'serious' picture & you can tell I'm giving him directions through my teeth.

 And then he wants his picture taken.

 Happy girl! (LOOOOVVVVEEE pink!)

Close-up of the fireplace insert.  Its very hot when there's a fire going, so we watch her close during that time.  But when there's no fire, she loves strumming the handle.