9 months

Violet is 9 months today. Time is flying by and we are having so much fun with our little doll! She has changed dramatically in the past few weeks, from crawling to pulling up and walking around the house on our fingers. We have been very surprised on a few occasions when she has let go and stood entirely on her own for a few seconds - she didn't even realize she was doing it at first but now she balances with her butt sticking out and a big smile on her face, eventually lowering herself to the floor with ease. Her personality is more and more extroverted - she has taken to screeching at strangers to try and get their attention and she really enjoys playing with other kids, she particularly likes stealing their toys but she seems to be content enough for them to be stolen right back from her.

Still having lots of fun with food, V is eating anything and everything but absolutely LOVES meat! We are giving her a little bit of cheese too and it disappears pretty quickly. Happily, she still loves fruits and veggies so we are having a good time of feeding her a balanced diet (including lots of cheerios!). She is almost exclusively feeding herself these days so everything has to come in bite sized pieces, its a pretty messy affair but she is really developing some great motor skills.

We are getting ready for our big trip to London - leaving in just a few days!! We are excited about the adventure and terrified about the flights and time change. We are just getting Violet's sleeping sort of stabilized and we are pretty worried about messing it up again. Ah well...