Maren at 9 months

This is a little late, but Maren had her 9 month check-up a week and a half ago. She is now 19 lbs 7 oz (75th percentile) which is pretty impressive considering she is not fond of baby food and has survived solely on breast milk and a handful of cheerios. She is also 29 inches long (90th percentile). Our pediatrician, who I love, kind of made me feel like a bit of a pushover. I probably have never let her get hungry enough to eat other things. Someday soon though, that will all change and I suppose she will just have to learn to like food.

Maren still is not what I would consider mobile. She's starting to creep around though, it is almost invisible to the naked eye, but she manages to go a foot or so to get something. It's probably a good thing that she's not crawling all over because we are working on our new house and she could get into paint, spackle, cleaning supplies etc.

Here's a recent pic of her with one of her favorite new toys, a sponge bob balloon. Apparently Kirk took Maren with him to the store and she grabbed a hold of it and carried it all over the store. He couldn't resist buying it for her (even if it was sponge bob).