Annabel is 9 months!

Annabel turned 9 months old on the 8th of February. She had her 9 month check up today and is doing very well.

• She is 18 lbs 2 oz and is 28.25 inches long.
• She loves eating lots of foods: crackers, waffles, almost any fruit or vegetable baby food, avacado, banana, cheerios ...
• She is crawling very quickly
• She pulls up on everything and has even been brave enough to let go and stand on her own for a few seconds. (I kind of hope she will hold off on walking just a little longer ... she is into everything as it is.)
• She just recently started babbling: babababa, dadadada, mamamama, etc. I don't think she really knows what any of it means yet.
• She loves harrassing her sister and the dogs.

A fairly typical day for Annabel. I turned my back for about two seconds and found out just how fast she can clean out a drawer:

So proud of her work:

All my jammies on the floor ... check. On to my next project.

Annabel also had a follow-up appointment with the neurosurgeon who performed her surgery this week. He is very pleased with her progress. Her head is now shaped normally. She is finished wearing a helmet, and she doesn't have to go back for a whole year. Praise God!!!

Look at her beautiful head. It used to be narrow at the back. You can see how much wider the back is than the front now. You also have to actually look to see the scar that runs from one ear to the other.

We pray that her head will continue to grow in this manner so that she will not face another surgery.