9 Month Check-Up

Alia had her 9 month check-up with Dr. Nash today. Except for the little cold that has invaded the Douglas household, Alia is a happy and healthy little girl. She is (finally) almost crawling. She moves forward with her hands and one leg and then decides to sit down. She is VERY close though. She has also become very interested in trying to pull up on things. She can get up to her knees and get one leg under her. Jason and I are thinking that perhaps we should finish up all of the many baby proofing tasks that we still have left.

Alia has started using her first sign "more" although not with tons of consistency. She uses it when she wants Daddy to keep playing guitar or read more books or when she wants Mommy to do more blanket rides. We have even seen it a few times during meals. She is growing up so fast. It's hard to believe that she will be one year old at her next check-up.

30 inches tall (99 percentile)

20 pounds, 8 ounces (76 percentile)

Here are a few recent pictures just for fun. The first two are Alia loving her sock monkey. She is very in to stuffed animals right now. The last 3 pictures are with her good friend Carson. Alia absolutely adores him. She even started eating vegetables again because she saw Carson do it. We think Carson might be the motivation behind her sudden interest in crawling and pulling up too!