Holy cow...can you believe I am already 9 months old! So much has changed over the past month and I am getting to be such a big girl! Where to start...
I guess the most important thing is that my family went on our first vacation to Lake Rabun for 10 days...it was awesome! We did a lot of swimming, rode in the boat, did some tubing and just played really hard!
Me, Daddy and Makers doing some lake swimming
As is Halter tradition, we do a lot of tubing and "riding the dragon" behind the boat at the lake and everyone starts early! I couldn't be the only one not out there, so Mommy and I rode the dragon. I actually kind of liked it. I was not all too thrilled about the life jacket but I enjoyed the dragon.
Gotta Dragon it up
Playing at the lake is hard work though...so I also enjoyed a lot of hammock time and played in my really cool extra large Pack N' Play that SueSue got for me. We put it on the top of the boathouse and I played and took naps in it. It was perfect!
Relaxing with SueSue
The lake is exhausting
Fourth of July at Lake Rabun is pretty special. First of all..I got to meet all my Halter Cousins! They are crazy but so much fun! There is a road race on Saturday morning, then fireworks at night and a wooden boat parade the next morning so being festive is a must! As you can see I was all about being patriotic!
Happy Fourth of July
My very First Fourth of July...it was awesome!
Unfortunately we had to come home from the lake (I could have stayed there forever)...but Mommy and Daddy had to get back to work and I had to get back to school.
I am still loving the Academy and my teachers are the best. Miss Wanda says that I am so easy to take care of and I am just so happy all day. She also said I REALLY like to eat! Haha...which is very true of course! I am now eating all sorts of adult food. I got a new tooth (I have SEVEN now) so I love biting into foods and chewing on EVERYTHING! I love cheese and bread but I also like fruit, deli meat, hamburgers and pretty much anything you give me!
I have also learned a bunch of new things over the past month. I am still doing a lot of waving and saying bye-bye but now I also can clap! Mommy has to get it on video for everyone but I do it all the time! I can also stand up without pulling up on anything and can hold it for quite a long time. Mommy and Daddy say that I am trouble now b/c I can get into and reach everything. I love to stand next to the tub and turn the water on and off and pull things off the top of the dresser. And I really love unrolling the toilet paper off the holder! I have taken one semi-step hear and there but always end up falling down...so still working on the walking thing! I have however mastered walking along the couch or bed while holding on to it! So I know my first real steps can't be that far away!
I went to the doctor yesterday for my Nine Month check up and Dr. Triggs said I looked great! They took my measurements and no big surprise - I am still off the charts! I am now officially 23.5 lbs and 30.5 inches long. I am ABOVE the 97th percentile for BOTH! NO wonder I have to wear 18 month sized clothes!
She gave Mommy and Daddy the go ahead to start giving me a little bit of Whole Milk along with pretty much any kind of adult food and my formula of course! So everything is going great for me and my family!
I guess that is all for now. Mommy will post videos of me getting into trouble and of course clapping about it as soon as she can! Until next time...SEE YA LATER!
See ya next time...check out all my teeth!
As always here are all the pics from the last month...enjoy:
