Sophia is 9 months

Note: This post has been in draft mode since 12/5.  I.AM.AWESOME.

Before we know it, this year is going to be over.  It is totally insane to me.  We have a lot of big changes coming up in our world, and are so excited for them to get here, but we are just enjoying everyday that we have together.  Sweet, silly, sassy Sophia is 9 months old!  Time sure does fly.

We had her 9 month check up with the doctor and everything is looking great!  Here are some stats about Sophia this month.

• She weighs 18 lbs 12 oz and is  26 3/4inches long.  She is in the 25-50% for weight and 25% for height.
• She is still in size 3 diapers, 9 month clothes. 
• She eats a lot of solids.  Some of her favorites so far are eggs, soy beans, stew, bean and cheese burritos, cheerios, yogurt bites, green beans, blueberries and mac 'n cheese.  Really, this kid will eat anything you put in front of her and a lot of it.  The doctor lifted all food restrictions (with in reason) with the exception of honey and soft cheeses, so we are excited to try our first PB&J one day soon.
• She drinks from a straw sippy cup like she has been doing it all her life.  I remember it being so hard to teach Emmy to do that, but Sophia took right to it.  
• She does not like bottles anymore.  We have basically stopped offering them all together.  From now on she will only drink pumped milk in a sippy cup or straight from the source.  I am glad she made that transition easy.  I know some friends who had a really hard time taking the bottle away.  She one day decided she just didn't want it anymore.  She did the same thing with the paci at around 6 months.
• She drinks about 8-10 oz a day from a cup and then nurses in the morning and at night.  She is not a big milk drinker.  We really have to push it, but the doctor is not concerned.  We have about 2-3 months of milk stored in our freezer, so I stopped pumping all together.  Hallelujah! If I had to guess she drinks about 16-20 oz a day.  
• She sleeps like a champ.  The only time she has woken up lately is because she is too cold or teeth. She still puts herself right down, and if she does wake up.  She is easily soothed.
• She has one tiny baby tooth. Looks like the other lower is on its way. 
• She pulls up on everything and cruises around the furniture.  Sometimes she gets ambitious and lets go.  Emmy started walking right around 10 months.  We will see what Soph does.
• She talks a lot of gibberish, but says dada clear as day.  She says it all the time though, so I am not sure she really associates it with Zig yet.  No sign of mama.  Today, I was holding Bodhi and clear as day she said "Dah" twice while looking at him.  It's funny because that was the first word that Emily correctly associated with an actual object too.