9 Months

Martha is 9 months old today! It's still so hard to believe that she's not still a tiny 3 month old baby that can't do anything but lay there and look at you. She's not a crawler yet (may never be) but she moves around in her own special way. When she's sitting up, she'll lean forward onto her feet and knees, which scoots her either forward or to the side a little bit, then she sits back down on her butt. When she does that over and over, it moves her around. Then there's the classic fall forward onto her belly and roll to where she wants to go. She's also just recently learned how to sit herself up from laying down. To avoid any disaster, Chris lowered her crib mattress the other day. She can pull herself up to her knees, so it's only a matter of time until she can go a little further and pull herself all the way up to standing up completely. Honestly, I don't think she's going to be a crawler, but that's ok. She can skip that step if she wants to.

And you better believe the wheels are already turning in my head planning her first birthday.

Here's my sweet baby girl at 9 months old: