Busy, growing girl

Can stand for short periods of time now!
Mitties puts up with a lot these days :)
Two "toofers"...one on top is finally breaking thru.
This baby gate obviously isn't working
Mitties inspires Bray to crawl everywhere
"Pattycake" is the new thing nowadays

Time is just flying by. Our little peanut is now 9 months old. It is so crazy how fast they grow. We thought it'd be forever until she was crawling, standing, eating solids etc. but here we are! She has such a great personality. We see a lot of both of us in her. As you can see, most of her looks are still her daddy's :) Her hair is starting to curl in the back and I think it's going to be brown so at least I have that going hehe. She likes to "pattycake", she now says "mama", "dada" and "baba". She still army crawls but that sure works for her well. She is getting curious about how to get up on the couch so I think that's going to come soon. We just had her 9 month check-up and we were told she is doing wonderfully. In 2 weeks we are headed to Ohio for my cousin's wedding...I'll post some pictures after that. We are also eager for her first ride in the combine. Fall is here!

Our big girl

Bray-Lynne is growing so fast it's amazing. She has changed so much in the past couple weeks. Bray loves to give out smiles, especially to her daddy. She thinks he is something else :) We were goofing off a little this afternoon...daddy thought it'd be cute to put his Cubs hat on Bray-Lynne. She thought it was pretty funny. As you can tell she is all smiles for her daddy. She has started to be a "big" girl lately about her bottle. Sometimes she thinks she needs to do it herself. She isn't to the point where she insists on doing it herself...we might be kind of sad when that day comes. Then again, it may also be kind of nice. They become independent very quickly. Bray has also become very good at feeding herself things like Cheerios. She loves to pick them off the tray of the high chair and shovel them in her mouth. We really have to watch her so she doesn't get too many in. She also loves to hold her sippy cup all by herself and drink water. It's also fun to use a real cup...we have to hold that for her but she thinks it's pretty neat. She has mastered the "combat" crawl so we are chasing her everywhere. We love watching her grow and change. Hard to believe in 4 months she will be one!