Check Up

We took Alexis to her 9 month check up today; she will be 10 months on Tuesday. She weighs 19 lbs 8.5 oz which is between the 25th and 50th percentile for her age; so she gained about 2.5 lbs in the last three months. I'm surprised she didn't gain more. She loves to eat! She was 30 1/4 inches tall (in the 95th to 97th percentile for her age) and had a head circumference of 44 cm (in the 25th to 50th percentile for her age). She's getting so big now! She also had to receive four shots one of which was a dosage of her flu shot. Alexis was none too happy with the shots!

The doctor was very impressed with her development. She took her first independent steps around 8 months and she's getting much better at walking lately. She still prefers to use furniture or people for support but the doctor said that's just a mental block that she'll lose soon. She can also point which is so adorable and she learned to put items into containers this week which is advanced for her age.

We had a great time celebrating Thanksgiving yesterday with Timothy's parents and we will be visiting the mall to see Santa this afternoon once naptime is over! We'll post her pictures with Santa tonight. We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!