Catie is 9 months!!!!!!!!!

Catie turned 9 months the day after Christmas.  She could possibly be my favorite as she did start sleeping through the night all by herself.  I thought that was just a myth!! :)  She's turned into an awesome eater!  Once we realized that she doesn't like pureed food and started giving her solids she started eating it up.  I'm sure it's because she's the 3rd child, but we are pretty much giving her whatever we are eating and have already started giving her bites of chicken, turkey and ham.  It's amazing what she can eat with only her 2 bottom teeth.  Yes, she still only has her 2 bottom teeth and it doesn't look like her top ones are coming in any time soon.  She does look so cute with her teeth.

Catie is getting better crawling and is starting to crawl properly more than army crawling.  She's also starting to take steps if you hold her hands.  I even watched her hold on the couch and take a couple of steps holding on to it.  I'm not going to get my hopes up about her walking early, though.  Everyone thought Alex would walk early to keep up with Robbie, but he didn't.

I also decided to take away Catie's baby bath tub and am just bathing her in the big tub.  She loves it!  But she is definitely one we will have to keep an eye on when there's water in the tub because she's fallen face first reaching for toys and has tried to pull up on the side of the tub.  Who knows, maybe she'll even be a bigger daredevil than her brothers!  (Lord help me!)

I don't know if it's because Catie is older or because Alex is older, but Alex is definitely giving Catie more attention than he used to.  He'll give her hugs and kisses and bring her toys.  Of course, now that she's more mobile and grabby he's not always her biggest fan.  He has acted like she's a 10-ton boulder when she's crawled on his legs and he can't get them out from under her.  And she does want to look at whatever book he might be reading.  But both boys are so sweet with her and are great big brothers.

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