All About Violet

(I do have pictures and video for this post, but not accessible yet! Soon I hope!)

Violet went in for her 9 month appointment last week. She is 28 inches tall (80th percentile) and 18.5 pounds (50th percentile). Here's a little bit of what she's been up to lately...

~Violet is now a super fast crawler and follows us all around the house. She likes the go over to the top of the stairs just to hear us shout "No Violet!" and come running. She's also mastered stairs (up only)... I've found her at the top of the stairs after she's wandered off from the office in the basement! Now we just need to work on her down the stairs skills.

~Not only does Violet like to climb stairs, but chairs and anything else she can manage too. We lowered her crib mattress to make sure she doesn't climb out!

~Violet has almost mastered her walking toy... She can do it but not control it particularly well yet. She yelps when it gets going too fast and her little legs can't keep up. She can also stand unassisted now for a few seconds at a time, is she so desires. She's a super fast cruiser and that's her primary mode of transportation when there's furniture around.

~Violet loves to play with Cora. Her face lights up when Cora comes in the room or gives her a hug. In the car they have fun exchanging screeches, and at home they do pretty well too, unless Violet is particularly fascinated with Cora's hair or hair bows that day.

~Violet now has 8 teeth! Four top teeth and four bottom teeth. She is still gnawing on everything she can though, so there must be more of them she's working on.

~Violet loves to give kisses. She thinks it's hilarious and wants to do it over and over. They are wet and slobbery! Pretty cute though too.

~Violet can't keep a pair of socks on her for the life of her! Good thing her little toes stay warm all by themselves, she is a master at taking her socks off as soon as I can get them on. She likes to play with her socks and stretch them all out and make them nice and wet.

~Violet's favorite toys include: cars, toys with buttons that light up and play music, anything she can chew on, the piano, and especially the remote. Her little grip is usually in the right place to either change the channel or turn up the volume. She also loves peek-a-boo and will lift the blanket up in front of her face by herself to play along.

~Violet is eating solid foods three times a day, all the baby foods and lots of table food. If I'm eating something she will screech to let me know when it's her turn for a bite. It seems she is always hungry and will eat just about anything. She is working on drinking out of a sippy and almost has it down.

~Violet recently learned how to shake her head and thinks it is so funny. She also likes to kick her legs when we hold her up... Kevin calls this her 'fish out of water' trick.