Darcy Nine Months and New Family Photo

At nine months, Darcy has already been walking for nearly two months.  She's crazy.  She definitely knows what she wants and knows how to get it.  She has zero teeth, but can eat almost anything the rest of us eat.  She seems to be growing out of her sensitivities finally, but still has a bit of a problem with dairy.  It's not as bad as it used to be, but we still avoid it for now.  Peanuts are now ok, and wheat is almost 100% so we let her eat it now.  She got her ears pierced about a week after she turned 8 months old, and they are darling.  She follows her brothers every where.  She wants to be where they are, do what they are doing, and to play with whatever they are playing with.

She smiles near constantly, except when she gives you a scrunchy face, which is mom and dad's favorite.  She points when she wants something, a quick point and she pulls her hand back over and over while rocking back and forth.  She jabbers all day long.  She has said "dada", "nunun (Nolan)" but we can't get her to say them again.  She said "Mackay" once and even yelled at Lady when she walked passed her once.  She consistently says "mama" and is definitely a mama's girl.  She definitely knows how to let you know what she wants.

It took us awhile to get her to full on laugh, because she tried so hard not to, but she's finally let loose and has the sweetest laugh.  Her brothers make her laugh more than anything else and they know it.  As soon as she starts laughing, they drop whatever else they are doing, swarm her and keep her going.  It's the sweetest.  She thinks the word "ouch" is hilarious in all it's variations.

She has only gained about half a pound since she was six months old and is starting to thin out now that she moves around more.  She's about half an ounce shy of 22 pounds, which is the 90th percentile now, rather than 99 or 100th.  She's half an inch shy of 29 inches long, which puts her in the 88th percentile, which is pretty consistent.

She is still nursing like a champ, and is not sleeping through the night, because she's too hungry.  She's gotta do something to remain a giant.  She wears 18-24 month sized clothes, which seem to be a little big, but not enough to worry about.  The cute little sweater dress she wore in her photos is size 2T.

We just adore this little girl and we're so glad that she joined our family.  She is such a blessing and so much fun... and she's just so darn pretty.  We love her.