MADELINE AT NINE MONTHS

Weight: 19 lbs 11 oz  Height: 29.8″
Eyes: Blue   Hair: Cinnamon

Highlights from her ninth month:
First trip to D.C.  – 10/15 – 10/17
(First hotel stay, metro ride, museum visit)
First dinner at a nice restaurant (DCMX) – 10/16
First trip to a pumpkin farm – 10/18
First time trying to climb the stairs –  10/19
Attended Great Nana’s 90th bday party – 10/25
Attended her first naming ceremony – 10/26
Stood up in her crib for the first time – 11/1
Mastered going up the stairs – 11/7

We had a great time in Washington D.C. on our first family vacation. We visited the Museum of Natural History where Maddie went into a butterfly garden for the first time. All of her practice looking at butterflies in Grandmum’s yard paid off. She watched all of them and didn’t attempt to grab any of them. We walked all around D.C. and enjoyed the beautiful fall weather. We saw the White House exterior, the Washington Monument and the Lincoln, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War Memorials. We visited the Museum of American History and the Air and Space Museum, where we enjoyed a planetarium show hosted by Elmo and Big Bird.

Maddie has started babbling a lot, especially during meal times. She’s making a lot of bababa noises. She’s started eating chickpeas, quinoa, mum-mum teething biscuits and puffs. She is working on getting them in her mouth herself. She loves holding a sippy cup, but is still getting the hang of drinking from it.