9 months

I know I'm a little late with these pictures, but that's nothing unusual, right??? Dad has wanted me to do a list of what she can do at this age, so here it is:

At nine months, your baby....
Should be able to:
--work to get a toy that's out of reach (check)
--look for a dropped object (check)

Will probably be able to...
--pull up to standing position from sitting (she's almost there!)
--creep or crawl (no, but watch the video!!)
--get to a sitting position from stomach (check, and again, watch the video!)
--object if you try to take a toy away (not my baby!!)
--stand holding on to someone or something (check Oh, and my friends tried to turn her into a pole dancer this weekend at Seaside, but that's another story. I'll try to get pictures)
--pick up tiny object with any part of thumb and finger (check)
--say "mama" or "dada" indiscriminately (if you haven't seen that video...go watch it! And, she's working on "mama" but says "dada" more)
--play peekaboo (LOVES it!)

May possibly be able to:
--play patty-cake (clap hands) or wave bye bye (Kayleigh can clap her hands, and Jim and Shirley said she waved good bye last night. Erik saw it, but I didn't. She's working on it.)
--walk holding on to furniture (nope)
--understand "no" (nope)

May even be able to:
--"play ball" or roll the ball back to you (nope)
--drink from a cup independently (nope)
--pick up a tiny object neatly (not sure about that. She can get it, though!)
--Stand alone momentarily (check)
--Stand alone well (nope)
--say "dada" or "mama" discriminately (nope)
--say one word other than "dada" or "mama" (she sometimes says "baba", I think)
--respond to a one step command with gestures (nope)

Here's the video I referred to earlier. Please ignore my commentary. I think I sound like a dork! (Doesn't that come with the territory, though??) She does try to clap at the end, but her thumb got stuck in her sleeve and that threw her off.