Can you believe that Allison is 9 months old?  We took her to her 9 month appointment today and she weighs 17 pounds and is 27.5 inches long.  She went from 22nd percentile to 19th.  Doctor gave us some goals for how much formula to make sure she gets everyday and also gave us the ok to give her more finger food.  Allison would much rather feed herself than eat baby food so she gave us some great ideas on what to give her.  The doctor said she has a hyper-vigilant personality...what does that mean?  Great question!  It is the hyper sensitivity to things happening around them.  This causes her to be aware of everything going on around her.  It causes distraction when trying to feed and doesn't let her rest very much unless it is very quiet.  The bad part...she is hard to feed, sensitive to things going in her mouth, more protective and pretty tired little girl due to lack of sleep!  The good part...she is soaking everything in and is a smart little girl! 

It is strange how she has more of my personality and Michael has more of Kraig's personality.  If only it was hard to feed me!!!!

Anyways, on the way home from the appointment, Kraig stopped at Jack In The Box and picked up chicken strips and french fries.  He said that Allison ate a pretty good amount of chicken and french fries!  Yay!!  Good for her!  We just have to make sure we make it small pieces and she will be fine.  We have to keep an eye on her.  If we give her big pieces she shoves it right in her mouth and gags on it.  We used to be able to give her whole french fries and she would just chew it down but can't anymore...

I can't believe our kids are getting so much older.  Michael will be 5 at the end of March.  He is such a big boy!  We bought him a Nintendo Wii for his birthday and, of course, gave it to him early!  He loves it...the funny thing is that he keeps beating Kraig at the racing game...it's killing him!  I think it is so funny!  The expert being beat by his son!

Well tomorrow I get to weigh for weight watchers...so far I've lost 4.2 pounds, hopefully tomorrow will go good too!  Everyone have a great rest of the week.