Allyson Grace: 9 months

My sweet little girl is 9 months! This month brought more teeth, less sleep, and a bit of separation anxiety is setting in. She officially has 3.5 teeth. She has one just about to erupt...and I'm hoping that it does soon! Poor girl takes forever to cut teeth. I have found a routine that works well for her. She is a short napper, so she is taking 3 naps a day. Her typical schedule is wake up at 6 (Daddy has been getting up with her to give me a little bit more rest-he's the best!), then a nap for about an hour at 8. Then she stays up for about 2.5 to 3 hours, and then naps again for an hour, sometimes an hour and a half. We then have our one on one time while Ryan naps, and she takes another 45 minute nap around 4, then we all have dinner together, playtime and storytime. She has her bath and goes down around 7. We are still struggling to get this girl to eat. She has a bad gag reflux and throws up when we get too much food in her mouth. She loves bread and cheese and most food that she can pick up. But, it's hard to know how much she gets in because she spits a lot of it out. She is enjoying yogurt, so that is a good, food that we can push her to eat a lot of. :) She has lost some weight, which makes my mommy heart so sad. Please pray that we can get her to eat so she can grow and develop the way that she should. 

Here are some of my favorite pics from this month: 

so fun to dress up! 

This smile is the BEST! 

loving the Christmas tree! :) 

And then the 9 month pictures: 

9 month stats: 

weight: 15 lbs 4 oz :(

length: 28 inches 

sleeping: wakes every few hours at night, takes 3 naps a day

eating: Enjoys yogurt, bread, cheese (I've been making grilled cheese for her). :) She is slowly learning. She has a gag reflex that makes her throw up when she has too much in her mouth or something she doesn't like. We're praying this will improve during the next month. She is still breast-fed every 2ish hours. 

She is truly a joy. I praise God for such a smiley, cuddly, sweetheart. What a gift she is, and I am so lucky to be her mommy!