Bits and Pieces: 9 months

9 months was a big month for Mercy. Her mind was especially spongy, soaking up everything and learning lots of new tricks. At 9 months, Mercy:

weighs 18 pounds and 15 ounces and is 28.5 inches tall.

learned to crawl. She was close for a long time, but she finally figured out how to move both legs to propel herself forward.

learned how to pull herself up and started cruising around the furniture, the walls, etc.

takes forever to fall asleep at night because all she wants to do is stand in her crib. She basically just stands and walks around her crib until she collapses from exhaustion.

learned lots of cute tricks. If you ask her where her belly, ear, hand, foot or mouth is, she will touch it. She gives kisses. She claps. If you ask her what a puppy, kitty, cow or fish say, she will make the sound. She does 'so big.' She knows who daddy is and says his name. She only says 'mom mom' when she's angry; I'm not sure if she officially knows my name yet.

loves to say the word 'bop' all the time. Maybe it's because we call her Mr. Bop sometimes. But she says it non stop.

is mesmerized by animals.

still has no teeth (which I just happen to think is way cuter than teeth, so I'm glad).

still abhors being laid down to have her diaper changed and being put into her car seat.

received a ten dollar tip for being cute. Tim, Mercy and I were grocery shopping at McQuade's, which has its fair share of elderly shoppers for some reason, and an old woman came up to Mercy as she was sitting in the cart and commented on how beautiful and happy she was. Then she pulled out a ten dollar bill, gave it to Tim and told him to put it in her piggy bank. ahaha. We tried to give it back, but she insisted.

took a trip to Baltimore to visit some new babies (and future boyfriends perhaps, Thomas and Dean) and old friends.