Jolie's wrinkly little tush after bath time tonight.  She was so happy playing naked after getting lotioned up.  Why do babies love being naked so much?

9 month stats:

19 pounds, 2 ounces (50-75%)

28 1/2 inches (75-90%)

She laughed and giggled and drooled through the entire checkup- other than a little whimper at the HepB shot.  My only question for the doctor is why she continuously is sticking her hand/toy/paci/anything down her throat until it makes her gag and sometimes spit up.  Apparently that is normal...weird.

9 months already?  Jolie has four teeth (two on the bottom and two on the top), and I believe more are coming now.  She is rolling all over the place, especially during diaper changes.  She is going from sitting to her belly fairly easily, and is pulling herself around a little.  She wants to get up and move, but she just hasn't quite figured it out yet.  Soon, soon.  She loves being held, eating, and taking baths...lots of splashing!  She is almost always smiling and laughing, and she adores her sisters.

We tried to get pictures of all the girls with Grandma and Grandpa P while they were here, but as you can see someone wasn't cooperating...

Jolie's first "trick!"

Poor Jolie has been cutting teeth like crazy.  She had two new top ones pop through last week (not the middle teeth, but the ones next to them.  She is going to look a little funny if the middle teeth don't get here quick!).  She has been super fussy today, so I wonder if she isn't working on more.

 Last weekend Chris's mom and dad came so Bill could help him install a humidifier on our furnace.  Sue and I took the girls to story time Saturday morning while the guys worked in the basement.  It was a special birthday party story time at the New Albany Library for Douglas the polar bear (he is a huge white bear that sits in one of the front windows).  There were crafts, stories, songs, and dancing- all of M and L's favorites!

 About an hour and a half before story time Maddie and Lena were running around downstairs, and Lena ran right into the door handle on the bathroom door.  She had a HUGE goose egg.  She still has a pretty good bruise.  Her preschool teachers said it is so much easier to tell them apart now.

 M and L love to feed Jolie.  Usually they give her her snacks, but Lena took a try with her food.  She did a pretty good job.  Of course I made it more difficult by taking pictures, because Jolie kept turning her head every time my camera clicked.

 Lena drew this picture the other day.  It is of her friends Wyatt, Charlie, and Zoe.  It is so cool to see her drawing!  They have matured so much over the last six months.

We love to play with our food.