Rachel 9 months old

Hard to believe that our baby girl is 9 months old. Her cute little personality is really starting to come out now. She is still such a happy baby. She adores her brothers and her daddy, and gets SO excited when they come home from school and work. She crawls at the speed of light (at least it seems like it.) We have to make sure we keep the basement, pantry, and bathroom doors closed or she heads right for the unexplored regions. She finds a way to make it through our barricade to the stairs, so I have to watch her like a hawk!

Here are a few photos from the past month:

Love this Christmas dress from our good friends the Daltons!

This rocking chair was mine when I was a little girl. So fun that I finally have a little girl to use it! This dress is from Grandma and Grandpa Cook. She looks so pretty in hot pink!

Tyler took these pictures of Rachel standing against the ledge in the family room.She pulls herself up to everything and everyone, and can cruise around the furniture.

 No idea why she is pulling this crazy face!

 She is a really good eater and likes just about anything we put in her mouth. Her favorites are bananas and crackers. Especially crackers! She also loves gnawing on celery, carrots, and apple slices. I tried to take this apple slice away from her because it was starting to fall apart and I didn't want her to choke.She had a ginormous fit! I should have taken a picture of that. ;)

 Just last week she cut her first tooth. Bottom left. The coloring in this photo is awful, but see that cute little tooth?

Check out the attitude!

We love you girlie!