Lots of updates!

So I realized I've never posted PJs 9mos. stats from her well visit last month, and then she did all sorts of fun new things, so I figured it was time to post...

She was 20 lbs, 8 oz and 27 inches. Can't remember the percentages but they weren't as high as in the past--80 for both, perhaps?

The other day she went up the stairs without the slightest hesitation. How she got so good at it without any practice I don't know. But it was fun to see the first attempt go so well, and nice to see it without panicking like we did with Abby's first foray up to the second floor.

She has four words: mama, dada, hi, and no, learned in that order.

She waves goodbye! Sometimes, anyway.

She gives high-fives, if she is so inclined. Sometimes she just leaves you hanging.

She cut another tooth. The top middle tooth on the left. Now she's only got five that are trying to get through. *ouch*

She discovered how to get onto the couch--AND how to get over the ottoman and escape from the living room! Abby has a little princess fold-out couch thing that we've been pushing in front of the big couch. Well, I looked over the other day and saw PJ standing on the princess couch to boost herself up onto the big one, and boy did she scramble up there quickly! Then yesterday I was in the bathroom, thinking she was safely sequestered in the living room, when I suddenly hear the sound of dining room dishes being clanged together. She'd used the couch again to crawl onto the ottoman, and then managed to get herself down on the other side of it without hurting herself. Never heard a thud or a whimper or anything! Needless to say, the princess couch is not being stored there anymore. (In fact, we've decided to completely turn over the living room and dining room to the girls--the dining room set stays, but the couch and recliner and cart of dishes are being banished to the garage. Now we'll have a school room!!!)

Then, the biggest news...last night, in an attempt to get a wooden spoon being dangled, carrot-like, a few feet in front of her, PJ took a very careful, deliberate step...followed by another...followed by another! Then she just sat down. But not wavering, no falling, no moving simply because momentum was carrying her; she just went from standing stock still to walking! It won't be long now before she's tottering around following Abby everywhere (and refusing to ride in the stroller anymore, no doubt--I remember those days with Abby! Oy! Target and grocery runs are about to get really difficult!)