Maddy is now 9 1/2 months old and has finally started really crawling around everywhere! She’s been trying to crawl for a couple of months now but is now getting around very quickly. Here is a video of her crawling towards a stack of blocks:
In the past month Maddy has had a few other milestones in her life. She celebrated her first Independence Day
used chopsticks
and had her toenails painted for the first time!
At her 9 month appointment we found out that she now weighs 19 1/2 pounds and has gone from being in the 90th percentile to the 75th, so her growth has slowed a little in the past few months.
And here is the cutest picture I could find of her in the past month; there were a lot to choose from: