It's been a long time!

Hello everyone, have you missed me? I know it has been forever! I can never get my mom off Facebook long enough so that I can use the computer. I turned 9 months old since I have talked to you last! I went to the doctor and it was so exciting....no shots! Anyway, I am 19.5 pounds and 29 inches long. Tall and skinny...she says that every time! I had my first Thanksgiving last week and I traveled to Illinois to my great aunt Karen's house. I got to see some of my grandma's side of the family and I had a great time. I ate the most out of all the kids at the kid table. It was awesome! I then took at 2 1/2 hour nap...they say that is what you are supposed to do on Thanksgiving, right? I had some type of stomach bug over the holiday though and mom was not too excited about that. I will just say that this stomach bug caused me to take lots and lots of baths. I was beginning to think that every time I got my diaper changed I was going to have to take a bath. Jeez! I am over that now and eating like a hog! We put up the Christmas tree last weekend and it is so pretty. I wave bye-bye to it every night before I go to bed. I like it a lot. I would like it even more if they would let me get close to it! I guess that leads me to tell you everything that I can do since I know you like me to keep you posted on all of my milestones. I can wave bye-bye, I make lots of different sounds, I say Da-Da, but I don't know why yet, I say what my grandma thinks is kitty every time I see a cat, (my mom says it sounds more like I am clearing my throat), I can give 5 and I get so excited when I see my daddy and my grandpa. I am getting more and more daring on my feet, I am letting go more and more every day. My balance is improving every day! I hate being locked in baby jail all the time! Mom and dad have this stupid gate that keeps me in the living room and no matter what I am doing, when I hear it close, it makes me mad and I tell them about it! What is so wrong with leaving that thing open and letting me play with the dog dishes, climb up the stairs and try to pull down the Christmas tree? Let me have a little fun already, you know I am only a baby once! I am going to my first play this weekend, I get my 9 month pictures taken next weekend, I still need to go see Santa and then my 1st Christmas. So, there will be lots of things for me to tell you about in the upcoming weeks....if I can get the computer away from my mom that is. Everyone have fun finishing up your Christmas shopping and I promise there will be several more updates this month.
Take care!
~Blayke