9 Month Stats

Today is Mirei's 9 month mark.  At the doctor's today, she measured out at 17.8 pounds (~40%), 27 inches tall (~35%), and 43.6 cm head circumference (~45%).  She's still in a higher percentile than Taisei ever was at this age.  She was also a "yes" for every developmental milestone they asked us about.  Some of these included eating solid foods, mumbling "mama dada", pulling herself up, crawling, drinking from a cup, etc.  I remember when Taisei was this age, we thought they were crazy to think he could do all these things.  A small part of that was probably his parents' tentativeness to introduce too much too quickly.  On the other hand, Mirei does have a big brother to learn quickly from, and most definitely parents who are a lot less worried about every little thing.

She had her first shower the other day.  She loved it.  Couldn't get enough.  I was afraid she would make a big deal when we tried to get her back out.

Here's Taisei enjoying an ice cream cone.  This is the reason that we go outside.