...Jessica's 9 month photos. I couldn't decide which one I liked best so I'm posting them all! =)
As for updates, Jess is doing much of the same, just better. She pulls herself up to standing much faster now, and will use anything and everything as leverage (including me). She's still scooting along but often taking a couple "crawls" on her hands and knees, but soon remembers she's much quicker dragging herself across the floor. She definitely loves to explore - which is why I have to keep a close eye (and hand) on her when she plays.
We also started to give her "Mum-Mum"s, which are melt-in-your-mouth, extremely bland tasting rice rusks. Jess loves them! I think she likes the fact that she can eat independently. I have to admit, it's pretty cute watching her eat her "cookie" (as we like to call it). This is hopefully the start of self-feeding and finger foods.
On a more frustrating note, she hates fruit!! Which is very weird because Russ & I are fruit lovers! I try to make a 1:5 ratio of fruit:cereal to "mask" the taste but somehow she notices - she'll push the spoon away but as soon as I offer plain cereal, she eats away (like 5+ tablespoons!). I'm not sure what I'm going to do - the only fruits she'll eat are prunes and avocado. I've tried bananas, apples, pears and peaches....nope, nope, nope and nope. I read somewhere to give it a few weeks and eventually her taste buds will mature. Keep your fingers crossed - I'm sure there's only so much peas, zucchini, carrots, squash and yams a girl can eat! =)
That's about it - I've been home alone with Jess since Wednesday morning because Russ is in Montreal for work until tomorrow night. This is the longest he'll be away from Jess since she was born. I have to admit, it's pretty lonely without him and we miss him dearly. We really are spoiled that he works from home. Thank goodness Jess has been a very good girl to Mommy while Daddy is away. Not that I expected anything less..... =)
