Ford Family: Ashley

A few days ago Ashley turned 9 months! Wow this year is going fast!

Here are a couple of quick updates on her life. She has had a very big month and has learned SO many new things!

*She is slowly starting to actually crawl. It's only a few crawls and then she flops back down to her belly to scoot probably cause it's faster.
* She has started pulling herself up to standing - anywhere and everywhere. She stood up against the patio door the other day and looked outside for 20 minutes! She hasn't quite perfected getting back down though - she just kinda lets go and drops to her butt.
* She has (yikes) started crawling stairs already. We were downstairs playing the other day and I was over by Bennett. Next thing I know Ashley is on the second step. Ugh, way too early for this!
* She is really starting to get in to things she shouldn't - pulling books off the shelf, playing with cords, picking at the plant etc.
* She LOVES wrestling with Bennett on the floor. I honestly don't know which one of them is going to get hurt first!
* She goes to bed at night at 8:30 but lately wakes up for a bottle around 4:00. I hate having to get up with her, especially since I haven't had to do this since she was about 4 weeks old, but the plus is that she will then sleep until 8:00 or later.
* And speaking of bottles, she is only having about 3 bottles a day totaling about 20 oz. She has 3 big meals a day and lots of Cheerios. Her favorite baby food is spaghetti and she also likes mashed bananas. She not a huge fan of green beans and of course, that's the one that I made for her from my garden green beans and have in the freezer.
* Naps - she used to have a short morning nap, a long afternoon nap and then a short evening nap. But, some days now she's down to only one - (I'm not fond of this). She's doing really good though and doesn't get very crabby even when she only has the one nap. And she has also been doing incredibly well the nights when we go to Kristen's volleyball games and don't get home until after 9:00. You'd think she'd be a nightmare by this time but she's still happy and smiley at everyone there.
* She waves Hi, Bye and Night night which is so cute. She also shakes her head No and I think she's actually learning what No means because if I say "Ashley don't", she'll shake No. This doesn't mean she'll stop what she's doing though! She also has learned to clap over the past month and is constantly clapping and laughing.
* She will have her 9 month checkup next week but for now, I weighed her on our bathroom scale which says 18.2. This is about 3 lbs. less than Bennett at this age. It doesn't surprise me though because Bennett was chunky chunky and Ashley is pretty skinny.
* She is wearing size 3 diapers and sizes 9 month or 12 month clothes. The 12 month pants are alittle long but fit her waist.