Aliyah 9 months

Aliyah was 9 months old on the 11th and lately has been learning new things everyday.  This week she learned to open the cabinets and it's now her favorite thing to do.  I'm not sure where we'd find those kid proofing locks so if anyone has any old school ideas of child proofing a house (cabinets, drawers, doors etc) let me know!

At a waterpark about 40 mins away

She previously has shown no interest in the steep tiled stairs leading up to the loft until one day when I took my eye off of her for 1 min.  I found her on the 2nd step!  She climbs well but then she likes to take a break and sit down right off the edge.  We're designing a gate of sorts to block them for now.

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She also loves to go outside.  She's learned she can push against the screen doors and they open a bit.  Unfortunately they're on gas springs and so they come back and can catch her little finger in the door jam.  So, they remain locked most of the time now.
She talks a lot more now but the repetoir still only includes mama, baba, mmmm.  She's learned how to open and shut her books.  She crawls so well that she's not very interested in walking.  We try to walk her with just holding her hands everyday but she soon gets mad and just wants to crawl.  She's occasionally seen standing by herself not holding onto anything for a second or two.

Visiting her friend who is actually a month younger but almost double her weight!

She eats lots of different stuff now and feeds herself a lot of it.  Chicken, grapes, plums, kiwi, squash, green beans, carrots, spinach, apples, pears, garbanzo beans, and potatoes.  She still seems to get a diaper rash from bananas and avocados which is a shame since both are growing in our yard right now.
She loves animals, especially dogs.  She enjoys singing at church, bath time and car rides when we allow her to ride in the front seat on my lap (only around the hospital and the farm).

She's growing fast!

Car ride home from our weekly town trip (a little over an hour each way)