Nine Months Old!

Peyton is nine months old today! In addition to practicing her crawling, standing up, and eating, she is learning all sorts of new tricks, like laughing back at us, pulling Gizmo's tail, and banging her high chair tray while waiting for dinner.

She is now 27 3/4 inches tall (58%), 18 pounds, 14 ounces (52%) and her head measures 17 1/4 inches (46%).

Here is this month's winning portrait:


And because I couldn't decide on which outfit I liked better, here's another contender:

And this month I'm bringing back a fan favorite - the outtakes.

"As Tyra would say, I'm fierce!"


"Oh, hello, Gizmo!"


"Picture taking is fun!"


"Mom, I'm getting kinda hungry, how much longer?"


"Ok, I gotta find a way outta here. This is boring now."


"Seriously, mom. If you take one more picture I'm going to die."