So much to catch up on

Monday was Inara's 9 month doctor visit. She weighed in at 18 lbs. 6 oz. and was 27 1/2 inches. She's right about the 50th percentile for both. The doctor asked lots of questions like is she babbling a lot, check; is she rolling over, check; is she crawling, um no. He said she seems to be doing well in all areas except he thinks she might be a little behind with her gross motor skills since she isn't crawling and not showing much interest in it as of yet. I was thinking this myself based on what other children her age do. I was sad to hear this, but I know what I need to do. He said it's so important to give her enough floor time so she has the opportunities to learn to crawl. The problem is in this house there is very little carpet on the main floor, so when I do give her floor time, it's only when we are upstairs. I guess I'm just going to have to spend more time upstairs so we can play on the floor more. The other topic the doctor spend a lot of time on was food. I am now supposed to start introducing more foods to Inara even though she doesn't have teeth yet. So yesterday I gave her bits of a frozen whole wheat bagel, which at first she didn't seem to like it, but then after a couple tastes, she seemed to get used to it. Today I tried cottage cheese, which she absolutely did not like, and plain yogurt, which she ended up chomping down on. I'm going to make her scrambled egg yolk tomorrow for breakfast and give her her first baby food meat for dinner. So many new things for my little girl to try now. I promise I'll force Shawn to upload the new batch of pictures I have. Now if I could just get him to stay awake past 8pm I'll be in good shape.

As for the new house, I couldn't sleep last night I was so amped, nervous, and questioning. I guess Shawn and I shouldn't have started a list of things we want to do before we move in, things we need for the house (so I know what to shop around for at garage sales and the sale/clearance racks at Target and Walmart), and questions we wanted to ask our agent about. I know it's usual to question such a huge decision, but after I went through the house again today I got totally excited. I can't wait to move into my first home. I truly believe this house is the PERFECT fit for our family and think there was a reason we got rejected on the first house: we weren't meant to move into that one. I ended up taking Kristi through the house today and she seemed pretty impressed by the size of it. I believe at one point she even said we won't ever have to move from this house because we won't outgrow it. I totally agree. Once we finish the basement, I think we will call this home for many years to come. I also get excited on the upgrades we can make to it through the years with things like new kitchen counter tops, possibly a deck out back, new lighting fixtures, and of course the basement. Yes, I may have only gotten 3 hours of sleep last night, but it was all for a good reason. I can't wait to get the keys to our new home. Off to bed I go to dream more about it.