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Ruby is nine months old now and it's as if she is blossoming into this little person.



Food. She just can't get enough! We have yet to see her turn something down. She is eating bite size pieces of fruit, veggies, pasta, haven't tried bread yet. She is having a little bit of yogurt with her morning breakfast--I thought she would love that, but, it seems that it's just ok in her opinion. We're just trying to finish up all of the food that I had made and froze for her. We provide all food for her at school. But as soon as we blow through that food supply(which should take us out another 4-6 weeks), I'm thinking she will be on school food, which bothers me, but, not sure we have time to keep up with supplying a variety of foods for her everyday.

With each child I've become better and more adventurous with food combinations. This time around I borrowed some combination ideas from Earth's B.est's website. They list all their ingredients for their foods. For breakfast, she normally has old fashioned oats that I have pulverized in the blender. I usually mix in a fruit, possibly cinnamon--depending on the fruit, and sometimes 2 oz of whole milk Stoney.field yogurt. For lunch and sometimes dinner, she will have one of the following combinations: butternut squash, chicken, corn, brown rice; sweet potatoes, chicken, apples; cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, onions, brown rice; green beans, potatoes, chicken, garlic; spinach, tomatoes, beef, brown rice; or peas, carrots, brown rice;

She will also join us in eating our meal. I have a electric food mill that works slick to break down the food a little bit for her. I still pump at work, and breastfeed a couple of times a day and at night. So far, she hasn't tried her new teeth out on me!



Gross/Fine motor skills. She can get around! She loves to pull up. At this point she's perfecting her crawl and can easily make it around a room. As far as her fine motor skills, they are amazing. She definitely perfected those first before gross. She has been able to pick up small things for months.



Play. She loves to play. She likes books a lot, and insists on holding them herself. She likes to giggle, especially when tickled on her chest up by her neck and her thighs. She loves to play around with her brothers and has already figured out how to pull their hair. She will also get in squealing matches with them. It can get pretty loud!



She's outgrown the bumb0, but will still tolerate the Jump.a.roo,



Her hair is getting longer and fuller and occasionally we can see the start of some curls, but it still isn't enough to keep a barrette in.



Sleep. This girl likes to sleep in! On school days, we have to wake her up nearly every morning just before 7.



Gosh we love this little girl.