Taking advice from the dentists in the family. Although - she's only figured out once that floss comes out of that. I'll give her a few more years (and some teeth) to teach her what to really do with it!
No, we were just having a photo shoot. If it had been naptime, she might not have looked so happy!
I knew she had outgrown the baby swing when she would reach out and grab the pole to stop it. However, we discovered she loves this kind of swing. She squeals and giggles and could stay there all day I think!
So she is wearing some 6-9 month clothes finally. I took her to her 9 month check up today and she weighed in at 17 lbs 7 oz and 26 1/4". Her head is 17 inches around. She's in the 25 percentile for all of this, so that makes me feel better. This doctor was great and assured me that she was growing just fine and very healthy. Alison did a good job. I think she was worried she was going to get some shots - but not this time! She doesn't have to have anymore until around her birthday - lucky her!
This picture was taken just a few days ago - she's now nine months old! She has this same fleece on in some pictures from the day she turned 4 months old. It was a little big then - but it still fits! 
These are her friends Sam and Alex - they are 4 months younger! She's growing - just slow and steady. I'm reassured that we named her properly. Alison means "small and truthful". With the teething and other discomforts of that it also means cranky and clingy.
From the time we left on our trip (1 July) to the time we got here (21 July) she went from the Army crawl, to hands and knees crawling to pulling herself up on the furniture. A few weeks into August and she was experimenting with standing all on her own! She's even started maneuvering around the furniture while standing - uh oh! 
