Josie is 9 Months Old!

Josie is officially 9 months old today. I can't believe it!

She had her 9 month checkup on Wednesday and here are her stats:

Height: 27 1/4" - 50%
Weight: 15 lb 10 oz - 10%
Head: 17" - 25%

She didn't get any shots this time around but they did do a finger prick to test for anemia, which she doesn't have. The nurse was really impressed that Josie didn't cry when her finger was pricked. When she was all done she put a tiny bandaid on Josie's finger which instantly went into her mouth, just like everything else Josie comes in contact with.

She is such an active and happy little girl. She is really moving and grooving lately. She army crawled for a little while but she's discovered proper crawling and does that most of the time except when she's trying to go somewhere faster then she drops on her belly and army crawls. She will also pull herself to standing on pretty much anything that will support her. She will also get up on her hands and feet trying to stand up, unsuccessfully, which has turned into another way to move around. She will also get up on her knees and hang out like that and play. I have even seen her climb onto low toys. We lowered the crib last month when she figured out how to sit herself up and today I pulled out the bumpers so she won't climb on them. She is constantly putting things in her mouth. If it's on the floor it's fair game, including walls and toes. It feels like I'm constantly pulling something out of or checking to see what's in her mouth.

It is so fun to see Josie and Peter play together. They fight a lot too. Sometimes Peter initiates the fight but not always. Josie will crawl up to him and try to take whatever he's got in his hands away from him. I'm surprised by how often she will start the fight, but I guess I shouldn't be since she's learned it from him.

I got the climbing progression on film! 

(Except for the last picture, but I needed 9 to do it this way)

She is such a ham!

"Food, get in my mouth!"

She is so excited she's on the restricted side of the baby gate

Playing and looking cute

"Yum! Juice."

"I can almost reach!"

Sitting on a box playing with her hands

Being cute

Pretending to be asleep

Drinking juice in a box

I Ran a 5k! Twice!

Quite a few months ago I talked my friend Megan into training with me to run a 5k. I walked entirely too long in very high heels on uneven flooring in Vegas for Reed's wedding and hurt my knee so we had to take it slow for a while. Once we worked back up to running we mostly got back on track using the Couch-to-5k training program (it took us a bit longer than 9 weeks because of life and such).

Entirely too early in the morning before the race

Crossing the finish line for the first time EVER!

Fourth of July Freedom Run 5k

I completed the race in 40:24.9. I came in 15 out of 17 in my age group and 141 out of 170 overall. I was running a 13 minute mile. I ran and walked for this race and didn't have my water or gatorade with me. The race was also out in the open with no shade to speak of. It was great to finish the race but I was beat afterwards.

There was another 5k race right down the street from us two weeks later so we decided to run that one too. It was kind of a preview for yet another 5k in the same location in November that we're planning on running.

Close to the finish line

The Breeze in the Trees 5k

I completed the race in 44:23.6. I came in 14 out of 16 in my age group and 157 out of 172 overall. I was running a 14.17 minute mile. My goal for this race was to run the entire time, which I did. I ran the majority of the race with Megan and we ran with another lady for a while and we think that we slowed to her pace which is why I finished with a slower time. Either way I felt a whole lot better after this race. I had my gatorade with me and the majority of the race was in the shade. 

Andrew showed up with the kids to both races and Peter actually saw me finish at the Breeze 5k (there was a playground at the 4th of July race). It was so stinking cute. He was so excited to see me so was Josie for that matter.