nine months, nine days

savanna had her nine-month well check today. here are her stats...

18 lbs.
28 inches

that puts her between 25 and 50 percentile in weight and 75 percentile in height.
i am actually suprised how little she is and slowly she is growing.

definitely not following in her big brother's footsteps...

here are some other savvy facts at 9 months old

• sleeps through the night about 70% of the time
• is happy about 99.9 % of the time
• has the dang cutest giggle... giggles whenever she realizes she is getting what she wants...usually food
  
• LOVES food... she hasn't really been too picky and eats just about everything, including everything on the floor
  
• still has no teeth...getting close though!
• plays peek-a-boo
• growls! really, it is cute and sounds like a tiger...
• loves to dance
  
• is so so playful...i can't resist playing with her all the time, which is to blame for my slacking in other areas...
• says "da-da" and is definitely a daddy's girl! she responds to her daddy a lot!
• has mastered the army crawl and gets into everything now
• has beautiful blue eyes and crazy strawberry-blonde hair that just keeps growing...can even wear it in full piggy tails!
• loves the mirror...probably her favorite toy right now
  
• gives the best kisses!
• claps "hurray"
• waves bye-bye
• LOVES her big brothers!
• is SO incredibly loved and adored by all of us.
  

fairy-tale cake

remember that cake the 3 fairies tried to make in sleeping beauty without their magic? well, we were lucky enough to experience that cake for real! here's to
my-super-crafty-talented-domestic-
I-don't-know-how-we're-even-related-sister
who just knew her chocolate cake could beat out mine! while she was here visiting, we both made cakes and i'm pretty sure she must have left her magic wand in seattle. i definitely took the cake on this one -- if you know what i mean! just the other day i was making this delicious cake again and ethan was begging me to make the sleeping beauty cake instead. i had to explain to him - i just didn't have that magic touch...

and of course, for your sweet tooth, the recipe to my award-winning chocolate cake!

favorite chocolate bundt cake

1 (18.25 oz.) pkg. devils food cake mix without the pudding in the mix

1 (4 oz.) pkg. instant chocoalte fudge or other chocolate flavor pudding mix

4 eggs

1/2 c. vegetable oil

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup water

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, sour cream, and water. Beat with an electric mixer on low until just blended. Beat on medium speed 4 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl often. Stir in chocolate chips.

Pour into a well-greased 12-cup bundt pan. Bake 50 - 60 minutes. Let cool 10-15 minutes in pan, then invert onto a serving plate and let cool completely. Sift powdered sugar over top.

Enjoy!