February Baby Recap

Ona is now 9 months old and it is hard to believe that her 1st birthday is already around the corner. It has been quite the month! Ona crawls really fast and efficiently now (even on the hard tile). She often crawls right over something or someone in her way. Ona has turned into a crazy climbing monkey and is even trying to scale the walls. I think Paul has visions of rock climbing with his daughters someday. Ona seems to always be looking up and figuring out how to get there. When not trying to climb, Ona loves to be upsidedown. She even understands the words "upsidedown baby" and will stop what she is doing to turn herself in said position.A big first this month was the first tooth. It came in on the bottom after a bout of fussiness and night waking. I'm hoping the subsequent teeth don't cause such an ordeal. Ona is eating lots of finger foods now and loves her carbs - O's cereal, homemade bread, rice cakes. Ona got the chicken pox this month! She had a fever for a couple of days and then a bunch of spots appeared mostly on her arms and legs. I'd say it was pretty mild and most of the pox cleared up in a week. I thought we'd have a healthy household for awhile, but then Paul got dengue fever!I just love babies at this age as their personalities really start to shine. Ona is often very quiet and enjoys figuring out things on her own. She will not make a peep for hours and then she will suddenly babble a bunch as if to give us a recap. Ona may have a bit of an OCD streak in her (I swear she didn't get that from me!) as she must pull out every single book from the shelf, remove every single puzzle piece, clear the coffee table of each and every item, empty every block from the bucket, etc. I will replace one of the items and sure enough she has to go right over to remove it again. It seems to be a world of ordered chaos. Ona is also quite silly and will laugh and laugh, especially at her favorite entertainer, Emma.