Sara is 9 months old!!

Wow...I can't believe my baby is turning into her own person right in front of me!  Sara is still a very smiley baby.  She is always ready to give smiles to strangers and hugs to her mom and dad.  She is crawling all over the place (this started around 8 months), pulling herself up on every piece of furniture she can, and dancing to music.  She has many toys that "talk" and play music.  These are her favorite toys, and she gets a smile and little bounce every time the music comes on.  Her favorite word (even though I am constantly pushing for "mama") is "dada".  She says it all of the time, and is starting to even get it right occasionally when referring to Jared.  Recently, her two bottom teeth have pushed through.

While she loves daycare and all of her teachers and babies there, she has had a hard time staying healthy with all of the other babies and germs floating around.  She has a constant running nose ("daycare nose") and congestion.  This causes ear infections, which have pretty much been back to back since September.  We are planning to get tubes in January.   However, even while she doesn't feel good, she is smiling and behaving in such a sweet manner (during the day!).