9 months and Cruisin'

Sophie is now 9 months old and not only is time cruising by, so is she! ("Cruising" around the furniture, that is.)

She weighed in this morning at 18.2 lbs and is 28 inches long. Her head is 17.5 inches in diameter...only a 1/2 inch to go before we can put her in her baby bike helmet and bike seat.
Sophie's greatest and latest accomplishments: cruising, waving (she has been doing this for a month now, she waves at everyone and everthing!), clap her hands, can point to mommy and pictures of babies when asked (she loves the Pottery Barn kids catalog), say "ma ma" and "da da", and pat her head. She is able to crawl backwards. I am sure she'll get the forward gear going soon if she doesn't walk first. My money is on crawling, Radim's is on walking. No pressure Sophie!