Rosie is 9!

Rosie is nine years old! She is 55 inches tall (almost 82% of the way to my adult height) and weighs about 63 pounds. Rosie loves reading graphic novels (the Wings of Fire series is her favorite at the moment), playing basketball and soccer, and playing outside in the neighborhood with friends. She has an extremely fierce (and sometimes violent) personality and is the toughest kid I know. She can experience high levels of pain and never let anyone know, so we have to be careful to check in on injuries! She does have a tough exterior, but she is very sweet on the inside. She excels at school - recently at a parent-teacher conference they told me she got to the highest reading level they measure in third grade, so they've stopped measuring, and has completed 4th grade level multiplication and division assessments and they don't even begin to teach the kids multiplication for another 2 months. Her vocabulary surprises me at times! She randomly picked up skateboarding this year, and continues to play lacrosse, flag football, and swim during the summer. She's constantly cartwheeling and attempting the splits, and also strives for independence. She is such a fun kid and knows what she wants! Currently she says she wants to be a WNBA player when she grows up.

Eleanor, Jane, and Ben at nine years old:

Rosie at one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, fifteen, and eighteen months old. Rosie at two, three, four, five,  six, seven, and eight years old.