Tall and Thin? Who, Alyssa??

I keep forgetting to post because we just have so much going on right now. Last weekend we had to go to MD last minute for my grandmother's funeral and now we are starting to prepare for Dave's DET (it stands for something meaning training for deployment...Deployment "not sure about the E" Training maybe?) I can not post anything online about when Dave's going because that is not safe for Alyssa and me. Dave and I have not been apart for more than 1 week straight since we met over 5 years ago! Crazy, I know, but true. Alyssa has not been away from him more than a few nights total since she's been born. It is going to be rough for us both and I am just trying to ignore it for now until he leaves and I'll deal with it then. I guess it will be "practice" for deployment...thats what the marine corps tells us as if that makes it any better. I'd rather not have the "practice". Same thing goes for deployment, I won't be discussing Dave on the blog at all, both of us could get in trouble for doing so. If you want any Dave updates you'll have to give me a call or email me at LindsayB727@yahoo.com and I can tell you what I know. We just bought 2 new laptops, one for dave and one for me/alyssa, so we can use the webcams when he's gone. I really want Alyssa to be able to see him as much as possible. I really think she's going to miss him, as much as she's capable of at her age. She gets so excited when we wait at the front door for him everyday when he comes home from work. She smiles bigger when she sees him than any other time. Alright enough about this, its making me think too much about everything...
So now Alyssa's issue is that she is getting stuck standing up. Remember I wrote a month or so ago that she got stuck sitting up, well that only lasted a few days. The standing up thing has lasted almost 2 weeks now. She knows how to sit back down she just doesnt. The second we go in and lay her on her belly, shes out. We've tried letting her stand there and cry to hopefully figure it out but I just feel too bad for my poor baby. If I have to go in and lay her back down, its not a big deal.
Her 9 month stats from her doctor's appt June 10th...19.5 lbs (60th percentile) and 28.5 inches (80th percentile). You're probably thinking I typed the percentiles in there backwards, but I didn't. Tall and thin? yea don't think so. She still gets comments all the time at how chubby she is and about her chunky legs. I do not think they measured her correctly. I measured her at 8 months for her baby book and she was only 27 in. Maybe she really has grown that much, but i dont think so. Maybe I'll measure her again myself. Either way, she's super healthy and the doctor said we are doing everything right. I am going to try and start cutting some breastfeedings out now since she's eating a lot of solids, I just don't know where to start. I feel like if i change her eating schedule I'll have to change her nap schedule. We'll see what I can come up with.
For now just pray for Dave that he'll be safe when he leaves...