Help Displaying Only Category Posts

I’m trying to display only 3 posts from a certain category (ID 9) and for some reason, it’s pulling the 3 most recent posts regardless of the category. Here’s the code I’m using… thanks for any help in advance.

<?php query_posts('cat=9&showposts=3');?>
<?php $posts = get_posts('numberposts=3&offset=0'); foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
<?php static $count1 = 0; if ($count1 == "3") { break; } else { ?>
<div id="column_01">
<h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>
<?php $count1++; } ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>