nine months... and my return to blogging

the nine month recap:

- he is 22 pounds, 29 inches... in the 75th percentile for both. perfect... bigger than most but not too big ;)

- he loves to walk around my parents house using his walker, he can get pretty fast at it too. it's pretty crazy seeing him walk, even if it is assisted, i thought the walking days would take forever to get too and they're pretty much here already! ah!

- he HAS to crawl with a toy in his hand. 90% of the time it's either a dog toy or a maraca. the maraca is nice because you always know where he's at and where he's going.

- he loves jumping in his crib and on couches. i usually wake up to the sound of his mattress springs...

- his latest trick is standing up by himself and balancing for a short while. he's even bent over to pick up a toy and returned to standing. this kid has balance! where he got that from i don't know... from what i hear, his dad was a pretty clumsy kid and even though i danced for years i still have my moments of clumsiness... i've got plenty of bruises and scars on my legs to prove that.

- he LOVES crawling up stairs, once upstairs he heads straight to the bathroom to bang his toy {that he crawled upstairs with of course} on the tub.

- he prefers to stand during baths now... so i spend most of the time constantly sitting him back down. he's also not afraid to take a dive in the water and doesn't seem to care if water gets in his eyes. grandpa is hoping for a future water skier ;)

- he has discovered opening and closing doors and thinks its pretty funny.

- his two top teeth should make their appearance any day now.

- his favorite finger foods include; spinach tortillini with meat sauce, chicken, these dried pea pod things, peas, and of course the Gerber puffs.

- he likes to play chase and peak a boo.

- he can figure out how to put his small cars on the tracks to make them go down. pretty impressive if you ask me! he has awesome hand coordination.

 

things to come:

- sleeping through the night, i've switched over his middle of the night bottle to just water so hopefully any day now!

- working on learning to wave 'hi' and 'bye'... usually he just stares at us all waving like we're idiots.

- backing up and sliding down the stairs. for now he just wants to go head first straight down... no fear. daredevil ;)

- meeting Santa! waiting for zach to get into town to take him for his first pictures... can't wait.

 

xoxo