You are now 9 months old. Mommy can't believe that you have been on the outside for as long as you were on the inside!!! I sort of miss having you all to myself, but at the same time I love seeing the relationship you have with your Daddy, and with all of the rest of our family!
We have had a VERY busy month! We packed up our whole house in Indiana and moved! You and Daddy spent a week in Pittsburgh visiting with the family and then the three of us (and Mason) made the long drive from Pittsburgh to Boston. You handled it like a champ!
You have a new room now (although it is temporary-- we are in an apartment until we move into our house next month) but you are pretty much back into your routine and sleeping through the night. You are tearing the place up by crawling all over- you have pretty much mastered the art of crawling. You are also pulling yourself up on everything including the couch, pillows, chairs, Mommy, Daddy, and even Mason! You are really good at standing while holding onto something but don't seem too interested in walking yet.
We did your 9 month checkup a few weeks early so we could do it before we moved and the doctor said you were "perfect." You were 18 lbs, 6 oz and 27 3/4 inches long. Everybody says you are a "big boy" when they see you, but really you are still kind of a peanut- you are about at the 25th percentile for weight and 40th for height.
You LOVE your food, especially things that you can eat on your own. You love feeding yourself cheerios, all kinds of puffs, bananas, peas, etc. We are slowly introducing you to new foods and letting you feed yourself when we are eating something you can easily mush in your mouth :) You are eating 3 meals a day now and still taking about 3 bottles. We have been giving you a sippy cup from time to time but you are not terribly interested in it. We will have to work on that because you are supposed to be weaned from the bottle (and formula) by the time you are a year old.
You are such a happy baby. You love to laugh and smile, and you are sooooo ticklish. You love to play games with Me and Daddy. You love to hold things that are not toys like the Desitin or the baby wipes container, or our keys. You definitely know what you want and will purposefully reach for things that you are interested in. You also really, really love Mason and Dasiy. You light up whenever either of them come into the room and you love to pet them. We are working on making sure you are gentle with them, but they honestly don't seem to care. They love you too and are happy for the attention :)
You love to "talk." You are always chatting and right now it sounds a lot like "ba ba ba ga go ga da da da." The other day I handed you to Daddy and you said "da da." Not sure if that was your first word or a mere coincidence, lol. You also love to squeal and make vibrations with your mouth. Oh, and spit bubbles too. You LOVE to make spit bubbles.
We love watching you learn about your new surroundings. You are very curious and spend a lot of time looking around when we go to a new place or see new people. It is such an honor to watch you figure the world out. The best part of my day is still getting home after a long day and seeing that big baby smile that you save just for me. I love it so much, and I love you to bits! You are such a blessing Nicholas and Daddy and I love you to the moon!
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