Happy 9 Months Lil' Man!!

Oh my!! Where has the time gone? Aside from this blog, the time has been spent with my little men. One in particular is blowing me away each day.

Isn't he the cutest?! Here we are at 9 months. After our check-up, we learned that he's in the 40th percentile for height and at 19 pounds he's in the 20th percentile for weight. Could have fooled me! He feels like a little brick when I hold him. :)

He's a very accomplished army crawler these days. Every now and then we catch a glimpse of him crawling belly up, but he's much more comfy if his belly rubs the ground. Well, more comfy and waaaay faster. In a matter of seconds he can go from one side of the room to the other and manages to find all kinds of trouble. His favorites: making my iron artwork bang against the wall (yes, he can reach it when he's up on his knees), eating the fake moss in my fake tree, crawling into the study and finding every last wire, trying to play with Nikki's water bowl, and closing the bathroom door after he's made it in just to hear his little voice echo.

J has decided he's done with baby food. I guess I don't really blame him. Who wouldn't want pureed garden vegetables, chicken apricot mush, or banana prune carrot pea chicken oatmeal? Kidding. They don't make the last one, but it seriously wouldn't surprise me.

So we've moved on to table food. He likes his sweet potatoes, bananas, avocado, pears but will choke down carrots and green beans if there's nothing else on his tray. As for the sippy cup...still not a fan of drinking out of it but he loves to play with it.

He's learned the sign for milk and uses it when I make his bottle, is about to get his bottle, or says good bye to the cashier at HEB. Does he know what it means? Probably not, but he knows he can do it and we clap for him each time so it must be a good thing, right? :)

Still no teeth!! I'm ok with that because it means he's still a baby. I'll be very sad the day the first tooth pops up. VERY sad.

And his brothers? They think he's great. They like to include him when they can but for the most part J just likes to watch them play. I'm sure he's learning every last bad habit from them. Super.

So the wee man is 9 months. How in the world did we get here?!