9 months (12.22.12)

Weight: you weigh 21.2 pounds

Length: 30.5 inches


Clothing size: you are wearing 12 and 18 months.  Some 12 month pants are getting short and we roll up most of your 18 months clothes.

Favorite food: milk and chicken

you really enjoy feeding yourself - you don't like food off the spoon unless it's something mom and dad is eating :)

New this month: turkey, venison, prunes, cottage cheese, broccoli, quinoa, chicken, colby jack and cheddar cheese, egg white, cauliflower

Favorite activity: jumping!!


Favorite toy: baby einstein piano

Mommy's favorite moments: 

teaching you sign language - I think you may have signed "more" and "milk"
seeing you explore by army crawling
playing peek-a-boo

Daddy's favorite moments:
Christmas lights at Adventure Park
watching you learn how to feed yourself

What happened this month:

• Your first thanksgiving - you loved the turkey :)
• you started scooting to get to things
• you blow bubbles with your drool
• you got your two front teeth
• you wave
• you can sit up from laying down sometimes
• you clap your hands
• you went to your first Christmas party
• you had your first trip to urgent care because you were eating
• you had your first unscheduled dr visit the next day because you still weren't eating - verdict was a sore throat - motrin an hour before eating got you eating again :)
• we went out to dinner with the Maynes and then to Adventure park to see the Christmas lights - you loved sitting up front with daddy and watching all the lights :)
• you spent a few days home with dad because he had off of work :)
• Daddy took you shopping by himself!
• you don't let mommy and daddy brush your teeth - you want to brush all by yourself!
• you army crawl when you really want something :)
• you had two nights you slept 7 hours straight :)
• you boycotted the spoon for a few weeks - you like to feed yourself!!