Happy nine months! (Plus a funny story)

Holy cow, what a month! In just a week you learned both to crawl and to pull yourself up to stand, activities which you have realized you love! Unfortunately that has meant that our days are full of lots of bonked heads and more tears. My days are now spent making sure you don't kill yourself as you find your way to areas and objects that aren't baby friendly. You are a very busy baby now! It is so fun to watch you explore the world around you.

You have branched out to eating more foods, thank heavens! You still hate pureed vegetables, but I can't really judge you there. We have found that giving you cut up cooked vegetables is the way to go. You LOVE all fruit except for pureed peaches. You still have no teeth to chew any of it, but you make it work. You've been extra drooly and snotty lately, though,  so I bet by next month's post you'll have a little tooth to show off.

    

Enjoying our backyard one last time before our big move

You favorite activities now include: pulling out the wipes from their dispenser, conducting invisible orchestras, smacking hard surfaces with your hand, putting anything and everything in your mouth, going on walks, being outside, putting your wrist in and out of your mouth to say "bababababababa," playing with the handles on the dresser, being tickled, eating (both foods and non-foods), playing in the water, bonking the back of your head onto the wall repeatedly (not sure why that is appealing), and growling (to our much amusement). 

Discovering the pleasures of tile in our new house!

 At your nine month appointment last week you had all the same percentiles as before, which is about 91st % for height and 43rd % for weight. You are tall and lean! You unfortunately had some eczema, but that has mostly cleared up with the help of Aquafor.

Check out that awesome bed head

Funny story from this last month: I was talking with an expectant friend on the phone and this is how the conversation went:

 Me: "You are just going to love being a mom!"

Friend: "Yeah I know, we..."

Me: "Nevermind!!!! Caleb just pooped on the floor!!!"

Yes, Caleb, you left a massive pile of crap right on the freshly cleaned carpet of our new house. It was quite the spectacle. You and the floor both got an immediate scrub.

Making new friends! (sort of...)

 Caleb, you have now been out of the womb for the same time that you were in it. And boy are we so happy that you aren't in there!

Playing with Grandma while Dad does the Hit n Run 5k

Trying a lime for the first time...you actually loved it! Ha!