9 months

He's got 2 teeth!  This is the only picture I have of them.  They are razor sharp.  Abby is very interested in them and is often letting him bite her finger.  She didn't believe me that babies didn't have teeth until he got his first one and now it is very intriguing to her.

He's practicing a whole lot of this:

 And this:

And this.

He still army crawls most of the time but has been working on getting that belly off the ground.  He is starting to wave and he has become really social like his sister was as a baby.

He says book and ba-ba.  He has said mama maybe twice but says da-da and even picked up a picture of Tim yesterday and said Da Da.  He consistently says Ba-Ba when he sees a bottle.  Usually he just roars and growls because that gets the most laughs.  I was worried about how he is "slower" than Abby at crawling and climbing but he seems a lot more verbal than she was.

His favorite foods right now are everything you give him.  He's had chicken, broccoli, yogurt, cheddar cheese, pork, cherries, nectarine, parsnips and toast this month.  He's transitioning over to formula a lot easier than his mama.  I'm having a real hard time letting the nursing part of his life end.  With Abby I had no guilt and just stopped at 8 months.  It just feels so permanent this time.

We've started reading to him before bed and he loves it.  Every time you turn the page he giggles.  His favorite toys are all Abby's - her musical instruments and her Little People princesses and zoo animals are played with most often.  His favorite game is peek a bo or monster (he's the monster and we run to the couch to be safe).  This great game keeps Abby from hitting, pushing or kicking him for about 30 minutes a day.

He takes two great naps 1-2.5 hrs each and sleeps consistently through the night now.  He goes to bed 630-7:00 which is difficult at times because my family starts all events real late and he does not like to be off his routine.  We say no to more events now and it feels good.  He wakes up between 5:30 and 6:30 am.  Not great for his Mommy and Daddy that are not morning people.  But it sure makes Abby happy to have an early bird buddy.

Look how long he is! 

His official 9 month old statistics were height 29.5 inches (little over the 85% ile), weight 18# 11 oz (holding strong at the 35th %ile).  Dr Cornell says he's going to be " a real string bean".  No shots and no concerns this visit.  Abby stayed with some friends so it was a nice relaxed appointment where I remembered ALL my questions and got all the answers.  It was fantastic!  And yes he is wearing sweatpants in July, and I'm loving it.