9 Months Old

We went on a hike this weekend at Caribou Ranch with my college roommate, Kate, and took the opportunity to snap some 9 month pictures.  We also got a couple at home in the high chair with the light just right.

At 9 months, our boy is just everywhere.  He crawls/army crawls to where ever he wants to go.  He comes when you ask him to, claps when you ask him to (either by saying "clap," "yaaaay," or clapping yourself), shakes his head "no" if you do, chases Nanaa around EVERYWHERE, eats almost anything and everything, babbles a lot, snatches phones, and even pulled up the other day, though he hasn't replicated it yet.  He's into 18 month clothes now and sometimes looks more like a little boy than a baby.  He's sweet as can be and we just can't love him enough.  He doesn't like to cuddle any more but does get very excited when he sees us.

He weighs 20 lb 13 oz and is 28.75 inches long.  That's 70th percentile for both weight and height.  His head was 18.25 inches in circumference, which was 85th percentile.  He has the green light to eat pretty much whatever we do with a few exceptions, which makes us eat healthier. :)

Photo dump

8 months old

We are now 2/3 of the way through our baby's first year and we often look at him and wonder what happened to that tiny baby that we brought home from the hospital.

At eight months, A army crawls or rolls to get to where he wants to go and seems like he's been on the cusp of real crawling for a month at least.  He doesn't like having toys taken away and lets us know vocally about that.  He loves to eat solids and hasn't outright rejected anything, although lentils were not his favorite.  He loves all fruits and tolerates everything else.  He babbles lots of different noises, with babababa, dadadada, and mamama among the favorites.  He is just the best, and we tell him that regularly.

Six Month Pictures

Totally out of order, I know, but during his 6th month we moved, took a two week vacation, and then after a week of unpacking (without internet) I started back at work.  That's my excuse.  Anyway, he wasn't in a super smily mood on his 6 month birthday, which means we took a TON and while there weren't many smiles, I still thought there were a lot of cuties.

Had to include the sneeze.

7 Months Old

Our baby is 7 months old, and he just can't get any better, I swear.

This has been a really big month for him in terms of communication.  When he wants something and it is taken away from him, he is very clear in the communication of his displeasure.  He has also started babbling a lot, with his favorite being "dadadadadada" but he gets a "mamamamama" and a "babababa" in there occasionally.  He also laughs more readily, and often not even when you're trying to get him to.  When he's excited to see you or is just excited for anything, he flaps his hands and legs like crazy.

He has also developed a lot physically.  He sits up for as long as he wants to now, with very occasional falls when he gets so excited about something that he flaps his arms and legs too hard and knocks himself down.  When on the floor he's almost always on his tummy, looking around, playing with toys, or attempting to move forward.  He can get up on his hands and knees but hasn't figured out what to do from there just yet.  Lots of rocking, flapping, and faceplants.  He's started clapping two objects together but doesn't yet just clap his empty hands.

He's eating a lot of different foods and so far hasn't rejected anything.  His face each time he tries something for the first time is priceless.  He likes sippy cups but I think mainly because he likes having something to put in his mouth.  Speaking of, he got his first two teeth a couple weeks ago.  They're still really small but they're SO CUTE.

All around, he is a very happy baby.  Some days he whines more than usual but it passes as quickly as it comes.  We are so lucky to have him and can't imagine life without him.

We had some fun doing a photo shoot in our new back yard - sorry, I can never whittle them down enough -- too many favorites!