Our Little Man is Nine Months Old!

David,

Wow! How is it that 3/4 of a year have come and gone? You're just growing and changing so much each and every day and we love getting to see that! We've had a super fun month with you and you continue to amaze us with all you know and can do. Your Daddy and I have the privilege of being with you every day and we couldn't imagine a life without you. You and your sister truly are the biggest blessings in our lives and we can't wait to see how much you grow and change in the months to come.

We love you!
Mommy and Daddy

Weight: 18 lbs, 7 oz (two whole pounds heavier than Elizabeth at this age!)

Length: 28 inches (the same as Elizabeth at this age), although when I measured him he was 29 inches, so I don't know if that's too accurate...

Diaper size: Size 3

Teeth: Six - three on the bottom and 3 on the top

Clothes size: 9 months, 9-12 months, and 12 months!

Sleep: We've struggled in the sleep department again... We're having issues with you going down and staying down lately. Once you're out, regardless of if it's nap time or bed time, you're out, but sometimes we have to go in your room multiple times before you're out for the count.

Favorite activities/things: Rolling over, sitting up, jumping in the jumper, watching Elizabeth, chewing on your hands or any toy, eating anything I feed you!

Eating: You still nurse every 3-4 hours during the day (a total of 5 times a day). You've gone down to eating 1-2 pouches with every meal and then the rest table food. And 99% of the time you out eat your sister, even without the pouches! You must have a hollow leg - I don't know where you put it all!

Nicknames: Little Man, Bubba, Buddy

Talking: You still love making noise, and we love to hear it! You're still saying "mamama," "bababa," and "dadada," and probably a ton of other things I'm not remember off the top of my head. I can't wait until you actually say Mama and Dada for the first time!

New adventures: Not much here... Aside from the fact that you got your first yucky virus this month... You had hand, food, and mouth disease. Luckily it wasn't that bad on your - you only had a couple blisters on your hands and feet and one on your lip - and it definitely didn't affect your eating at all!

New Skills: You've finally started really crawling! You still prefer army crawling if you want to get somewhere fast, but you're doing more and more "real" crawling each day. You also started pulling up on anything and everything! You love to stand up and cruise along the furniture. :)

Our very mobile man was hard to photograph this month, per usual! The only way he would smile is if Miss E would make silly faces and dance around (as evidenced by the fingers in one of the pictures).

Of course we couldn't forget to
take a picture of our princess!