Nine Months

Ryan at 9 months old

Yesterday our little man hit the 9 month mark. I waited until today to update because I wanted to have the stats from the doctor's visit... and remind you all that he is still off the charts!

Weight: 24lbs 7oz (above 95%)
Height: 30 1/2in (above 95%)
Head size: 18 1/4 in (75%)

We very rarely get pics of him without clothes on, so since he had to be undressed for the appt, I took advantage and got some pics of all those rolls!

Playing with the paper

Looking out the window (aka: banging on the window!)

He has had pink eye two times now and when we went in today she found a minor ear infection (his first!) and said that the re-occurence of the pink eye almost always means that something else would be wrong. Good thing we had this appt (since he hasn't run any fever!) and could get him on the antibiotics!

Aside from this, he is a great big healthy boy that's meeting all of his little benchmarks for this age! She commented what a calm and passive little guy he is and boy is she right! They did a finger prick and while they were taking the blood he giggled and played with the nurse's watch. Then, when it was time for the shots, his eyes flinched, but he didn't cry! When I picked him up, he smiled at the nurse and laughed! He is just a sweet, sweet thing!

What's a 9 month old doing these days???

Clapping!
Pulling up to knees
AND TO FEET!
Feeding himself
Taking big boy baths with brother!
He likes to sit in the splits!
And then attack the camera!
Such a happy boy!
He is VERY mobile. He is really liking the freedom that crawling is bringing, but there is always one thing that can get him to sit still for at least 10-15 minutes!

Really, it's quite amazing how he just STOPS whatever he is doing!

For this...

Logan loved (still loves) these dvds and it is such a blessing to have them playing instead of The Wiggles or some other irritating child obsession of the sort!


Some other things that are happening
with the little guy:

-Gradually doing away with the baby food (going to finish what is in the freezer, but no more making batches for this momma!). He has now tried toast, eggs, peas, sliced peaches, yogurt, rice, and some chicken salad! There is nothing he doesn't like so far, but I'm sure that's not a surprise!

-Adding milk to the diet (and hoping he doesn't have the issues Logan had!). He tried it for the first time at dinner tonight and was very pleased! Now we just have to get him happy with the sippy cup, or as the dr said, maybe we'll just skip that and go straight to a straw cup!

-He still naps 3 times a day, but with our schedule that is what works for us. Each nap is about 1 1/2 hours and he sleeps 11-12 hours at night! He is so happy to just get up and go, never seems phased to be woken up to leave or to be transferred from the car when he falls asleep on the road.

-And again, like I say every month, this kid LOVES his big brother. Now that he is more mobile, he is following him everywhere, laughing with him, and they already wrestle! It's quite precious to hear the belly laugh that comes out of this baby when his brother rolls him around on the living room floor. I'll have to get a video!

-Today while crawling, he found the stairs. It's time to get the baby gates up and do a run through of baby proofing, that's for sure!!!


Happy 9 months sweet boy! We love you and are so excited about the little toddler you are developing into each day!