9 Months Old!!

Yep, this sweet boy is 9 months old!

I try to take monthly b-day pictures in the morning before we leave for school. 

Usually I have to get Daddy to act up behind me to get some smiles. Andrew learned fast to crawl away when I break out the camera.

These turned out really good though. Those two bottom teeth have really come in! He is breaking through about 4 on the top too!

This has to be my favorite! This sweet boy has moved into size 3 diapers. He is 17.5 lbs and 25 inches. He is finally in the 1.1% for his length - exciting!

After we got back from Galveston, he had an ear infection for a good four weeks. We went to the doctor's office three times, were on the three different antibiotics and then it finally cleared up. Only to then have an enlarged spleen and liver because of the infection! So we had to have blood drawn and an ultrasound done. Luckily, everything is back to normal but that was a miserable few weeks. 

Andrew is now crawling on all fours, no more army scootin. He eats breakfast at daycare (rice cereal) and then some pureed lunch (usually sweet potatoes, mangos or peas & carrots) and then gets a snack of yogurt and applesauce. For dinner, it just depends what we have. Sometimes it's cheese and avocado, more purees, rice cereal, mac & cheese....

He also loves his push toys and he loves to push the chairs in the dining area around. His favorite toys are usually the tupperware in the kitchen or the dog bowls. He is in 6-9 month clothing. He can wear 9 month onesies but everything else that is 9 months is just too big for him. He can still fit into most of his 6 month clothing as well. 

Sometimes when he sleeps is lays across the crib and he just looks so big to me. It is like he grew into a little boy over night. He is still so much fun and great when we take him out. He loves to people watch. I don't know where he got his social skills ;) He is still waking up once a night, at least. It's not terrible for us since we are used to it but it will be nice when he decides to start sleeping through the night. He just doesn't get enough calories during the day to last all night. 

He is such a sweet boy and we are so blessed to be his parents. We love him so much and even more each day. His one-year birthday is creeping up and I am so excited for him and can't wait to see him grow and learn!

8 months old!

This little munchkin is 8 months old! Time goes by so fast but it has been so much fun! He is at the age now where he has a great little (big!) personality and is so much fun to play with. He is starting to crawl on all fours (see previous post) and continues to scoot everywhere. He is also pulling up on things and people. He loves to play on the floor with Brian - he just crawls all over Brian :) 

 He loves going to daycare and plays so well with the other kids. Some mornings I stay for a few minutes and watch him interact with the others. It is so neat for me to see him in that environment. He is practically climbing out of my arms to go play and so he doesn't even realize I'm there once he starts playing. My favorite part of the day is when I get to pick him up. He recognizes me immediately and usually scoots right on over to the gate so I can pick him up. When he get home, he gets to playing again until bath/bedtime. 

 He is eating lots of yummy food now. He usually eats rice cereal at daycare for breakfast. He won't eat it at home. Then for lunch I send something that I've made. Lately, it has been butternut squash, green beans, peas and carrots, banana and avocado. I also send yogurt and applesauce mixed for snack. He loves puffs for his snack too. He has really done so great with eating foods considering that he started out kind of slow. His teachers say he loves eatin' time. He knows when he gets in the highchair that it's time for food! :)

 We have been swimming several times this summer and he will get his first beach trip next week! I can't wait to see his reaction.

 He is just so much fun to be around and is generally happy. Really the only time he cries is if he is hungry (he really lets you know it's time to eat. Definitely my child!) or if he is tired. 

He hasn't been to the doctor (thank goodness) since his ear infection but I am thinking he is around 17-18 lbs. He has definitely grow longer. I told Brian the other day that I could really tell that he has grown length-wise. We'll see what his actual growth is next month. 

He still only has two teeth and is in size two diapers. He is wearing 6 month clothing. I have moved the 6-9 month clothes over to the "wear" section but most of them are just too long on him. He should be able to fit into them soon though. 

He is so interested in the dogs right now but they don't want him anywhere near them. It is humorous to watch him chase them around (all while scooting) and the dogs just don't want him to touch them. He has also figured out how to pull up on the stairs. Looks like we will be buying gates very soon. We've already put the plug protectors in. 

He is so curious and I love watching him figure things out. We are so lucky to have such a happy baby and we truly enjoy spending every minute with him!

March Pictures

Here are some pictures from my phone for the month of March. 

We attempted to take some self-portraits...

But with a wiggle-monstor, that's pretty much impossible :)

He was talking to me about something really important :)

This was while my parents were in town. We bought him some sunglasses and he was loving them.

This was obviously while it was still chilly because we were bundled up! He is such a ham.

Carseat Pic

 Ha! I was outside scooping up dog poop and he just thought it was so funny!

 First walk in the big boy part of the stroller. He was excited!

This was when he got his cold. We spent many minutes in the bathroom with a steam shower to get that congestion to go away. He is still snotty from that cold even now!

February Pictures

He is such a happy baby!

Wearing his monogrammed onesie from Aunt Linda. And his new Old Navy jeans. Too cute!

This was from Gma Cindy's phone. He is such a ham :)

We were out running errands and he was a good lil sport.

 

With daddy.

January Pictures

I'm posting these pictures super late and he looks so tiny in them!

Looking like a little old man.

First time in his jumper. He wasn't sure what to make of it.

This is when all of his clothes were too big. We don't have that problem now!

Standing up!

Who me?

Look at how tiny he is! This was at Gigi's birthday party.

Sportin his beanie from Uncle Sean.

We had a dance party in the kitchen while dad was cooking. He actually fell asleep like that. :)

First roadtrip. This was on our way back from Hachie. He did really well.

 

Put me in Coach!