nine months

Nine months! This is so hard to believe! L is growing like crazy and changing every day!

***Breaking news***

Official stats: 20 lbs. 13 oz., 29 inches long.
That's the 55% for weight and the 75% for length! I was honestly speechless in the doctor's office! My baby's average weight now?! How did this happen?! I kind of liked having a tank for a baby! Now he's average?! Sadness ...



Recent favorites of L:

Crawling! Prefers the army scoot with his arms, but he likes to spice things up by going a few feet with hands and knees working together every once in a while. It feels like he's getting faster and faster every day.

Incredibly ticklish! His giggle is too tempting and is becoming much more of a hearty belly laugh. Oh how it thrills me!

Peek-a-boo! He loves this game! Whether it's putting a basket over his head and lifting it up, me hiding behind a wall and popping out, or pulling books up to cover his face. Absolutely adorable!

Loves to eat constantly.

Jabbering! For some random reason L kind of stopped talking there for a while. Lasted a couple months maybe of very few verbal sounds coming out ... but then spending so much time with other young cousins helped him get the hang of it. Now he's talking all the time and finally starting to use consonants - still far from anything intelligible, but it's still dang cute.

Pulls himself up on his knees and loves to try to pull himself up to standing position. Yikes!

Had his first big battle-wound when he was trying to stand up using the coffee table, fell, and hit the side of the table with his head. OUCH! Left a pretty ugly bruise on his forehead and made me want to cry! First, but definitely not last.

Separation anxiety times a thousand! This kid is the ultimate Momma's Boy. Sorry Dad ...

Loved being in Utah with all of Mommy's family - except when he got sick and threw up multiple times ... and when Mom left to go skiing ... and whenever she went into a different room ... and whenever it was supposed to be bedtime ... or nap time. Other than that though he loved it!

Practically jumps into the bath at the end of the day. Loves loves loves the water!

Became an extreme snuggle-bug while in Utah with both Mom and Dad. Incredibly precious to have him voluntarily rest his head on our shoulders and wrap his arms around us. Love it!

Hair! He finally has enough to make a mohawk in the tub - classic.

Intense personality. Otherwise known as experiencing every kind of emotion with extreme passion and expression. Can be confused with being bipolar. Current emotion sometimes indiscernible as the laugh turns into screams and cries turn into laughs. Wonder where he gets it ...
Gotta love him!