Noah,
Well it's hard to believe that you have already been around nine months but as of this past Wednesday it's true.
It's amazing how fast the time has gone by and yet it's nearly impossible to imagine our lives without you. You are a very fun and exciting little guy.
Here are some of your recent developments. Not only can you crawl, now but you can crawl extremely fast. If we turn our heads for one minute you are in the next room and getting into stuff in a blink of an eye.
You are talking a lot more, you are working on your consonants and we hear a lot of mamamamamamama, dadadaddadadadada, bababababababa etc. You also like to make funny pop's and girgles with your mouth and of course there is still the raspberrys that we hear quite consistently.
You are getting pretty good at climbing up to your knees against walls, coffee tables or whatever is in front of you. If whatever you are climbing is low enough to the ground you will stand up on your own and lean on it. You have a small play table that you love to do that with. You've received a few bumps on the head on your dismounts, but you are now learning how to fall into the seated position instead of falling on your pumpkin. You can also get from crawling or laying down to the seated position. A pretty handy trick to have in the bag!
You are still eating very well although you have yet to discover the joy of our table food, you very much prefer the gerber foods to the yucky stuff we eat. We think it's because you don't like the texture. You make the most hilarious faces when we give you stuff from our plates. I think you are starting to explore more of those foods but as of right now you are a gerber food man all the way. You love your veggies and fruits and eat those very well.
You love when we read you bedtime stories, that is one of your favorite times. Also you are in love with both of your sisters. Sara takes very good care of you and loves you so much. Anna has the ability to make you smile and laugh like no one else. I think she's your favorite family member, you two are hilarious together.
Your other favorite family member is Momma, she takes such good care of you and loves you so much. She's currently the only person that you'll cuddle with which makes the rest of us jealous. You are a very smart guy and we love your laid back personality. You'll be one before we know it, hard to believe.
You had your 9 month Dr. appointment today and everything was good and normal. Well maybe normal isn't the right word but you are very healthy and doing great. Here are your stats from today's visit.
Weight 21.9 lbs (75th%)
You've been in the 75th% on this at every checkup so far.
Height 30 In. (97 - 100%)
Are you going to fight off those short genes from your mom's side and be tall like dad?
Head 48 cm (97%)
This for sure comes from moms side of the family. We gave you your middle name after someone else with the same predicament. :)
So you are tall, fairly skinny and have a big pumpkin.
There are a couple other things of note that you've done in the last couple months. You went on your first
big road trip and visited 8 states. On that road trip you had many firsts but some of the memorable ones were meeting tons of relatives you hadn't met before, taking your first boat ride, first jet ski ride and your first trip to my home state of Minnesota (Go Vikings).
Also you've been growing a bunch of teeth, right now you have four, two on the top and two on the bottom but we can see at least 2-3 more about to pop through.
You are getting big son. We love you more and more each day.
Love you,
Dadadadadadadadadadadada
Here are some pics taken on your 9 month birthday in your favorite chair.
