9 months!

I absolutely cannot believe that I am about to type the fact that our little boy is 9 months old!! Where in the world has the time gone?????!!!!???!!!

Grayson,

The past 9 months have been amazing, and we would not trade them for the world. We have made it through sleepless nights, feeling icky, throwing up, learning to crawl, bumps and bruises, eating solids, and so much more! You are definitely not a baby anymore, and are growing up into the sweetest little boy. Your daddy and I love you so much!



At 9 months:

You wear size 4 diapers, and anywhere from 9-18 month clothes.  You have a big head, just like your daddy.  So......sometimes getting dressed and undressed is kind of hard:

You LOVE to eat! You take anywhere from 4-5 bottles and eat 2-3 servings of baby food and oatmeal each day. You also love to eat off of Mommy and Daddy's plate. Your favorites are french fries, cheerios, chicken, mac and cheese, rolls/breadsticks, noodles, mashed potatoes, and ice cream. You also really like your teething cookies, NumNums, yogurt, fruit, and any orange vegetables. Face it...you love to eat like your MaMa! :)

You feed yourself you own bottle, but you also love to drink from a cup. You don't love sippy cups; you prefer drinking from a big boy cup or a straw. You mostly drink water, but you also really like orange gatorade.

You are ON THE GO! You don't like to sit still at all. You love to crawl all around the house, and pull yourself up on everything! You just love to explore....EVERYWHERE!  You wait until Mommy and Daddy move the gate blocking you from the kitchen, and then you speed over to the dog food to bang on the container and eat the food.  It's like you sit and watch until the gate is moved so you can get in there!  Sometimes, you even try to move the gate.  You are such a little stinker!  :)

You have learned to scoot along furniture, and can stand up on your own for about 2 seconds. :) The other night, Daddy snapped this picture of you waiting on Mommy to get home:

 

The dogs are your new best friends.  You love to play with them, climb on top of them, and laugh at them.  Cordi isn't so sure of your intentions, but Bailey loves playing with you!

You like to go places with Mommy and Daddy, especially when you can people watch. You only like to sit in the cart backwards so you can see where you are going...and you alway hold on for dear life! :)  One of your favorite places to go is the mall because there are just so many people there!  And, there is a super fun helicopter ride:

Your favorite toys are the ones you can bang together: the pot and wooden spoon, your blocks, and your basketballs. You love to bang your piano, and are starting to wheel yourself around on your "Push-N-Go." You also like to play with doors (open, shut, and slam them), and with the door stoppers (you crack up at the sound they make).

You have 4 teeth now, and a 5th is on the way!  You have 3 on the bottom, 1 on the top, and another one is almost broken through on the top.  As a result, you drool like crazy.  You always have to have a bib on...I think you must go through about 10 bibs a day!  And, you think it's really funny to pull off your bib, hold it up in the air, and then drop it.  :)

You are an awesome sleeper.  You go to bed around 8:00pm each night (sometimes earlier), and usually wake up around 6:00am.  When you wake up, you always go to the side of your bed closest to the door, stand up, bang the side of your crib, and scream at the top of your lungs to let us know that your awake. 

You take your baths in the tub like a big boy (no more ducky tub--it's now one of your toys!), and you love water!  We can't wait to take you swimming this summer!  You sit and play with all of your toys, and splash and splash.

You are stubborn, just like your MaMa.  You don't like to get your diaper or you clothes changed, and when you decide to do something, you want to do it, no matter what!  You have learned to throw a fit--and if we don't pay attention to you, you quickly get over it, and move on.  You laugh at us when we tell you "No," and you are very independent.

You still don't watch much TV, but you love to watch movies in the truck.  Your favorite is still Elmo, although Blue's Clues gets your attention sometimes.  You also really like Toy Story.  You don't like riding in Mommy's car very much because there's no movies to watch!  Instead, you like to kick the mirror and try to get out of your carseat....which you have been almost successful at.  You can get your arm out of your restraint!  Houdini!

No matter how big you get, though, you still love to cuddle with Mommy and Daddy.  We cherish those quiet moments when you are perfectly content sitting on our lap.  I especially look forward to each night when we cuddle before you go to bed.  You are just growing too fast!  Please slow down!! :)

We love you so much, Grayson, and are so looking forward to the years to come.  You are such a happy and loving little boy.  Everywhere we go, we notice people turning to look at you, smile at you, and come over and talk to you.  You love the attention so much!  We thank God for blessing us with you every day.

You are the best gift we have ever been given! 

Love,

Mommy and Daddy