9 Months

Eli turned 9 months on Sunday.  This has been a fun month.  He is learning so much.  Here is what he has been up to:

- He can pull himself up on furniture and stand there playing.  He actually likes to stand a lot.  Even in the bath.  I can’t keep him sitting anymore.

- He babbles a lot.  He finally started saying mama, but it’s not applied to me yet.

- He waves hello… all the time.  It’s really cute.  He even waved at me in the bath tonight.

- He sleeps through the night!  He doesn’t cry when we put him to bed and rarely does at nap time.

- He is eating more food, although it depends on his mood.  Sometimes he is very interested and other times, not so much.  His favorites are beans, tilapia and yogurt.

- He can’t crawl or sit up from lying down (there is a large belly making it more difficult!), but he can do an army crawl in which he drags himself around the house, surprisingly quickly. 

- He still loves his walker and zooms all over the house, but we wonder if that is making him lazy.  Maybe he got independence too early and doesn’t realize he needs to work for it and walk without it.

- He has become Nala’s greatest fan and tormenter.  She takes it like a champ, though and puts up with endless eye pokes, ear pulls and fur plucks.

- He loves walks in the stroller and we go out with it almost every day.

- We don’t know his current weight, but he looks a little slimmer lately to us.  He wears 12-18month sizes.

- He has been healthy with the exception of a cold this past week.

- One of his favorite things to do is read.  He squeals with excitement when we start reading to him.  Of course, half the time he tries to eat the book, but he still loves it!

It’s been a busy month for him! And us!