buddy boy is 9 months!

A blog post is long overdue and we have so many updates to post. These pictures look so old to me though they were taken in the month or so. Baby boy is 9 months. Time flies. Absolutely flies. Andrew's 9 month stats:

• Weight: 18 lb 12 oz (22nd%)
• Length: 28 and 3/4 inches (68th%)
• Head circumference: 17.5 inches (26th%)

As of Andrew being 9 months (things have changed!) - he was not yet crawling. He was a pro at army crawling backwards and pivoting to such a degree that he could basically get wherever he wanted to go. Including cabinets.

And toy boxes. He is not actually pulling up. He tries to - but he is not very patient to see the process through. He will try once or twice, not be able to haul that 18 pounds off the ground and plop back into place. If you stand him up he will stand for a little bit while holding on to something. And he is eating - as of 9 months he said bye-bye to baby food. He still wishes I would feed it to him of course (I mean - all the satisfaction and none of the work - he would take it any day). But we decided he was done and just before he turned 9 months transitioned him to all real person food. Including this spaghetti... Now we just give him whatever we eat (including one instance of spicy black and kidney beans out of a chicken taco soup I had made... that didn't go over to well judging by his bright red face, excessive salivation, and abundant thirst). Wow... what else was the boy doing at 9 months? Seriously 6-9 months is my favorite baby age ever - they are so sweet and cuddly and holdable but also able to sit and entertain themselves for quite some time. I love it.

Oh - also at 9 months Andrew still sleeps from 6 pm until 7:30 am with no interruptions. He was nursing 4 times a day and I was pumping at night before bed. Starting the week after he turned 9 months I began the process of weaning him. He naps twice a day still - from 9-10:15 (we have had to start waking him up at 10:15 in order to protect and preserve the second nap) and then again from 1 until 3ish (sometimes 3:30).

Andrew is babbling all the time - mama, dada, baba - not specifically knowing the meaning behind them but babbling away.

And he is great at fine motor skills - his pincer grasp is working in overtime these days to find any smidgen of dirt or trash anywhere on the floor to put immediately into his mouth.

Our boy is such a blessing from the Lord - he is a delight to all of us!