**warning, cuteness overload**
Yesterday my big boy turned 9 months old. How on earth has 9 months passed so quickly?! Being pregnant was FOR.EV.ER. Now he's just so big and funny and so so good. I'm not really sure what we did to deserve such a perfect little human in our lives. He has a doctors appointment next week, so we won't know until then his accurate weight and length and what not.
He is a little guy compared to a lot of other babies his age, and even younger ones. He is tall and skinny. He could fit into 3-6 month clothes, except he's too long, and he's been in 12 month pants for a few weeks now. He eats like a champ and will eat just about anything. He is MUCH more interested in the food we are eating than anything else we give him. Lucky for him, I usually let him eat what we eat. I am only nursing him before bed and when he wakes up, but everything in between is real big boy food. He won't eat baby food any more, it's too bland and not enough texture for him. He loves apple sauce, cottage cheese, yogurt, oatmeal, veggies (but usually not plain), crackers, all of his gerber snacks, and really, he's less picky than I am. He is a PRO at using his straw sippy cup, and drinks lots of apple juice with it. We taught him to say "more" in sign language a couple weeks ago, so now when he's eating his little hands will go together, letting us know he needs more, before he's even finished the bite in his mouth.
He loves to clap. If he hears it on tv his face lights up and he claps too. Sometimes he'll clap at his books, or I'll just look over to see him clapping. When he sees that I see him clapping, he gets so excited and gets a look on his face that says "look how big I am!" He also makes this face just about every time he pulls himself up. He gets so proud of himself.
He pulls himself up on anything and everything. When he started to crawl, it wasn't as tiring as I thought it would be. Him pulling himself up wears me out! And now that he can climb some stuff, it takes even more energy out of me. He's on the door of the dishwasher "helping" me with the dishes. He managed to climb out of his crib one night, and he goes up the stairs to catch his kitty.
He LOVES the cat and dog. He gets so excited when he sees them and drops whatever he is doing to try and catch the cat, and the dog goes to him. Camper isn't a huge fan of him, but she also isn't a huge fan of moving, so she ends up dealing with him loving on her for a few minutes. Milo does pretty good about staying away from her face. Tank on the other hand, loves Milo right back and is SO good with him. They play tug of war together and Tank doesn't pull hard or fight to get the rope, just sits and waits for Milo to put it in his mouth. Milo can even stick his hand in the dogs mouth to get the ball and Tank doesn't bite back or fight to get it.
I can't really say that Milo is talking yet, but he's getting better at communicating, I guess you would call it. He uses a lot of the same sounds for some stuff, but it's slightly different and it's always when he sees what he's "talking" about and sometimes he'll even point. He waves and says "hi!" or "hey!"and when we're leaving he waves and says "da! da da!" but you can tell he's trying to say "bye! bye bye". He will pick up the remote or a phone and put it to his ear and say "hey dah!" (hi dad). When he sees Tank he says "tah" or "daw". When Camper comes in he says "kah". Hey and Hi are his most common though, and it's usually when he's trying to get your attention. He's just so smart.
So smart in fact, that I'm pretty sure sometimes he hears the serious conversations we have and then tries to do what we want him to do. Example one. My mom and I were talking about how he still wasn't sleeping through the night. My mom told me that I started sleeping through the night around 9 months. That night, and every nice since (almost 2 weeks) he sleeps 11 to 12 hours a night.
Example two. Not even a week ago, Adam and I were talking about getting Milo off his binky before the new baby comes. Yesterday, he stopped taking his binky. He will chew on it, but won't suck on it and just spits it out immediately when I try to put it in his night. We are finishing the first full day with out it, and it was no sweat for me. Praise the heavens!
This post is getting long (it's more for me than you anyway, sorry), but I will summarize a little more on a few more of my favorite things.
*He gives raspberries. On my face, neck, arm and stomach, just like we do to him
*He has started tickling me. I'll look down and he'll be scratching my leg and waiting for a response, then I realize he's waiting for me to laugh, and when I do, he laughs with me. so cute
*He loves to play with doors. He just sits there for 15 minutes at a time swinging it back and forth. If he gets distracted by something else, as he's leaving the door, it will touch his back and remind him that it is more fun and he will continue swinging the door.
*When he finds the door stopper he thinks that's pretty fun for a while too.
*He can find any cord and be happy. He pulls it tight between his hands and puts it over his head. He does it twice and then it's wrapped around his neck. No worries, he doesn't get to play with them when i'm not right there.
*He LOVES his daddy. He is definitely a mommas boy, but lately he is loving his daddy extra. When Adam comes home Milo will try to get out of my lap and crawl to him.
*He has 3 ALMOST 4 teeth. 2 bottom, 1 top and the other top one is so close I can see the ridges.
*We have playhouse Disney playing most of the day. He doesn't pay much attention to it, but when the Hotdog song comes on on Mickey Mouse, he stops everything to dance and watch. He loves to dance whenever music comes on.
*He gives great big wet open mouthed kisses. Now that he has teeth he bites when he's done. When Adam and I kiss, he tries to kiss us too. ooh he's just too cute.
I could seriously (and sometimes do) go on and on and on about this little boy. He is so much fun and as tiring as he is, I miss him when he's not with me. It's just so hard to believe that Heavenly Father trusts to raise this perfect little boy.
**Milo's 9 Month Stats**
9 months 5 days
17.22 pounds 5.3%tile
28.75 inches tall 65.83%tile
17.5 inch head 24.38%tile
Yesterday my big boy turned 9 months old. How on earth has 9 months passed so quickly?! Being pregnant was FOR.EV.ER. Now he's just so big and funny and so so good. I'm not really sure what we did to deserve such a perfect little human in our lives. He has a doctors appointment next week, so we won't know until then his accurate weight and length and what not.
He is a little guy compared to a lot of other babies his age, and even younger ones. He is tall and skinny. He could fit into 3-6 month clothes, except he's too long, and he's been in 12 month pants for a few weeks now. He eats like a champ and will eat just about anything. He is MUCH more interested in the food we are eating than anything else we give him. Lucky for him, I usually let him eat what we eat. I am only nursing him before bed and when he wakes up, but everything in between is real big boy food. He won't eat baby food any more, it's too bland and not enough texture for him. He loves apple sauce, cottage cheese, yogurt, oatmeal, veggies (but usually not plain), crackers, all of his gerber snacks, and really, he's less picky than I am. He is a PRO at using his straw sippy cup, and drinks lots of apple juice with it. We taught him to say "more" in sign language a couple weeks ago, so now when he's eating his little hands will go together, letting us know he needs more, before he's even finished the bite in his mouth.
He loves to clap. If he hears it on tv his face lights up and he claps too. Sometimes he'll clap at his books, or I'll just look over to see him clapping. When he sees that I see him clapping, he gets so excited and gets a look on his face that says "look how big I am!" He also makes this face just about every time he pulls himself up. He gets so proud of himself.
He pulls himself up on anything and everything. When he started to crawl, it wasn't as tiring as I thought it would be. Him pulling himself up wears me out! And now that he can climb some stuff, it takes even more energy out of me. He's on the door of the dishwasher "helping" me with the dishes. He managed to climb out of his crib one night, and he goes up the stairs to catch his kitty.
He LOVES the cat and dog. He gets so excited when he sees them and drops whatever he is doing to try and catch the cat, and the dog goes to him. Camper isn't a huge fan of him, but she also isn't a huge fan of moving, so she ends up dealing with him loving on her for a few minutes. Milo does pretty good about staying away from her face. Tank on the other hand, loves Milo right back and is SO good with him. They play tug of war together and Tank doesn't pull hard or fight to get the rope, just sits and waits for Milo to put it in his mouth. Milo can even stick his hand in the dogs mouth to get the ball and Tank doesn't bite back or fight to get it.
I can't really say that Milo is talking yet, but he's getting better at communicating, I guess you would call it. He uses a lot of the same sounds for some stuff, but it's slightly different and it's always when he sees what he's "talking" about and sometimes he'll even point. He waves and says "hi!" or "hey!"and when we're leaving he waves and says "da! da da!" but you can tell he's trying to say "bye! bye bye". He will pick up the remote or a phone and put it to his ear and say "hey dah!" (hi dad). When he sees Tank he says "tah" or "daw". When Camper comes in he says "kah". Hey and Hi are his most common though, and it's usually when he's trying to get your attention. He's just so smart.
So smart in fact, that I'm pretty sure sometimes he hears the serious conversations we have and then tries to do what we want him to do. Example one. My mom and I were talking about how he still wasn't sleeping through the night. My mom told me that I started sleeping through the night around 9 months. That night, and every nice since (almost 2 weeks) he sleeps 11 to 12 hours a night.
Example two. Not even a week ago, Adam and I were talking about getting Milo off his binky before the new baby comes. Yesterday, he stopped taking his binky. He will chew on it, but won't suck on it and just spits it out immediately when I try to put it in his night. We are finishing the first full day with out it, and it was no sweat for me. Praise the heavens!
This post is getting long (it's more for me than you anyway, sorry), but I will summarize a little more on a few more of my favorite things.
*He gives raspberries. On my face, neck, arm and stomach, just like we do to him
*He has started tickling me. I'll look down and he'll be scratching my leg and waiting for a response, then I realize he's waiting for me to laugh, and when I do, he laughs with me. so cute
*He loves to play with doors. He just sits there for 15 minutes at a time swinging it back and forth. If he gets distracted by something else, as he's leaving the door, it will touch his back and remind him that it is more fun and he will continue swinging the door.
*When he finds the door stopper he thinks that's pretty fun for a while too.
*He can find any cord and be happy. He pulls it tight between his hands and puts it over his head. He does it twice and then it's wrapped around his neck. No worries, he doesn't get to play with them when i'm not right there.
*He LOVES his daddy. He is definitely a mommas boy, but lately he is loving his daddy extra. When Adam comes home Milo will try to get out of my lap and crawl to him.
*He has 3 ALMOST 4 teeth. 2 bottom, 1 top and the other top one is so close I can see the ridges.
*We have playhouse Disney playing most of the day. He doesn't pay much attention to it, but when the Hotdog song comes on on Mickey Mouse, he stops everything to dance and watch. He loves to dance whenever music comes on.
*He gives great big wet open mouthed kisses. Now that he has teeth he bites when he's done. When Adam and I kiss, he tries to kiss us too. ooh he's just too cute.
I could seriously (and sometimes do) go on and on and on about this little boy. He is so much fun and as tiring as he is, I miss him when he's not with me. It's just so hard to believe that Heavenly Father trusts to raise this perfect little boy.
**Milo's 9 Month Stats**
9 months 5 days
17.22 pounds 5.3%tile
28.75 inches tall 65.83%tile
17.5 inch head 24.38%tile
4 comments:
You are such a precious sweet mommy! And Milo is ADORRRRABLE!!! How fun for you. Wynn and I were just watching old videos of Mason when he was Milo's age last night, and Mason kept saying "Can we watch another movie with me???" I just love having a little boy. So many things you said on that post brought me back to all of the fun parts of having a baby :)
you need to have us down there soon. I want to play with your new puppy. he looks so sweet with Milo. I think it would be cute to watch all the kids play with him. granted, Carter would probably be scared.
i love reading about his progress. and it's so cute/sweet how Tank plays with him. Nothing like a "good" dog for your kids, huh? I especially love the piano pic!
I can't believe he's that big! It hasn't been THAT long since we've seen him, has it?
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