Life Plus Two: 9 Months!

Well Atticus is 9 months old. The last week of month 9 was the most eventful. He learned to crawl (and army crawl first), wave bye-bye, pull himself up effectively, sleep through the night, and eat his snot. He also had his first play-date (with Henry) and celebrated his first fake Christmas. (We do our Christmas before we go down to visit family so we don't have to haul everything down and so that it can be just us at our own house with our own tree.)

The rest of the month was just as great though. I can't believe he is already so big. He's still a very good baby. Even when sick he is happy and playful and smiley. He's also still a very alert and thoughtful kid. He investigates everything and is always very aware of his surroundings and likes to check it all out. He especially loves hair and spinning wheels.

He still loves wrestling (and by wrestling I mean throwing him all over on the bed and hanging him upside down and all kinds of craziness) and he still loves the bath. He has a new after-bath ritual that has become my favorite part of the day. He used to like to just lay his face down in the towel while I put lotion on him and just squeal but now as soon as I sit down with him after his bath, he'll whip around and climb up to put his head on my shoulder. Always my left shoulder. And he'll either rest his head or gnaw on my shoulder. Sometimes he just cuddles quietly and others he bounces up and down. He almost always jabbers the whole time. But if I try to lay him down to put on lotion or a diaper before he's done with his snuggles, he cries.

He still has no teeth. He thinks peek-a-boo is just about the funniest thing ever. He claps when we say "yay". He sleeps with his legs tucked under and his bum in the air. (I always know it's time for a nap when he does that on the changing table.) He still loves watching the washer go but he's started to be nervous about it unless we're holding him. He knows what sounds mean daddy's home and he's always looking in the den for him. He loves the sound D makes this month. The sleepier he is the more he'll try and touch your face. He's on formula during the day now. I nurse him in the morning before work and at dinner time. I'm sad but it's so nice to be able to get stuff done on my prep at work now instead of pumping the whole time. Plus Atticus is a good eater so he's been fine. He also went through this little phase this month where he'd squint his eyes when he smiled. I don't see it much now though.

His 9-month check-up isn't for another 2 weeks so I guess I'll post his stats then.

36 Weeks

37 Weeks

Out of control smiling!!!

When he gets super excited he puts his face on the ground and screams.

38 Weeks

And done with the 9 month pictures.

Helping with the tree.

I put one ball down low to entice him to crawl.

Love it.

He'd get up on all fours then pick his hand up and put it back down 3 or 4 times before he'd take a step forward, then revert back to the army crawl. He'd did this for a few days then one night he was up all night and when I peeked at him on the video monitor, he was pulling himself up in the crib and/or crawling around. The next morning he was an old pro.