9 months for Eliott!

You have officially finished your 9th month and you are everywhere! Holy moly. I have been in awe as I watch you explore the whole house from all kinds of different views as you now crawl very fast (usually with one leg up and the other knee down). You are very coordinated with pulling yourself up on things and carefully sitting back down to speed crawl to the next object. You'll transfer from one thing to the next but you haven't really stood much by yourself or taken any steps (other than catch up to your toys as you push them away). Awhile ago you started getting all four top teeth at the same time and they are all now through, giving you a grand total of four on the top and two on the bottom. When it comes to dinner time you often show us all up. Usually by the time I have put your food on your plate, then fix mine, I have to stand back up and get you more ready. You will eat pretty much anything I put on your tray, but don't want to have much anything to do with me feeding you from a spoon. You are pretty much out of your 12 mo clothes fitting into 18 months... soon, I'm sure into 24 months. I can't remember what you weighed at the doc, I'll have to find that, but I do know you were 99th percentile for height and 90th for weight. Dr. Huwe always calls you a 'leader' :). One of your favorite things to do is play on our bed with your sister. You just sit and bounce and then flop down on your face. Then you bury your head into the bed and walk your feet up and sometimes get yourself to do a sort of summersault... not sure if you watched your sis do these or if you figured it out on your own. It's very funny to watch! The summer is winding down and that sure is a bummer. You loved going to the waterpark and you still love going to the park and swinging. You have actually gotten quite the kick out of the swing lately. One of my favorites to post about is you are becoming such a better sleeper. Yay for us all! One night I left you in there to figure it out for yourself. You were mad for about an hour and forty minutes until you finally clonked out. You have slept through the night (other than an occasional binky replacing) ever since. You are much happier for it, and so is mom :). Your sis wakes you up every now and then, but other than that you both do pretty well. When I went to tuck your sis in tonight, you were zonked out in your crib. She went over to your crib all by herself, blew you a kiss, rubbed your little arm, put your binky back where you could see it if you needed to, and then covered up your little toe that had come out from under the blanket. You are loved by us all!

Boy are we in love with our little boy. You make us smile and laugh at your wonderful, easy going, happy personality. Life is busy with two little ones, but we wouldn't trade it for anything. We love you TT!