9 months

Everett doing what he loves doing most. Exploring!!!

Everett turned 9 months this week. How is it possible?!?!? Okay I'm done whining. He is the cutest. He just had his check up and he is 18 lbs and 28 inches. 25% for weight and 50% for height. He dropped a little in both but MD said that was fine. He started playing peek a boo on our long car rides to Destin. He would hide his eyes behind his dog them come out from behind it and laugh so hard when I would say "peek a boo!" We did it no less than 100 times. He talks all the time. Making tons of different sounds. No matter what he's doing he's talking while doing it. He really seems to want to figure things out. He looks at things like "how does this work?" Very curious and is into EVERYTHING!!! Need to re-baby proof this weekend. He is starting to stand himself up. Not by pulling up, just standing up and then he stands there like a surfer on a surf board looking too proud. It KILLS him that he can't do the things his big sisters can do. He wants to so badly. He wants to run with them and eat what they are. I feel badly for him that he can't. He has 6 teeth but he is back to chewing on everything so I think more are coming. He stands at the coffee table and the table that the TV is on and squats a little so he can chew on the corners or the knobs. It's pretty silly. If you are on the floor he crawls into you and tries to find anything he can to chew on. He tries for the nose a lot. Seems like he's being sweet and is kissing you but really he wants to chew your face. He is eating well. Moving onto more than baby food. Loves black beans. His all time fav is cherrios though. If he sees them it's all over and that is all he will eat. I have accepted it that he is done nursing so I am back to pumping like I did for Av. I HATE pumping but I will do it for him. I am very lucky that I am able to make enough milk for him. It's hard to get him to drink all he needs though. He wants to EAT!! Who would have thought C would be my one good child (heheheh the one kid that didn't make me pump!!). Lots of stranger anxiety and I cannot walk out of the room wo him flipping out. The only thing he does not do is wave. Everything else the MD asked me at his checkup he did. He is a super happy boy and loves his family. He gets SOOOOO excited to see his dad. As soon as he sees J he is done with me. He is very go with the flow and happy no matter what we are doing. An easy child. His eyes are bright blue and his hair as we were told this weekend is "orange." His cheeks are filled with dimples. They are up higher on his cheeks and he has more than one on each. He is super cute.