Saturday, August 13, 2011

Nine Months old!

Connor turned 9 months old!
Current stats:
Weight: 20 lbs 14 oz
Height: 27 inches
This month as been a little rough in that Connor's teeth have made for some broken sleep. He has two teeth that keep popping up then going down, but havent broken through yet. His first little pearly white is still there!
Connor is very opinionated :) He loves to chat! His current words are "da-da", "ma-ma"(melt my heart!), "na-na", "nah-nah" (no!!) and he just started saying "ba-ba" and i think that's his bottle. He also has long conversations of baby jabber and sings his "la-la" song.
The "no" word is pretty funny. He says it when he doesnt like what you're doing something and he'll try to 'push' you away - aka, changing his diaper, dressing him, putting lotion on, putting him down to nap or if you're holding him and he wants to get down or stand up.
As much as he is very chatty, he's also pretty shy. I've noticed for a while now that he's very social with anyone he knows (actually, he's pretty goofy and animated) but in large groups or around lots of people, he gets very shy and serious. aka - music class, playgroup, gymboree, birthday parties. He's got 'people watching' down! (wonder where he gets that from!?)
A little progress on crawling ... he will move with this arms and 'scoot' but not very long distances. He gets very frustrated and then just rolls or spins on his tummy to get whatever he wants. He just doesnt see the rush. He'd much rather work on standing on his own!
Some of his favorite things:
Still loves to bounce...
still loves his giraffe, sophie....
loves anything that's musical. He "plays" his little piano at home and his big piano at Grammy's.
Bathtime is still a very popular time of day!
still loves his sippy cup with cold water, but he LOVES his bottle the most.
He's very cuddly. He loves to cuddle his Nana.
We've increased table foods and so far he likes turkey, cheese, bread, nectarines, (still) watermelon, chicken, toast with cheese on, (still) avocado. Anything we're eating, we'll let him try.
He's very content to play on the floor and loves that he always has a puppy friend close by!
Who would have ever thought that a little person could make me so happy? My heart bursts with love for him.
A couple of my favorite pics recently....