9 Months

9 Months old...I remember thinking when I went into labor with Nixon that he had been in my belly for 9 months and that it had seemed like such a long time. Now he has been "out" of my belly for that long! Here is what he has been up to this month:

18 lbs. 10 oz. and 29 in. long

Crawling on all fours, instead of army crawling

New word "dah" (we think it means "Dad")

Pulls himself to a standing position with furniture, walks around holding on to it

Stands in crib when he wakes up from naps

Can do "Patty-cake"

Gives kisses

Always crawls over to get a taste of whatever we are eating, even if he has just eaten

Loves graham crackers, grapes, peas, and oranges

Crawls up the stairs (always peeks behind him to make sure we are watching)

Gives a high five

Likes us to read him books

Nurses 5-6 times a day

Sleeps 11 hours at night

Takes two naps usually 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours

LOVES having friends over!

We took these first few pictures after church and I love how they turned out (even though we had exactly 5 minutes to snap them because Nixon would only cooperate for that long). Tonight, Chase and I were looking at them on the computer after we put Nixon to sleep and he said, "Let's go wake him up." Chase and I have decided that most nights it is a relief to put Nixon down for bed at night, but after about 20 minutes of the silence, we both want to hold and play with him :) It's just crazy how a baby can tug on your heart!

I think the one below is my favorite!

Nixon and dad after church
Nixon and his friend Macie..she is 3 months older and they have a blast together! As you can see, they had a free-for-all eating frenzy on our ottoman. They loved it!
Here he is peeking to make sure we are watching when crawling up the stairs.
Reading books together.. I love it because he will actually hold still for longer than a second and cuddle on you when we read!