Nine month update...

Alec officially turned nine months on the 12th! Wow, time sure does fly. He had an appointment with his pediatrician who says Alec is doing wonderful. Here are the numbers:

Birth: 7 lbs 10 oz, 20.75"

Now: 21 lbs 14 oz (71st percentile), 29.5" (85th percentile)

What he is doing now:

Alec is a champion crawler! He pulls himself to standing on everything, walks with his walker toys, and walks along furniture. Sits, rolls, and anything in between without any problem. His two bottom front teeth popped through right at eight months and now his top front teeth have also broken through. 

He eats everything. We feed him cheerios, puffs, mum-mums, yogurt drops, pureed veggies and fruits, toddler meals I made for him, and whatever we eat within healthy reason. If I can mash it or throw it in the blender, he eats and loves it. He babbles, blows bubbles, yells, coos, "da-da-da-da-da". When I try to teach him Mama he just laughs (apparently thats funny!). When we nod yes he laughs and shakes his head no.

 He tries getting into EVERYthing (outlets, tried climbing in the bath tub with Carsyn, the dog dishes, name it - he is into it). He is much more active and wild then his big brother. He has no fear and we are fairly certain we will be making a lot of ER trips with him. There isn't a cuddly bone in his little body. When Carsyn was his age I would peak in on him every night when I got home from work. I cannot do this with Alec. He is the lightest sleeper EVER.

Alec loves his big brother and follows him everywhere. Anything Carsyn does Alec believes and tries to do also. He cranks on the baby gate in front of the steps trying to pop it open. He also loves any and all toys (surprised me, Carsyn was not a fan of any toys except "trucks") If Alec isn't in site and you hear him hollaring - you can bet he got himself stuck someplace again.

Happy nine months baby boy! I love you!!

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