9 month stat!

Weight: 17 lbs 11 oz
Diaper size: 3
Clothing: 9 month sleepers and shirts, 3 month pants
Teeth: 4! Top two and bottom two:)

Favourites:
FOOD - banana baby food! If he was allowed, it would be the only thing he ate!
TOY - bells, the guitar (even though I am doing my best to show him it is NOT a toy)
SONG - 'My Best Friend' Nola and I sing it to him and he gets SO happy!
ACTIVITY - trying to stand up by holding the blinds. Yay...not.

Loves:
- moving! He takes after his sister - he is all over the place! He spends most of his day crawing around the house. He's my little explorer :)
- bed time snuggles. With Nola, I was so scared that if I rocked her to sleep, she would be dependant on me to get to sleep each night, so I always laid her down awake. With Robbie, I relish the time we get to snuggle together, and by the look on his face, he does too :)
- squawking! He can be one loud little dude! He loves to squawk at Nola while they play, and Nola always informs me that Robbie is telling her a story :)
- bottle time. He LOVES his bottle!
- Nola. It kills me to watch them together. They have so much fun!

Dislikes:
- getting his diaper changed. He arches his back, squeezes his legs together and twists. These are all actions that make changing a poopy bum VERY difficult!
- getting his face and hands wiped. He cries every single time.

What's new:
- he has two new teeth! He has just cut his top front teeth. By the way they are coming in, he looks like he's going to have a great big gap between them! Haha, it's a good thing he's super cute ;)
- he has been walking with his walker toy. No, no, not one of those illegal walkers, but a push-toy on wheels. He can go anywhere with that thing! He has yet to stand on his own, which is fine by me! He has plenty of time for that!
- he has been sick. Poor little guy had a rough June. He got croup, which pretty much beat the living day-lights out of him.
- he is starting to feed himself!
- he's getting a personality :) He's at that stage where he knows he's funny, so he is a total ham!

Mommy loves:
- bed time snuggles, as mentioned previously.
- the way he scrunches up his nose. He looks so cute, it makes me want to squeeze him to death!!
- feeding him his bottle. Quite often he won't finish the whole bottle in one sitting, so when he gets full, he pops the bottle out of his mouth and sticks his tongue out at me, all while flashing me a cheeky smile. It's to die for.
- watching him explore. Seriosuly, this kid is everywhere! If I don't keep my eye on him, who knows where he'll end up! Last week, I looked all over the house and I couldn't find him. Finally, I heard a 'boing' noise from the bathroom, and there he was, sitting the the dark, with the door shut, playing with the door stopper. Quite often I will find him under the kitchen table, eating any scraps he can find!
- watching the kids play together. I fills my heart to no end watching them play together, especially when they laugh together. It makes everything worth while.

Robbie, I cannot believe you are 9 months old. In only 3 short months, you will be a year! I love you so much and am so grateful to be your Mommy. Love you Duff!