Paxton's 9th month

At his 9 month well child visit Paxton
weighed: 19 lbs 13 oz
height: 29 inches
wearing some 9 month but mostly12 month clothing

• wants to crawl but not there yet- can get up onto his hands and knees just long enough to transfer to sitting up
• scoots on his bottom really well to get to what he wants
• loves to take things out of baskets and put them back in- will do this for long periods of time
• feeding himself really well now
• loves to eat whole wheat fig newtons, toast with butter on it, small chunks of chicken, yogurt, watermelon, puffs
• I am feeling much more confident that Pax may not turn out to be a picky eater, he is eating everything we offer to him without gagging :)
• loves the water- splashes and squeals with delight
• randomly laughs at things- we LOVE this about him :)
• sleeping soooooo well at night (knock on wood)
• no teeth yet!
• continues to think that big brother is the most hilarious thing ever!
• plays a few mimicking games with us- hits his open mouth with his hand when we do to make that fun sound, coughs when we cough, blinks his eyes when we exaggerate it, goes "bonk" with his head onto our head when we say "bonk"  
• still saying "mama" and all sorts of other very loud jibber jabber
•  becoming quite fond of daddy- he knows daddy is a pretty special guy
• wants to pet Racoco several times a day
• 2 naps a day- morning and afternoon
• hands us objects and then wants us to hand them back to him
• likes to drop pieces of food off of his highchair and looks down at the mess he has made with such delight
• playing cars with big brother is his favorite thing to play; he will also sit in front of one of our many toy containers and take toys out and put toys back in over and over again
• still likes his jumper but is growing too big for it
• has stayed the night at Grammy and Papas!
• becoming much more feisty; let's us know loud and clear now what he likes and doesn't like
• we can't imagine life without him

Recently Rowen, Eric and I were on a walk alone in Manito Park... Rowen said, "This feels strange."
Me: Why? (even though I was feeling it too!)
R: Paxton isn't here! I miss him.
Eric and I looked at each other over Ro's head with complete agreement and understanding.

Pax,
You continue to amaze us with your happy disposition and precious gummy smiles! Mama could cuddle you all day long if I could. You truly make our family so happy. We love you sweet baby boy.
Love, Mama