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Nine Months!

Here we go again....another month gone and another month closer to one year old.
He seems to have grown very quickly this month. He is a happy, giggly, loving, little boy!
  • He now weighs 22 pounds 6 ounces (holy cow....so big!) and is 30.5 inches tall (above the 98 percentile for height). He is officially too heavy for his infant car seat and has been moved up to the larger car seat. We were hoping that would make him more content in the car but it has not....
  • He has started babbling a bit (very loudly). It doesn't seem to bother him where we are and will do it in the library, the store, anywhere!
  • He is a social butterfly. Anywhere, anytime, he draws strangers in with his big blue eyes and his super cute smile. It doesn't seem to take much :)
  • He is obsessed with his blanket. He snuggles, loves, bites, plays...whatever with it. We didn't realize how attached he was to it until it needed to be washed and the washer was broken! We quickly fixed it :)
  • I've said this over and over but he is in love with his sister!! Giggles all the time around her (I love it!). 
  • He has a few words he truly recognizes, milk being the most obvious. Be sure not to say that around him unless you have the bottle ready to go! He recognizes his sister's name and mom and dad. He can almost sign 'more' and thinks it is hilarious when he tries. 

  • He has moved very quickly from crawling to standing on everything and now when he lets go he can keep his balance for a couple seconds....it won't be long!
  • His iron level has shown to be a bit low (on the low side of normal) at his last appointment, which doesn't make a ton of sense based on the amount of formula he drinks, so he now takes iron everyday. Luckily he takes it very well. 
  • His eating has got a bit better since we reduced his milk intake this last week or so. He eats mostly finger foods and always seems to want whatever his sister has. 
We headed down to a local park to take a nice walk - tried to get some pictures but they weren't super successful :)



Helping with laundry while sister is at preschool 

I get about a half an hour of just Liam time before Callie wakes up in the morning....a great bonding time!


 We had a couple really nice fall days recently so we headed to a park to play (Liam napped while Callie played)



We also have had some rainy fall days which, after a couple days requires me to get out of the house, so we headed to a local gym for some open gym time to run, play and get our wiggles out. 
The trampoline and foam pit were a big hit

Liam was happy to get out of the stroller!

Here's how Liam entertains himself while I cook :)



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