Henry, my bubba boo boo (yes, I am an overboard pet-name-user, get used to it) you have developed so much over this past month! You spent your first couple of weeks as an 8 month old sleeping in different beds, in different states, constantly moving and getting "slightly" settled, only to move again, but you didn't miss a beat. Your pincher fingers were so much fun for you once you figured out how useful they were. You love to pinch anything you can, particularly the light switches and get excited every time you make a room dark, and then light again. I can point at something up in the sky, and you will follow my finger directly to the target and watch until it is out of sight! You LOVE to watch airplanes fly by, and saw your first shooting star...and we saw a blimp the other night, you thought that was pretty neat. You went through a short phase (about a week) where you were determined to grab the sky. You would look up and open and close that cute little scratchy hand, with your arm stretched out as high as you could reach! You still like to touch, and hold things with your feet, but you have gotten better at holding things with only your feet!
Your favorite activity is to wrestle, and I'm being 100% serious. What a boy, am I right? You are one strong little boy and like to pin me down and climb all over (you try with your dad but he is much tougher to take down). I literally have bruises from you, my little feisty one. Speaking of being feisty, you have FOUR TEETH! Bubs, it is crazy how much two little teeth can change your appearance. Your two top teeth have started to join your two bottom teeth, and they make a great team for chomping. I have a couple marks, and a scab to prove it. But hopefully you grow out of that soon!
You learned how to clap early this month and it is the CUTEST! You clap about everything, and it isn't a dainty golf clap at all...we are talking full body, crazy eyed clapping, and I love it.
You haven't turned down anything that we have tried to feed you (except for avocados if given at the wrong time). You seem to prefer savory over sweet, but will take it all. You love your little crunchy puffs, and say NOM NOM NOM the entire time you are eating anything.
You have three sleeping posititions. 1) You like to sprawl out and take up as much room as your little body possibly can, which is actually an impressive amount, when you sleep. 2) On your stomach (true to your new born self). 3) On your side with your ankle crossed. You end up in each of these positions during each night for a period of time. Without a doubt when you wake up, there is a wet spot the size of your head on the sheets. We can't quite determine if it is sweat or drool, because each of those is very likely. And as far as sweat goes, you do sweat, quite a bit actually, mostly when you sleep or nurse. I kinda love it. Especially because your hair curls and sticks out all crazy, and the teeniest, perfect round beads of sweat sit on your nose.
In the past week you have learned how to pull yourself up into a standing position (super wobbly and scary but so cute) and you are starting to wave! It is really just your scratchy hand, yet again, but you will turn it toward someone, especially if I say "hi" and wave first!
Oh, I almost forgot! You are basically a fish. We always knew you loved the bath, but when we stuck you in the pool for the first time, and those legs started kicking, you were in heaven, and we were in heaven watching you! And you at the beach? Cutest thing EVER! We went on a windy day, it was pretty dang cold, but you didn't ever want to stop kicking and stomping in each wave as it crashed onto the shore. And boy did you love squishing your toes into the wet sand they left behind.
It is amazing to me how big of a personality such a tiny person can have, and what a life changing impact you have on those around you. We love you with all our hearts. Happy 9 month sweet boy!
PS: You are obsessed with books, particularly one you have about baby animals, and you still love your stuffed animals (Snowby, Bunny, and Foxy Duda)
First night in big boy jammies!
Moving into our place in OC...passed out on the floor.
The video that this picture comes from will forever be a favorite in our family...you goofy boy.
First time swimming!
Star Wars fan in the making.
You are happiest when you can FEEL mama and daddy at the same time.
Those TEETH!
Do you see the beads of sweat I was talking about?
First trip to the beach!
The sweaty hair!
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