Well, the little guy is really closer to 10 months than he is nine months!! We did the nine month check-up earlier this month and he was 21 lbs 9.5 ozs (80%), 30.5 inches (97%) and his head circumfrence is in the 100+%. Yes, they wrote the plus sign on the top of his growth chart!! So, he's tall and skinny and he's got a big brain. :) They gave us a clean bill of health except for a little blocked tear duct which I'm still stalling to get fixed. I'm praying that it will resolve itself before we have to take him to the eye doc.
He is a busy guy these days. He creeps along the floor on his belly, crawls, pulls up on anything and everything and walks along while holding onto something. No independent steps yet and he won't stand on his own but we think it will be soon. He's quite vocal - "mama" and "baba" are his most common "words". He makes lots of other conversational sounds but none that can be understood. Just this week, he seems to really enjoy laughing. He'll be sitting in his high chair and just start giggling, which makes me giggle ... and so on!
What's happened in the last month?
-Thomas saw his first snow!
-We celebrated a first birthday with Brinley Rich!
-Thomas went to his first Super Bowl party at Matt's.
-We went to Charlotte to spend some time with Thomas' great-Papa. Just a day trip but Thomas did great, especially considering he missed his afternoon nap!
-Lauren was able to spend time with some of her high-school girlfriends. Husbands and kids joined us one night for a great dinner at the Justice's and some Rock Band!!
Thomas really seems to have his daddy's personality when it comes to being social. As long as there are people around and things going on, he's good with or without a nap. We may pay for it the next day but he has a blast with people. He is just so much fun these days and such a busy-body. He keeps me running around all day long. My saving grace is that he loves to read books. He will sit in my lap for a relatively long period of time and look through his favorite books.
Thomas has also continued to be a great sleeper. He takes great naps each day - about 3 hours total, on average. He also sleeps GREAT at night. Down between 7:30 and 8 and up at 7:30 or so recently. He's turning out to be a great eater too. We are still having 4 bottles a day but he's not quite as interested in them as he used to be. We also have 3 meals a day. He pretty much eats what we eat at supper and has various foods at lunch. Some of his favorites are toast, applesauce and cheese. I have a feeling the cereal for breakfast isn't going to last much longer. He's not digging it much anymore. He'd rather have half a banana...something he can sink his teeth into.
Speaking of teeth...he now has 8!! Four on the top and four on the bottom. Well, hopefully this gets us up to date and I'll be updating more frequently now. FYI...if you want me to send you picture updates regularly, let me know and I'll add you to the list. Hugs!!
