9 months old!

I am really in disbelief that I have a 9 month old. Really and truly, it feels like he was JUST in my stomach. The time is flying! Yes, I say that every month, but it is going by so fast! We are loving every minute with Cal and I swear, every day we fall more and more in love with him. Eddie and I are crazy about this little guy and every time we think it can't get any better, it does!!!

Milestones for now:

Weight: I am guessing around 22 pounds, but do not know for sure. All of the moving he's doing has slimmed him down some.

Height: no idea, but today I looked at him and thought he had grown a ton overnight

Head circumference: uhhh...huge.

Sleeping: sigh. At his 8 month stat update, I wrote about how well he was doing sleeping. Well, those days are few and far between now, I am afraid. I think there is a combination of teeth coming in, growing pains, and training momma to come and feed him during the night. He is still taking two naps a day, and goes down great at bed time. He usually gets up 1-2 times a night. He isn't really hungry, because if I nurse him, he will fall right back asleep again in about 5 minutes, but if I try to not nurse him and just give him a sippy cup of water, he will not fall back asleep. It is soooo trying and frustrating, but I think it's going to be one of those things that we will just have to try to break. I think he's in the habit of getting up now and it's up to us to break him of that. Wish me luck. Again: SIGH.

Food: He's a great eater! He loves crackers still and now enjoys Goldfish, Cheerios, and LOVES shredded cheese. He can't get enough of the cheese! He will eat most baby food and is still nursing 3-4 times a day.

Sippy Cup: he has started chugging out of the sippy cup! I try to have them every where to encourage him to drink drink drink so he doesn't get dehydrated in the heat (it is SO hot here now). He loves to hold it up and drink away!

Crawling: Oh, yes he is. Cal can crawl any and every where and he loves it! He can travel around a room, but he mainly just crawls over to whatever he can pull up on: the couch, the chair, THE DOG...anything! It isn't a traditional crawl, with one leg constantly leading the way, but he can move about and I think he likes having some mobility.

Words: He is a chatty little thing! He will point to Hank and say dogdogdog and he says dada and momma. He says a lot of jibberish too, and I love listening to him talk away! He has started singing too, which I think is about the sweetest thing in the world!

Walking: He is cruising around furniture and around the room, but not walking yet....I am scared for the day!