9 Months

Can babyhood get any more fun?? Eljiah is officially 9 months old. He's learning and growing so fast. It's incredible. He's clapping now, signing 'bye bye', 'milk', 'done', he understands 'eat', and he's starting 'please'. Any of the food associated words makes him lick his lips-it's hilarious. He's trying soooo hard to walk. He stands without holding on for quite a few seconds, and tries to take a step, however he seems to enjoy just falling into our waiting arms while laughing.

He's doing so great on his schedule and with his new sitter. We officially hired a nanny. She's been amazing. She comes to our home and takes care of him. I come home to feed him lunch. She'll also help with light housework. It's completely taken so much stress from me. Good decision? Hands down, YES!

Play by play of this past month? I think so.

With the deck stairs finally done, curiosity won the best of Elijah. He learned how to go down stairs...frontwards.

 Good oral hygiene is important. He loves brushing his teeth in the morning with Mommy.

 We watched Dakota's special Olympics. Elijah did really well with his schedule adjustment. Much better than when we went to Autocross

Our favorite new toy is this mirror in the car. We got it before he was born but only just put it up correctly this month. He loves it and so do we! It gives us hours of peekaboo entertainment, and of course makes me car sick.

 Visiting Grandma, Grandpa, and Corinne

Taking thumb sucking to an extreme. At least mainly during nap time

Check out that hair above his ears. It's finally growing. Too bad he looks like Frank on 'Everybody Loves Raymond'. At least he's a much cuter version!

LOVE these chunks!

Finally trimming the hair. Tyler said this didn't count as his first hair cut. I wanted to be safe and at least document it.

He loves to thrash in his crib. Two dents marking the crib slats is not uncommon. It's horrible and silly at the same time. When will this boy learn!

He's eating big boy food! He loves pasta and grilled cheese sandwiches.

He's still in love with the remote. It's his lovey.

Oh, and he's also in big boy jammies now. At least for the summer!

He found his tongue and stuck it out for at least a week straight. Hilarious boy!