9 Months

Kyler and his Valentine's balloon from Mommy.

Kyler has changed more in this month than he has his whole life so far. It's crazy! I have no idea where that tiny helpless baby went. Here's what he does now:

• He can crawl!!! He just started in the last week and today got much better at it. Soon he'll be pretty fast and we're going to have to keep an eye on him every second.
• He can clap his hands. Lately it has been more of rubbing his hands together. We're not entirely sure why.
• He can wave "bye bye." (Tonight we were telling him that a sheep says "baa baa" and asking him to say it and he started waving bye-bye. Poor guy is a little confused.)
• He can go from his tummy to a sitting position and does it all the time.
• He's got two new teeth on top (for a grand total of 4 teeth so far). This means the tongue stays in his mouth a lot more. And he really likes to take bites of food and other objects that make it into his mouth.
• He no longer takes a bottle. He is on the sippy cup now.
• He eats big person food and drinks whole milk instead of baby food and formula. And he is getting huge from eating so much. His belly sticks out really really far!
• We have had to pack lots of little baby things away like the infant car seats, baby toys, and bottles.

This little man is getting smarter and learning new things everyday. It is amazing the things he will copy and the things he understands. (For example, he understands "no" and understands that the worst punishment he can get isn't all that bad. We've shouted and even lightly slapped his hands and he will just give a little grin. I think we're in for it.)

Ky was playing in his room and when I checked on him, he had found his books and taken them all off the shelf.

Tomorrow is his 9 month check-up so we'll see what this huge baby weighs.