9 Months Old

 Jensen at 9 Months

Weight: 22lbs 10 ounces (85th percentile) - this is the least amount you've grown since we brought you home! I think you are finally slowing down a bit.
Height: 27 inches (50th percentile)
Teeth: 2 on the bottom and tiny bit popping through for one of your top teeth. I can also see several teeth that are soon to be coming through. I better cherish your gummy smile while I can.
Clothes: 12-18months, and some 24 months just because we have lots of great hand me downs for you
Shoe Size: 6-12 months or a size 3
Diaper Size: 4

Biggest accomplishment: CRAWLING!!!! This is what most of our photo shoot looked like because you are always on the go now. Once you started moving you haven't stopped. You crawl around our house like an alligator on the hunt for food. You have also started pulling up onto furniture and will cruise just a tiny bit. When I try to snuggle you on the couch now you think it's a challenge to become the world's fastest mountain climber. And trying to get you to be still enough for a diaper change or getting you dressed has become quite the wrestling match.
First Word: Dada. Yep. All these days you've spent with me, and you decide to make Dada your first real word. I guess I understand, because he is pretty cool. I will sit there and say, "Mama, mmmm, mama, mama, mama, mama." You will smile and say, "Dada." Maybe next month.... Also if we are driving in the car and you are getting ready to go to sleep you will talk to your self with lots of nonsense words, fall asleep, then wake up later talking like you are finishing your last thought. Pretty silly.

My favorite part of this photo is seeing your little toes! I know those toes can't wait to walk soon.
Naps: usually 2 a day, around 10AM and 1:30 PM. You do great if you squeeze in just a 5-10 minute car nap in the evenings.
Bedtime: around 7:30 or 8 PM. You typically wake up at least once in the night...sometimes twice...and then are awake around 7:30 or 8 AM.
Nursing: usually 5-6 times a day depending on if you wake up at night.
Meals: 3 meals and 2 snacks a day.  This month you have been feeding yourself more finger foods. This morning I for breakfast I gave you a bunch of thawed mixed berries and you loved it. You also made the biggest mess so I ended up having to bathe you right there in the sink. 

With your new found freedom to crawl you like getting to chose your toys. You love your musical learning table and will stand and play with it for 30 minutes some days. You love to "dance" and will bop your body along to your favorite tunes. I can usually make you laugh singing the "Hot Dog" song from Mickey Mouse. You also have started playing with some big chunky puzzles, the Little People barn and zoo, and our big bucket of play food.  Around the house you love to find all the door stoppers and make them going "boingggg" and every hour of every day you insist on pulling down all of the dish towels. You have also figured out how to shut the door when you are in a room, and you will stay right behind the door, making it super tricky to come rescue you when you've shut yourself in somewhere.

Your favorite playmate is of course, Eva. You like to hide and laugh with her, although you are also becoming more vocal when she does something that you don't like. You are curious and will get into her big girl toys as quick as you can, so we have started shutting doors to keep you out of places.

Finally my favorite thing about you: Your thighs. Sigh. I can't even. I just squish them all day long. They are perfect. I'm sad to hide them under pants as the weather turns colder. I hope they stay chubby for a long, long time.