9 Months

Elias is 9 months old today. He is growing up so fast. The other night as I was holding him I wondered where my baby went, and to think I thought he was big when we first met! He brings such joy to our lives.

9 Things we LOVE about Elias:

1) The way he chews his pureed baby food

2) How talkative he has become

3) The way his face lights up when we take him outside

4) His active nature...this boy is always standing or bouncing up and down

5) His cute little button nose

6) They way he flirts with women (the receptionist at the Dr. was ready to take him home)

7) How much he loves being with his Mom and Dad

8) His big crocodile tears that he can turn on instantly

9) His sighs

At 9 months old Elias is progressing wonderfully. He has his 2 front bottom teeth! They broke through the surface just over a week ago but haven't risen fully yet. Elias loves to walk along the furniture. He has taken a couple unassisted steps from one furniture item to the other. Right now he is doing the army man crawl (using only his arms). He is getting around pretty well this way. Last night he slept through the night again! This marks our third nonconsecutive night with no middle of the night wakings. Elias loves the bath and will "swim" around trying to catch his rubber duckie. Once he gets a hold of it he holds it up, looks at me and smiles really big. When I clap for him and give him praise he starts laughing and shaking his arms up and down in excitement. Then he lets go and does it all over again. This will literally go on for as long as I allow him to stay in the bath. Elias loves to feed himself and is turning in to quite the independent little guy. He grabs at the spoon and tries to stick his hand in the bowl. He loves finger foods that he can hold onto. Mr. independent also has quite the baby temper. When he doesn't get his way he will lay on the floor, arch his back, turn on the croc tears, and sometimes even flails his arms and legs. This little guy certainly knows what he wants. Elias brings us so much joy and happiness. We are privileged to be the ones he calls, mama and dada!