Tuesday, November 15, 2011

And now we are 9 (months)



I cannot believe nine months has gone by since B has been out in the world and in our lives. His arrival was eagerly anticipated, but in no way could I have imagined how wonderful it would be to be his mother, and how he would bring joy and love (and a little bit of much-needed perspective about what's important) to our lives.


What I also could not have anticipated is how enormous he would be -- considering we brought him home at 5.5 lbs and 19.5 inches, that he is now 31 inches and a whopping 25.2 lbs is simply shocking. He's enormous. And funny and very mobile, although he still prefers the army crawl to the standard hands-and-knees version. And he can stand up all by himself, which is pretty terrifying.

Every day he seems to learn something new -- he claps, gives high fives, feeds himself, drinks from a sippy cup -- and he knows songs. I can sing one song and he will be sort of disinterested, but if I sing another (She'll be coming 'round the mountain, in particular) his face lights up and he bounces up and down. His brain is evolving daily, and I can practically see it happening.

We are so so lucky.

7 comments:

  1. He is so cute! Soon he'll be walking I bet.

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  2. What a cutie and how exciting! He's such an adorable little pumpkin.

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  3. Wow happy nine months, and I thought my kid was big at 22 lbs at 9 months (also today!) but 25lbs, how's your back? Congrats!

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  4. Wow. Time goes by so fast. He is big! So much fun.

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  5. She'll be commin' around the mountain IS pretty good. He's ADORABLE. The second cutest pumpkin in the whole world!

    OH MAH LAWD, that's a lotta pounds of baby. Bun Bun recently weighed in at 15 pounds, and I was amazed it wasn't more. I can just imagine how tired your back is!

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  6. Soooo cute. Isn't this age incredible??? And 25 pounds is huge!

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  7. And he is freaking adorable! Wow, that is some superstar growth there. I am impressed, and I got me a 22 pounder who is in the 97th percentile... you are doing great!

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