I'm 9 Months Old!!!!!

Boy am I behind in blogging.  Either this month was really busy or the time went by extra fast, or maybe I was just plain lazy!  Quite a bit has gone on this month so I am going to try to fit in all that I can remember.

Cousin Kenny from Louisiana came in to visit.  This was the second time I had met Kenny and this was the first time that Kenny and Liam met.  Kenny and Aunt Maggie made us some Louisiana gumbo which was pretty darn good.  The city election was going on while he was here so we spent all of election day sitting in front of the Ada Wright Building showing our support for Nanny.  Later that night we went out to eat with the whole family!

Liam has gotten 2 teeth since the last post.  They were little boogers to come in but they finally made their breakthrough thank goodness.  Speaking of boogers, never mind the one in the picture :)  Lets just say that since those teeth have come in, I have gotten some good uninterrupted sleep every night!  I am dreading the next ones coming in.

As for foods, he has been eating more of what we are eating.  He likes macaroni noodles, chopped up kiwi and carrots.  He like mashed potatoes and the beans when I eat chili.  It is funny to watch him eat the kiwi.  It is so slimy so by the time he gets it to his mouth, he as already chased it all over the tray.

He is crawling all over the place.  I have to barricade him in his little play area in the living room because when he escapes he goes straight for the stereo system or to the bathroom to play with his bathtub toys.  For some weird reason he hates to lay down and have is diaper or clothes changed.  He knows exactly what he is doing too.  I can tell him to stop and he will just look at me with this hateful face and then start whining like it hurt his feelings.  I have had to pop his leg a time or two, (not hard, just to get his attention), and that seems to make the same impression on him. LOL

Ok so I hate to say this because every momma wants their babies first word to be "mama." Unfortunately for me, I wasn't so lucky.  His first word was "dada."  That is exciting for Ryan, and I am excited for him too.  But I still wanted it to be "mama" first :)  Since then he has now said "mama" and he says it quite often.  Especially when I walk out of the room and he can still see me.  He can also tell me when he is hungry.  He will stick out his chin and move his little mouth open and close real fast and say a combination of "ma" and "ba" in his little whiny voice.  That usually means "you better feed me now!"

I have boxed up all of his 6 month clothes :( and put out all his 9 month stuff.  I wasn't sure what size he would be in when he was 9 months so I haven't really bought any 9 month clothes.  So his 9 month section in the closet is a little sparse.  I need more short sleeve 9 month stuff because it is still hot outside.  As for 12 month stuff, we have plenty.  I love pajamas and he has a whole entire drawer stuffed with 12 month fleece footie pajamas lol

We have a water baby!  He has enjoyed going to the lake and his favorite time of the day is bath time.  I just love that sweet face .... and that sweet tooshie too!!!

As sad as we were to see Kate, our photographer, move to Arkansas, we are happy to have met Angela Zuill.  Angela and Kate are good friends and Kate referred us to her.  Angela got to capture our little monkey's 9 month photos and she did a great job too!  Here are just a few...

It just so happened that the day we had these pictures taken we were also celebrating our 3 year anniversary.  These last 3 years have been the best 3 years of my life!  I love my boys! I don't know what I would do without them!

Oh yea! We have moved into a big boy seat for the car!  His little legs were hanging over his infant seat and he was starting to get too heavy to carry in that thing.  After some research and advice from some friends we picked out a seat at Toys R Us.  It is still rear facing but I'm hoping that at our next Dr's appointment he will tell us that he is big enough to turn around.  We bought headrest DVD players for him to watch movies on and I just know he will love them! Here he is trying out his new seat for the first time.

His first birthday is coming up and I can't believe it will be here before we know it!  I have already picked out his birthday theme and booked his cake ... let the planning begin!!!