9 month check-up

Last week on March 17th, Hunter had his 9 month well check. He is a growing, healthy little boy. He weighed 21.3 lbs, (60%) and is 29 inches long (75%). His eyes are a beautiful blue. Dr. Ben doesn't seem to think they will change anymore. Dr. Ben said he's doing great!

Hunter has started crawling. He can now get from one place to another with no problem! He also about a week ago started pulling up on things. 1st place he learned to pull up was in his pack n' play. Now, he wants to pull up on everything. Wow, our world is changing. :) He has just cut his 6th tooth ( 4 on top and 2 on the bottom), along with catching his 1st cold. BOO!

I'm pretty sure tonight he clapped, but I'll have to see if it continues, or it was just my imagination. He is a pretty quiet baby. A little babble, but not much. He loves to laugh and be tickled. Wow, the boy has some tickle stops!

Hunter loves to be read to at night. I mean the couple of times we have put him to bed without stories he has cried and cried until we went in, read him 3 books, then put him back to bed. (no tears after that). We have been reading to him nightly since he was about 4/5 months old. He also loves to be sung to. Really anything, but ones he probably hears a lot are Wheels on the Bus and Itsy, Bitsy Spider.

We have introduced the sippy cup, and he is very slowly getting the hang of it. He might get a few sips a night of water out of his cup. He stills needs practice! We have also been giving him baby puffs (finger foods). He can pick them up no problem, but then that's it. Allie shoved one his his mouth the other night and he gagged until it dissolved and he sallowed it. (when Allie was a baby she gagged and gagged until finally getting used to food) I haven't been giving him puffs lately, because his cold was so bad.

We love him so much. He is so sweet, hardly ever cries even if he's tired, just goes with the flow. I really can't believe my little baby is already 9 months old. I love every minute I get to spend with him.