9 Months

Wow another year gone already. December was a crazy month for us, but we got through it. Hunter has continued to grow and learn new things. He has learned to wave (randomly, but sometimes bye, bye) he has figured out how to shake his head “no” and does it a lot, and then laughs about it. No words yet, but he does say “Wa-Wa” I hope that turns into “Da-Da”, but I don’t think Becky sees it the same way* He is getting really good at standing with minimal help for balance…sometimes he forgets he does not know how to balance without holding on to something, and then he is quickly reminded of gravity…boys will be boys…he is pretty darn tough though. He is eating up to 18 jars of baby food a day! Yes I said 18! He is 30" tall and weighs just under 21 pounds. I am glad we got a vita-mix for Christmas, that thing is a baby food makin’ machine! He can now pick up and eat “puffs” (aka cheerios) on his own and he is pretty proud of himself for that. Christmas was fun…Becky had salmonella for 2 weeks over Christmas, so that put a wrench in a lot of our plans, but Hunter stayed healthy. He got somewhere around 4 billion presents from the grands and auntie…ridiculous. His favorite at the moment seems to be the crock-pot box the he found on the floor. He gets his hands up on it and uses it as a walker to go across the wood floor. Figures huh? A cardboard box; That’s always how it goes. (See video) His first tooth is doing well, actually he has already put scratches into the top rail on his crib. Makes us glad we don’t have crib made in China laced with VOC’s, lead, and whatever other chemical was cheapest on the black market that week of production! :) We are so excited to be getting near a year old…I think Hunter needs a sibling to play with...we will see!

*I wrote this a week ago and since then Hunter has said DA DA!!!