9 Months!

Luke,

You are NINE MONTHS old! Honestly, I cannot believe you are almost ONE YEAR OLD! It seems like you are just doing more and more each week and you are picking up skills so quickly. Here are some stats from your 9 month well check:

• You weigh 18 pounds 3.5 ounces (15th percentile)
• You are 27.75 inches long (30th percentile)
• You are babbling a ton; you say baba baba all day with a few mama's. We think you might call balls baba because whenever you have a ball you say that sound. You also LOVE balls!
• You are sleeping better! You wake up once a night and I nurse you... sometimes you wake up twice.
• You take a morning nap at 9am (usually for like an hour and 15 minutes), and an afternoon nap from 1-3pm. The only hitch with this nap is I have to sleep with you in order for you to sleep two hours... Most of the time, I don't mind this... I love cuddling!
• You go to sleep around 7pm and wake up around 7am.

• You still wear a size 3 diaper and 9 month Carters clothes. You are in 6-12 month Old Navy clothes. They are starting to get a little tight!
• You have started really wanting mama most of the time. You want to be held a lot and if you see me, you really want me. It's a little hard to get things done, but I am not complaining... The floors and bathrooms can wait!

• We think you might start walking before you crawl. You have not started pulling up on furniture or your crib yet. If we would walk with you, you would walk ALL DAY LONG!
• You just started clapping your hands together!
• You still nurse 4-5 times a day and eat three meals and oatmeal at night. We have started giving you tiny pieces of food in your highchair. You really love cheese and bread... (Your daddy LOVES cheese and I love bread... maybe it's genetic?) You also have tried french fries thanks to your daddy... you love them.
• You love to drink water out of a straw.
• Bath time is your favorite time of day hands down. Sometimes if you are fussy in the evenings, we go to bath early. You are content to stay there for an hour!
• I now am basically staying home with you. My dream come true! We are making sacrifices and they are SO worth it! We know this is the right decision for you and our family!

Seriously, you are such a sweet boy. We fall in love with you more and more each day!