9 months!

Caleb,

You are 9 months old today! Your life outside of me has gone by WAY faster than your time growing inside of me. This is by far my favorite age. You are learning something new every day and your fun personality is so contagious and hilarious. We are so blessed to have you in our lives and to call you ours.

A couple weeks ago you weighed 18 pounds 12 ounces. So i'm guessing you are around 19 pounds and a few ounces now. No clue on length.

You are wearing 6 month clothes and 6 month pants. When it's cold outside you wear 9 month onesies since they are all long sleeve.

You are wearing size 3 diapers.

You sleep great at night! You had a rough week a few weeks ago where you would wake up whiney, never cried, just an uncomfortable whine. You eventually fell back asleep on your own.

Nap times are getting much better! Although you are slowly fizzling out your morning nap, you are taking a solid 3 hour nap in the afternoons.

You still have 5 bottles a day but you are starting to only take around 5.5 ounces during each one. We are trying to figure out a new schedule where we can eliminate one of those bottles.

You have 3 meals a day. For breakfast you usually have oatmeal mixed with bananas and apples. For lunch you have 2.5 ounces of vegetables. For dinner you also have 2.5 ounces of vegetables.

Your favorite foods right now are: squash, peas, green beans, carrots, pears and puffs (vanilla and apple cinnamon). You tolerate the fruit, but you'd much rather have veggies over fruit!

You are getting better at using the sippy cup, you get the concept but need to learn to tilt your head back. You've only done that a few times.

You have 2 teeth, the bottom ones.

You are getting SO fast with crawling! The other day you made it all the way to the kitchen table from the sunroom in about 30 seconds (or less!)

You are officially pulling up! You were playing in your crib while I was getting some clothes for you and when I turned around you were on one knee and just pulled yourself up to stand. You were very proud of yourself and did a medley of "mamadadananaheybabaga!!!!!" Seriously cute! For my memory, you pulled up for the first time on December 2, 2012.

You are standing! The longest stretch so far is about 10-15 seconds, which feels like 10 minutes to your scared mommy! Here's a video when you first started standing.

You are saying Dada, Mama, Nana, Baba, Hi, Hey

You can wave hi and bye, but only on occasion. We say byebye to your dirty diapers and you get a kick out of that "magic trick" ha! When we say "hi Caleb!" and wave to you, you will do the backwards hand wave sometimes.

You are not needing your paci nearly as much now. You really only need it to help you fall asleep for naps and at bedtime. Of course if you see it in the room, you crawl to get it and stick it in your mouth.

You are a rolling tornado! Dressing you has become a wrestling match, as well as changing your diapers.

You have learned how to roll out of your car seat! We have to buckle you in very quickly now to prevent that from happening.

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Caleb, you are just the sweetest little boy! We love you so much it hurts and we are so proud of you. Happy 9 months!

Mommy