9 Months!

This month we have seen signs of Cole becoming a little boy. From little screaming fits to mimicking with us at the dinner table to playing on his own. It is amazing how fast the 9 months has went but THANK GOD, we have all summer together!

Celebrating his first Father's Day

Loves to climb under the table

9 Months Old

Day Cole was Born

9 Month Highlights

• Cole is still wearing 6-9 month clothing. He weighs abouot 18 pounds and is starting to "thin out" from all his movement.
• His favorite song is Itsy Bitsy Spider.
• He crawls EVERYWHERE and is INTO EVERYTHING! He does a fast crawl when he is excited to get somewhere.
• He pulls himself to a standing position all the time. He has takes steps in between two people on his own. He loves to "run" with the help of an adult friend!
• He has learned to fall gracefully!
• His favorite foods include blueberries, bananas, cheese, and he enjoyed some of my dumplings from my chicken dumpling soup.
• His favorite snack is the graduates cheeto puffs....he loves them and will pick them off his tray when there is a combo of food.
• He eats mostly table food for dinner. He has had many subs for lunch as well.
• He sleeps really well. I think at 8 months we finally started sleeping through the night and it was quite welcomed!
• He has started to fake cough for attention...this started from us fake coughing, sneezing and saying Bless you to get him to laugh.
• He loves going on stroller rides and swinging at the park.
• He is very content when we play outside.
• LOVES dogs and animals. Yesterday we were at Mary's house and she has the perfect windown for him to stand at and look out. Her dog and two cats were playing and he just watched them the whole time. Then the cat sprinted across the yard and up a tree....he followed that cat with a shocked expression. The zoo is going to be fun...and I thought he was too young!
• He loves being sprayed with water. Noah's Ark will be fun too!
• He loves typing on the computer.
• He sits on his knees to play and then bounces up and down. I think he might be trying to stand up when he does that.
• He had his first black eye...as Grandma D says, "just wait til the stiches start coming...he is Kyle's son"