9 Months

Today our sweet Cannon is 9 months old.....where did the time go?  He has been in our arms for longer than he was in my tummy.  Well technically he passed that mark a couple weeks ago since he surprised us with his early arrival 3 weeks early.  Its hard to believe that in 3 short months, he will be 1.  It just does not seem possible that we are already dealing with an active littly guy who loves to get into everything!  He is definitely keeping us on our toes - never a dull moment when he is awake.  From the minute he wakes up to the minute he lays down, he is always on the move.  This last month has been so much fun - but by the end of the day I am worn out from keeping him out of trouble.  Its also been a rough month with teething and ear infections and a couple different cold bugs - no fun at all!  But for the most part, he is just his happy, smiley self and we love it.

Here is what Cannon is up to these days at 9 months old:

•Weighs 21.6 lbs according to our bathroom scale - I'll have the official numbers on Thursday when he goes for his 9 month check up and shots

•Wears size 3 diapers

•Wearing mostly 9 months and 12 months size clothing and some 12-18 month also

•Drinks 7 ozs in each bottle - 4 times a day

•Has turned into a great eater - loves his food!  Has fruit with cereal for breakfast, fruit for lunch and veggie for dinner.  Started feeding him so table food - mashed potatos, carrots, peas, etc - loves them all!

•Loves to sit and play for as long as we let him - he hasn't quite figured out how to get out of a sitting position to laying down, but he can rotate completely around while sitting

•Loves to practice standing and holding onto things - can't pull himself up yet on his own, but once I help him up - he will stand there forever.

•Getting so close to crawling - he has been getting up on his hands & knees the last several days and starts rocking back and forth before laying back down...

•Even though he isn't doing the official crawl - he is definitely getting around by doing the army crawl on his tummy - and he is FAST!  Its hilarious b/c when he is after something and sees me coming to stop him, he will go even faster while turning around to see where Im at...he's going to be a handful in a few short months!

•He has been a teething mess this last month - officially I have seen 2 bottom teeth, top left tooth, right fang on top and possibly left fang on top as well - haven't confirmed that one yet.  He's definitely letting us know that he isn't a fan of teething - poor guy.

•He has cold #2 right now.  He also had his first ear infection - actually a double ear infection this past month as well.  All that mixed in with teething was not a good combo - I was definitely missing my happy little guy!

•Still a GREAT sleeper - goes 12 hours straight each night.  Of course since he has been feeling a little under the weather with teething and being sick, he has been waking up a few times during the night, but 99% of the time he only fusses for a couple of minutes before going back to sleep before we even have to go in there.  He also has gone back to fussing for about 5-10 mins when we put him down for both his naps and bedtime...but he normally falls asleep on his own without us having to go back in there.

•Shortly after the 8 month post, I went ahead and stopped swaddling him at night and switched to the sleep sack - it definitely went better than expected and he is now a pro.  The first night was the hardest - he woke up quite a bit that night and I just would go in there and pat his back and he would fall back to sleep.  Night 2 was definitely better - didn't wake up nearly as much and I only went in there half as many times.  By night 3 - we were home free and he went back to his sleeping habits that we were used to - yay!

•Takes 2 naps a day - one longer one about 2-2.5 hours and the other around an hour

•Anything he can get his hands on will go straight into his mouth - loves to chew on anything and everything

•Loves the exersaucer.  I put the jumperoo away and brought out Brookie's old exersaucer (its very pink & purple - ha!).  He is loving that thing - so much more to do in it - of course he still tries to jump in it like the jumperoo....but obviously its not quite the same!

•He is getting into everything - he loves any kind of wire or cord, getting into the fireplace, pulling on the Christmas tree, pushing buttons on the DVD player & cable box, pulling down my pointsetta plants, pulling my Christmas train decoration, etc - its never ending and wears me out!  Oh and if we are ever looking for some small spec of something on the floor - he will definitely find it - he finds everything and goes straight to his mouth!

•Loves to hear himself squeal and scream - definitely learning from his big sister with the squealing!

•Loves getting kisses and being tickled - will make him squeal and giggle.

•Babbles constantly - always sounds like is trying so hard to say something - saying Ba-Ba, Ma-Ma, etc.

And now to the pics - he is such a ham - always looking for something to get into.  I managed a few shots at first without noticing his sign above his head...but of  course once he saw it - it was all over..hahahaha!

Love this pic - it shows his two bottom teeth...so cute!!!

And he finally realized his sign was above him...hahahaha!

Next best thing to chew on - the blanket!

Such a big boy!