Wow, is this really happening? I'm gonna pretend that it's not and that you are just a day older than yesterday. These months seem to go by faster and faster. Well you are a crawling, standing, exploring, talking machine. You have mastered the crawl. You are pretty quick too. If I'm not careful your hands are in George's water bowl before I can even turn around to check on you. (I promise I am not a delinquent mother, you are just ) You have also mastered pulling up, standing and then getting back down. It didn't take you long to figure out that bending your knees and slowing getting back to the ground is much easier than falling back or into whatever was in your way on the way down. Ouch. You have had a few bad falls already, one resulting in a pretty good bump on your head. And you've had a few run ins with George too. But you are getting better and better at keeping your balance. You have also figured out how to walk along the surfaces you pull up on. You are a little explorer. I think you have opened every cabinet and every drawer you can reach. You crawl under anything you can get under and through anything you can get through. It is so much fun just to sit and watch you discover and learn. It amazes me how smart you are. Although someday's it's hard to keep up. Especially when you think, "Okay this room is totally baby proofed and I can sit down now", nope! You find something that makes me just a little nervous and I have to jump up and say, "No Weyland, that's not for you. Put that down please." You are playing more and more with George too. You love to crawl to him, but of course as soon as you get there, George runs away. It makes me so sad. You put out such an effort to get to him and then he just runs off. You love it when George pretends to bite your hand. You think it's hilarious. You also love the vacuum cleaner, strangely enough. It makes vacuuming a challenge to say the least. You love to follow me around and stand up on the canister or even try to catch the vacuum as it passes by you. One of these days your hand is gonna become victim to the vacuum cleaner, it's only a matter of time. Diaper changes have become interesting too. You have always been kinda squirmy but squirmy is a total understatement now. I wish I had 4 hands to keep you still.
You are such a talker. You pretty much stick with da da, but mostly it comes out as dad. It's kinda funny. It's like you are too cool for da da or daddy and just skipped straight to dad. You squeal and yell and make all kinds of noise. The cutest is when you crawl. It's as if, crawling is too important not
to make noise, so every time your hand hits the floor you make a little noise. Especially when daddy comes home. Every day he comes home you hear the door open and you immediately start crawling his direction as fast as you can. It makes my heart melt.
You love to eat! It's probably your favorite thing to do. Sometimes I am surprised by the amount of food you can consume in one sitting. You are also extremely impatient and voice your impatience from the minute I start getting your meal together. I have slowly shifted you to all finger foods now. You still get oatmeal in the morning though. So far you like bananas!, apples, grapes, pears, mango, peaches, sweet potato, squash, turkey, pasta, cheese, cheerios, blueberries, avacado oh and puffs!. As you can probably tell from the list veggies are the toughest and you still remain the most resistant to them. But I'm trying to stay creative so I can sneak them in there for you. We are working on the drinking from the sippy cup now too. I've tried a straw type of sippy cup and a regular sippy cup but I didn't have much luck with them. I did discover this new kind of sippy cup that is more like an regular cup with a lid that moves. You figured that one out instantly. But it does make a bit of a mess. We'll see how long that one lasts.
Let's talk stats. You weigh almost 20 pounds now, you are 27 inches long. You are still tall and skinny. Your poor pants have to hold on for dear life to stay on. You are still in size 3 diapers. You are wearing 9 month clothes. You sleep all night, who-hoo! But you are still an early riser. We put you down at 7 and you usually let me sleep until 6. You are still taking 2 naps, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. You are still nursing 4 times a day. How could I forget, you still only have 2 teeth. Two months later and you still only have 2 teeth, poor guy.
We love you so much Weyland! The word love doesn't even begin to explain it. I can't imagine what my life would be without you in it.
Weyland was impossible to take pictures of this month. He was constantly trying to yank the sticker off and would not sit still. These were the best shots I could get of him.
Caught him in action playing with George. I wish you could see his face and how funny he thinks it is!
His playhouse is probably his favorite toy. There are so many things to do and explore on it.
Nana got Weyland this adorable chair. He loves to climb on it and then fall off. haha.
Although George thinks it is for him :/
His poor pants. They are barely hanging on.
Love my Weyland cuddles
Fun at the Park!
First time in the swing
my climber
He has discovered the toilet...and how to unroll the toilet paper roll :/
Loving the tupperware cabinet! (it's the only way dinner gets made)
Eating time!
Here is Weyland's 9 Month video montage
