This post has been a long time coming. We've just been busy with life, so this post has taken a while to actually get put together.
At 9 months, Hunter:
- has 6 teeth. He cut 5 new teeth this month. Ya, our house has been a party place ;)
- is down to 2 naps a day
- loves to dance. He dances to any music or no music, and he'll usually do it on command, too :) My favorite is when he dances to the hymns during church.
- waves hello and goodbye, usually only to people he knows
- loves to turn the pages when we read books
- recently has refused to eat his veggies. However, he will eat fruit like there's no tomorrow. So now we disguise half a spoonful of veggies with half a spoonful of fruit and he eats it just great.
- has mastered sitting up from lying on his back/belly
- army crawls like a pro. He will push himself up onto his knees and even take a couple crawls/jolts forward but flops onto his belly so he can get to his destination faster :)
- loves doing his 'victory fist pump.' He came up with it all by himself (and thought it was hilarious)
- inhales when he gets excited (one of my favorites, it's so funny)
- pulls himself up on everything. He loves to stand holding on to the couch and bounce up and down, cruise back and forth, laughing and squealing with delight
- has decided wrestling is really fun when it's time for a diaper change. I could be a champion steer wrestler. Or calf roper. Sign me up for the next rodeo!
- started pointing and thinks it's pretty funny
- loves getting into everything
- is the sunshine in my day. His happiness is contagious.
Our little 9 month old!
Teething is rough business. He loved having his chilled teething toys.
He also chewed on just about anything and everything :)
Frozen bananas work wonders for teething!!
Who wants more food?
Sometimes he gets a little thirsty...
These blocks are some of his favorites to play with
especially when Dad plays with him and builds awesome towers
We tried to get a picture of him on his diaper cakes that are motorcycles now that he's big enough to look like he's actually riding them, and he was totally scared of them! Haha. His straight legs and taken back arms kill me :)
The weather warmed up for a little while last month so we were able to get out for some walks! Hunter loves being outside.
Hunter loves to swing!
Pulling himself up
I put toys lining the couch so he can move along and get 'em. He thinks it's hilarious :)
The second shelf is no longer safe...
Hunter is a great help around the house
We celebrated St. Patrick's Day and wore green
Waving to his movies :)
This is his favorite movie to play with. He will take all the movies out and have them surrounding him and pick this one out every time.
We watched a lot of March Madness
Grandma and Grandpa came to visit! (more on that in a separate post)
Grandma and Grandpa brought a bag of Fudgee-Os and Hunter had the time of his life playing with the package...especially once he figured out how to open them! (He totally surprised me and never tried to eat one!)
Here's the victory fist pump :) He does this all the time.
Hunter went mini golfing for the first time!
Stopping mid-crawl to chew on the bag for his blocks
I love this face. I think it's the perfect 'oh my!' face.
And more pictures....just because :)
Happy 9 months Hunter! We sure love you!
