9 Months Old!

I can't believe Mason is 9 months old today! I don't think it really counts because for the first 3 months or so I was ready to give him back....seriously. I thought about an ad on Cri@igsList. He was colicky and just cried all.of.the.time. Now I am super glad we stuck it out because he is such a happy baby :)

He is still not "crawling" - but he gets where he needs to go by pulling himself everywhere. Just this past week he has mastered pulling himself up onto anything and everything to stand. Unfortunately this includes his big brother who is not too keen on the idea of being used as leverage! Mason gets so proud of himself when he does something new though; we love it! This week I also caught him on the 3rd stair up while I was vacuuming. The baby gate is now up on the stairs again!

Mason has 7 teeth now and loves to use them! He LOVES his food....especially whatever we are eating. He can pretty much eat what we do which makes it nice for family dinners; he can join us and sit through a meal. He still won't hold his own bottle, but I don't really try too hard to make him because that is the only time I get to somewhat cuddle with him. He is Mr. Independent and not a cuddler. At bed time, we just lay him in his crib with his face blanket and a paci and he goes to sleep on his own. He is a great sleeper too! Most nights he goes down around 7:30pm and gets up around 6:30am. I can't complain about that!

He is also starting to wave at people which is super cute :) Still not many words; he really doesn't say Ma Ma anymore unless he's crying and wants out of his crib. He sure loves his big brother though and laughs at him no matter what he is doing! He loves his walks and being outside....swing, stroller, etc. he's happy!

I can't believe that we will soon be planning his first birthday party! Time flies when we are having fun :)