9 months

Ian is 9 months old! He is our toothless wonder. Ian is still a very smiley, content baby. However, he is getting more of an opinion on certain things and he does throw little tantrums occasionally. He'll scream and bang his hands down on whatever is available. If I'm trying to feed him something that he has decided he doesn't like, he'll hit the spoon away from his mouth. Fun times! But the small protests are still outnumbered by the happy times. He still wakes up very happy, whether it's in the morning or during the day. He sleeps from 8 pm - 6:30 am most days. Every once in awhile he'll wake up earlier or sleep a little later... Ian's pretty consistent about his eating schedule and nap schedule. It's nice when babies become somewhat predictable!

Ian is 19 pounds 6 ounces and 29 inches tall. He had a good doctor's visit. The only comment she has was that he seemed a little lazy about standing up, so we're supposed to work with him on that. But since he just started army crawling, I'm not too worried... They drew Ian's blood today, just like an adult (which surprised me) and he didn't even flinch. He was quite curious about what was going on. He would have really liked to have been able to play with the tubing or the vial... I thought it was quite interesting how chill has was about getting his blood drawn. The girls both plugged their ears while he was getting his flu shot, but there was no need. He complained a little, but not enough to warrant plugging ones' ears. 

Our little guy is getting more adventurous when it comes to food. He's mastered Cheerios and baby puffs. We introduced him to rice the other day and he enjoyed shoving that in his mouth. He also really likes apple straws (probably the cinnamon and sugar help seal the deal). He still loves his baby cereal every morning and loves whenever water is given to him. He's mastered the sippy cup.

I posted a video last week of Ian army crawling. He's definitely getting faster and going further. He's very attracted to our fireplace (neither of our girls ever paid much attention to it). He also loves to try and pull the cabinets open on our TV armoire. Ian still adores his sisters. If he hears their voices but can't see them because they are in another room, he searches around for them like a madman! He still loves to chatter and growl. We certainly enjoy our Ian and are so grateful that he is doing so well.