9 months old

I can't believe I'm typing this post. So sad, once again. Another month....my baby is slipping away!

So in the past month Treyson started walking. It was a short lived event for us. He started to walk at his babysitter's house. . . 4-5 steps. He did it for me once that night. Jerry was out of town (poor Dadoo). I cried that night--literally. So at that point I decided we weren't going to work on it at our house. I wasn't ready for my almost 9 month old to walk. I needed more time. I don't know if we'll have any more kids. Treyson might be my last, and I'm trying to hang on to every little stage that I can. I'm such a selfish mother! Treyson will do a couple steps here and there, but I'm not going to encourage it on a daily basis by any means. He has a walker that he can push all over creation, but when it comes to letting go, he's somewhat hesitant.

So, here are our 9 month stats:

22 lb, 10 oz (75 percentile)

Happy Happy Happy boy

Has 4 teeth now (2 lower centrals, 2 upper centrals)

Wears size 3 Pampers Cruisers

Eats stage 3 foods (anything)

Loves crackers (ritz and saltines)

Likes small bites of banana and Gerber graduate (you're welcome Todd) ravioli

Eats 6 ounces of formula 5 times per day

Takes 1.5-2 hour nap in AM, and 1-1.5 hour nap in afternoon

Still sleeping soundly from 7 ish to 7 ish

Loves bathtime with sissy

Is a little stinker to get a diaper on. He rolls over before you can strap it on.

Loves to giggle. His sister is still the best at getting him to do this.

Loves the lake; doesn't love the lifejacket. Thank goodness the rule with pontoons is that the lifejacket can be removed if all doors are shut! We love that rule!! Thank you MaMa and PaPa for getting a pontoon!! This is a picture of him playing on the pontoon:

Here's Treyson swimming with Anniston and Cousin Michael:

Loves to walk around holding onto your hands. And will actually walk quite well just holding one hand.

Wears size 4 shoes

Has his Dadoo's skin. He's already getting so tan. Poor sissy...I think she's got my skin!

His hair is curling in the back. It's dark blonde, and there's no way I'm cutting it anytime soon if the curls continue!

Say's "bye,bye" as he waves with 2 hands

Gives "high fives"

Says "dada" all the time. . . "mama" is not very current in our vocabulary (how is that possible? trust me, I DO work with him on that one!)

Is in a big boy carseat (still backwards, but he got too long for the carrier--and too heavy!!). He (and Mommy) are so excited to turn 1 year old for the sole reason of facing forwards!!

Treyson,

We love you so much, and we just praise God that you are in our lives. You are so sweet and cuddly, giggly and funny, and just an all around joy to be around. You warm our lives in so many ways. You adore your big sister, and she loves you so much too. She loves it when you wake her up in the morning, and then she wants you to snuggle in bed with her (you don't really like that though...you'd rather stand up next to her bed--toddler bed). You giggle in the car with sissy, and she holds your hand and sings to you. Someday when you're a teenager, you'll never believe me. That's why I'm taking pictures of you two loving on eachother now!! We are so excited for summer time with you, and can't wait to swim some more and play outside with you.

We love you buddy!

Love,

Mommy and Dadoo