Nine Months

Reiders, today you are nine months old and to be honest I took me up until now, just after 4:00 pm, to realize it's your nine month mark. I've been thinking about it here and there recently but today has been a busy one and I finally put two and two together.

You have changed a lot over this last month, and especially so within the last week. Here's some things about nine month old Reid:

-You are crawling! You're a fast little sucker, and within the last few days are officially crawling. You would much rather stand still, and when first being put down you stiffen out your legs in protest, but seem to be pretty content once you are on the go.
-You're two bottom teeth have broken through. I haven't been able to get a picture of them yet, but they are there and your typical attempts at gnawing on our face have to be diverted because of those sharp little suckers
-You sleep well, and not so well. But, between teething, a new cold that's getting the best of you, and some surgery complications it's just been kind of a mess and we can't blame you. Overall you got back to sleeping until about 4/5, taking a bottle then back to sleep-but recently not so much. And naps, not so much either...eh, just depends on the day and night I guess.
-You definitely have some length to you. I think you'll be towering over your big brother before we know it once you're really up and going.
-You have had a heck of a time with little odd happenings since your surgery, but I must say-for the most part you have been a champ about it. You still screech cry, making it sound like someone's chopping off a limb rather than it's just the simple fact that you woke up from a nap....but otherwise you do okay with being pretty content.
-I say that, but then I digress when it comes to one of us walking into the room and you noticing us. It's kind of an out of sight, out of mind deal with you right now I think.
-Now that you are on the go, we're having to already tell you 'no' plenty of times for safety reasons-especially the tv stand. Caden didn't bug with that too much, I don't think, but you always go for it and almost anything else that you can go for that would help you stand up.

 

-You are already starting to take an interest into Cadens toys, especially the trains when they're moving, and it is cracking me up. He got a new set from Aunt Caryn and Uncle Doug, and instantly you crawled over and plucked up Thomas in curiosity, causing your brother to grunt and groan in frustration. It's funny-for now at least-thus starts the battle of the toys. He's been good and understanding when we tell him that you are just learning, but will ask us to 'move baby' when you get too close:)

You are a trooper for having kind of a rough last month-you are so curious and growing so fast. You are the best addition to our family we could ever have asked for and we love you so, so much. I can't believe we're just a few months away from you turning one. It really has gone by ridiculously fast and has been a whirlwind-I swear we were just bringing you home and starting this new chapter of change in many different areas and here we are, nine months in and getting ready for fall, then the holidays, which brings your birthday. Crazy, crazy, crazy.

You are the best. We love you-your brother loves you, and I cannot wait to see where life takes you and to see you grow up and what kind of a little boy you'll turn into.

Happy Nine Months, Stinker. We love you. xoxo.