Nine Months Old

Joshua is nine months old! I can't believe how fast he is growing up. He had is check up and he weighed 18.7 lbs, and is 28 3/4 inches long. He has six teeth now and likes to use them often, he leaves bite marks in everything, including our arms and fingers (yes, we're working on that). The doctor says he is doing great, although, a few days after his visit he came down with his first major sickness (he had a high fever, rash and diarrhea). He has had little colds and stuff, but he has never been this sick and miserable. It has been a tough week for us both. Luckily he seems like he is on the mend, and just in time for daddy's hernia surgery :). Between Joshua and Caleb I have been playing major nurse maid for the last week and a half. We have all been doing great, and just laying low for a while.

Back to Joshua being nine months old... he is learning to stand without holding onto anything, and actually getting really good at it. He is also starting to cruise along the furniture. I think it will still be a little bit before he starts to walk, but he might make it before his first birthday. He really loves his bath, and crawls into the bathroom whenever the water is running. He loves balls, and will almost always be crawling around with one in his hand. He loves the clicking noise it makes as he crawls, or he loves to find something really hard and loud that he can bang it against. His favorite is the toilet lid, which we have to keep closed to avoid his explorations. It is funny to see his personality starting to come out. He is very curious, smiley, and so far stubborn, (taking after his parents) but with his stubbornness comes perserverence and diligence, which makes telling him not to do something a bit of a challenge. His other new favorite things are the steps. He loves to climb up them and turn back and see what he has conquered. We have really scary steep wooden steps, so we got a gate for the top. He likes trying to climb down head first, so we are working on the whole turning around thing. He has all his toys figured out, he knows what buttons to push to make them run and where to put the balls in to make them go. It is amazing to watch him sit and do it all. His newest trick is clapping, and he does it anytime he is happy. He will be playing with a toy he likes and will stop and clap about it. It is hilarious.



We are so glad to have Joshua. I really can't imagine my life without him. We love him so much.