9 Months

Owen's new "whip." "Cruising"

Mohawk!

Popeye the sailor man!

Too many carbs!

I am not quite sure if month 9 has been the most challenging for me because we don't have our own house anymore or if it is because Owen is reaching for the next milestone and is frustrated. With that being said, we have officially SOLD our house and have been living with my parents for almost 2 months. This can be especially difficult since within that time our "roommates" have had bronchitis, pneumonia, and ear infections. Somehow, Matt and I have bypassed most if it. Although Owen and I had a bit of the stomach flu, but kicked it within a few days. We have also battled a slight cold here and there, but nothing a good bottle of wine can't cure.

Not only did Owen start month 8 off with a double ear infection....he began month 9 with RSV and a perforated eardrum. My poor son has been on antibiotics for the first time in his life and who would of thought it was going to last for 30 days straight! So through lots of praying we are hoping EVERYONE stays healthy. All in all, our stay at the Lambert's has been a great adventure with tons of laughs and even a few tears. Now our adventure must move on, so we are headed over to the Mahoney's in the coming weeks to see what delight we can spread their direction. We are definitely looking forward to a tad-bit more space and Owen in his own crib.

Onto the munchkin...all this little guy wants to do is WALK, WALK, WALK! Not a second goes by that he doesn't want to be walking from one place to the next. The only problem is, is he appears to be a somewhat of an unstable fellow. We are still lacking the balancing mechanism, but hopefully, soon and after a few head blows he will get it. He loves to cruise from couch to chair and toy to toy. He is awfully brave, which really scares me. He still has not mastered crawling yet, but is content with army crawling for now. So between wiping sniffling noses, bending over to walk Owen, laundry, cleaning bottles, and amusing Lucy...life is good!

Milestones:

-Weighs 20 pounds, 1 ounce (39%) and height 30.5 inches (96%). Pretty sure we are going to have one big boy on our hands.

-Still does not sleep through the night and I am convinced that I have not slept a full night in over a year. Owen started off the month only waking up 1 time around 3 a.m., but has recently decided to change that to 2 times a night. So I am up between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. and again around 5 a.m.

-We have started transitioning to table food, which has been a bit interesting. Owen is not quite sure of all of the new textures so we are just introducing a little at a time. He loves broccoli and has been eating much more than normal. He is a growing boy!

-Got his second tooth on his 9 month birthday. Had a mild fever.

-Gets to the sitting position by himself! This makes his life much better, especially at day care. I can tell he is so much happier to not be laying on the floor anymore.

-Attends day care 3 days a week and soon he will be going 4.