9 Months Old!

Since February doesn't have a 30th day of the month, I decided that Grant turns 9 months old today :) We went for his 9 month checkup yesterday and the doctor was very impressed with the way that he was growing and with his development. He is a big boy, but we already knew that! He weighs 23.11lbs (95th percentile) and is 29 inches long (85-90th percentile)! He didn't have to get any shots but did have to get his blood drawn to check for anemia and to see if he had been exposed to lead-I guess this is routine at all 9 month check ups. The nurse told me that it was just going to be a finger stick, but when we went to get it done it turned out they had to draw two tubes of blood. I don't know who was more upset, me or him :) Time has flown by so fast and I cannot believe that the little man is already 9 months old and in just three short months he will be a year old! SO sad! He is crawling faster and faster everyday. I can turn my back for 2 seconds and he will be gone! He loves doing patty-cake especially when its bedtime to change the subject! Its really cute! He's pulling up on everything and is starting to move from one piece of furniture to the other! He is waving more and more, and we are working on making it a more smooth wave! And his favorite game is still peek-a-boo!

working on waving bye-bye!

ALWAYS smiling!

helping mommy unpack from our Florida trip!

still loves his puppy!

Puppy love!

Our weekend started out a little crazy last weekend. Oakley some how sliced the pad on the back of his leg wide open. We took him to the vet on Friday morning, and she decided that he needed to put under so they could cut the part off that was dead-I know, gross-and she said that she felt something in there so she also wanted to see what it was. So a couple hours later, we went back to pick him up. The surgery went well and there was nothing stuck in there-it was just dried blood and hair. Oakley wasn't feeling too hot Friday night-so Grant took some time to help cheer his puppy up! Who can resist a precious 8 1/2 month old (wow-I can't believe he is that old already) crawling all over you-it definitely made Oakley feel better! And it didn't bother Oakley one bit that Grant was crawling all over him! The get along really great!

Come on-let's play!
Grant helping clean Oakley off (Grant's new thing is pick up the littlest things (from anywhere)and examine them-things that I can barely see when he has them in his hand)

Look mom-I made him feel better :)

We are headed to Florida on Thursday to spend the weekend with Chris' family. This is going to be Grant's first plane ride so say a prayer for us, PLEASE! I know he will do fine-I hope! :)

Oh Boy!

Our lives have just gotten more busy! Grant is now crawling! This happened about a week ago, but I am just now getting the chance to post about it. He is so proud of himself! But now I can't keep the floors clean enough. No matter how much I sweep or vacuum he still can find something that I didn't see and of course that goes straight in the mouth.

Oakley has been so cute with Grant while he is exploring this new milestone! Oakley is never more than 5 steps away from baby G and is always ready to lick up any drool that has fallen on the floor (gross-I know). Grant loves his puppy so much. Whenever Oakley comes around the corner, G makes the cutest high-pitched squeal. It is too cute! Oakley is so gentle with him, and I haven't seen him once show any aggression or jealousy towards the little man. He just lays there when Grant pulls on his tail/hair, or when he tries to crawl all over him. They are going to be good buddies for a long time!

Here I come!

Loves his paci

Also this week Grant learned how to do patty-cake. Poppy has been teaching him this for a while and this week it all just clicked. It is soooooo cute and it makes my heart melt whenever he does it! Whenever you ask him-"show me your patty-cake"-he puts his fists together and bounces them off of each other. While he is doing this he has a HUGE smile across (as do I)! I haven't gotten a picture of it yet because he usually doesn't do it for long, but when I do get one I will post it.

His favorite time of the night-bath time!

Anything and everything straight into the mouth!


Playtime with my puppy!
Hey dude-whatcha got there?

Escapee!

So this morning I went in to get Grant from his "nap" and this is what I saw when I opened the door. Oh joy-the things we have to look forward to! Keep in mind yesterday I lowered his mattress to the 2nd lowest setting-guess its time to go down to the lowest.

hey mom!

soo proud of himself!

look at those chubby little fingers :)

trying to figure out how to get out of here!

I love those big blue eyes!