Saturday, January 5, 2013

9 Months

Wheew, where does the time go?! It is so hard to believe that Blake is 9 months old! We have loved watching him show more of his personality and he has recently changed our lives forever with a little 8 letter word I like to call CRAWLING! He is all over the place! What happened to my sweet boy who was so content just sitting in my arms or in the same spot of a room playing with toys?! The second I set him down (if he'll let me) he is off making our lives very interesting. When he isn't crawling he is making us hold his hands as he walks us around every room in our house. Oh the joys of parenting!


 Blowing raspberries as he crawls...crazy kid!


 A rare still moment...

 That didn't last long.





Again it is getting so hard to remember what he does each month (and to take his monthly pictures!), but at 9 months he is crawling, blowing raspberries (he does this for so long that he ends up cracking up when he is finished), growling, walking when we hold his hands, singing, ma ma ma-ing when he is upset, and da da da-ing when he is happy, eating puffs, and weighing 20.8 lbs at 27 1/4 inches long (50-75th percentile for weight....and 25th percentile for height. Poor little guy!). 

First Christmas

Although Blake couldn't have cared less about Christmas morning, it was still fun to wake up and open presents with him. We didn't get him much but what he did get he seems to love. Tom and I can't wait for him to be old enough to get excited about Christmas but until then I'll leave you with some pictures of our quiet relaxing Christmas.



 Although I am a firm believer that you can never start kids too early on deodorant, this was not one of his Christmas gifts!





 I'm sure there will be many more of these pictures in years to come.

 Blake literally held on for his dear little life the whole ride!

 It was a perfect 1st Christmas as a family of three.