9 Months, 9 Facts

I take a picture on the 5th of every month in this chair,
with this frog as a reference, to mark Jack's growth.
After about 10 tries, this is the best I could do this month.  He doesn't sit still.

Has it been 9 months already?  Isn't that the same amount of time (kinda) I was pregnant?  It seemed like I was pregnant for WAAAYY longer than this.  

It's true.  Jack was 9 months old yesterday.  We had a fun day playing together and of course, we also made a trip to see the pediatrician, Dr Crow.  So, in honor of his nine month birthday, I thought I'd share 9 Jack facts:

1.  He is now 20 lbs 2 oz and 29 1/2" (he's 30" by my measurements... but who's counting?)   He's still long and lean according to the charts.   He also has his two bottom teeth and the top two started making their appearance about a week and a half ago.  

2.  Some of his favorite activities are going on walks, being outdoors, and being tickled!

3.  He continues to put everything in his mouth.  Nothing is off limits!

4.  He loves the play center at Willow Bend mall where we have play-dates nearly every week.  He's gotten more adventuresome each time we've gone.  

5.  He discovered toilet paper and thinks it's hilarious to watch it unravel.

6.  He can climb our entire flight of stairs (WITH supervision, of course)

  (no picture here for obvious reasons...)

7.  He's been on 5 airplane rides; all of them to Midland.

This picture is from his first flight.  He was 10 weeks old.

8.  He knows / understands several words :  

Naya, Mommy, Daddy, light, walk, Jack, no, more, car

9.  He sits up, crawls, pulls up, and cruises furniture like a pro!

BONUS FACT:  His hair is finally starting to grow!  I thought I was going to have to give him Rogaine treatments.  haha  But, today when I got him from his nap, there was enough hair there that it was sorta messed up!  Yea!!