{tomorrow} I have a NINE month old!

I'm writing this a day early to avoid being weeks late (again). I know we have a busy weekend with family coming in from out of town - so better get this up & posted now before I'm on the verge of his 10 month blog. Oh geez, let's not even think of that quite yet.

 

My little Gunner bear.

As you can see - capturing these photos are becoming quite the challenge. You act like sitting on a calendar and letting me photograph you is NOT the funnest thing ever?! ;)

 

How you are growing SO FAST! I can't believe that this month I will begin planning your first birthday. That just blows my mind.

But I am not focusing on that sad mushy-gushy mommy hormones right now - because I really am having SO MUCH FUN with you being the age you are. Everyday you are learning something new and evolving into your own little self. I absolutely love it. Every month I say is my favorite - but I definitely can see why people told me these months were the funnest - because they really are!

 

 

This month (amongst pretty much taking control of your monthly photos) -it's clear you are your own person. You have your own little personality and you know what you want.

 

new things this month:

- You said your first words!!! Started with DADA then a week later you were saying MAMA, MOMMM, BA-BA, and when youre really hyper and on a total talking rant - I swear you yell "wooowwwwww" and "daddddddd" and giggle in between words - oh my gosh I can't even explain how adorable it is to hear you talk. And boy do you love to talk! You talk NONSTOP - car rides, bath time, play time, EVERYTHING you do - you do it with lots of animation and lots of talking! Car rides are so much more fun because you just talk to you toys the whole time we're on the road and love shouting out DADA at everything we drive by.

- speaking of cars - you LOVE mom's new car. This is the first car where you have your own window that can roll up and down - (dads big truck has no back window and mom's old corolla had manual windows.. so lame) - but this one I can roll down myself and you just LOVE looking outside and shouting at the cars and semi-trucks we drive by. So much fun!

- you are on a mission to walk! you stand up against walls now and pull yourself up against everything you can and are getting braver and braver with letting go or only holding on with one hand. and now you also walk along everything - walls, couches, the doors - and you keep trying to stand up on your own but you're not quite there yet. But you're definitely working hard at it and I'm sure soon we'll have a walking baby!

- your new favorite thing to do is get chased around the house. If you're crawling around you'll sit and look at us and yell so we know it's time to play - and myself or your dad will start crawling after you and you just CRACK up and scream the whole time you crawl away as fast as you can. Not going to lie, you are getting to be faster than me! I get worn out after like 2 laps around the house, but you just go go go and anytime you feel like we stopped - you stop crawling, turn and sit there and stare until we start again - and then start cracking up when you see us chasing you again. It's the funniest thing ever! I don't think either of us can get enough because it's just so much fun to hear and watch you laugh out loud and get so excited.

- You have been bumped up to "Graduate" snacks! Very exciting stuff. Now there are lots of yummy snacks in your diet and they make road trips and eating out a lot smoother for everyone. You love your rice rusks (banana mum mums), the very berry yogurt melts and all the pinwheel snacks the best - mostly the apple ones and the waffle ones.

- you have lots of hair now! and very BLONDE! It's a dirty blonde, but very light still. And it's really thin but you are getting to have a lot of it. And it's WAVY! It has light curls at some parts and now you have little curls that go over your ears- SO CUTE! I hope you keep the wavy hair because it's a cute little surfer look on you! It's fun when we're driving with the windows down I look back and just see all this hair blowing around - and then you get the cutest and CRAZIEST bed head now! I love it. can't take enough pictures of it.

- You have a MOUTH FULL OF TEETH my love. Everyone comments on it all the time! It's funny because it makes you look a lot older than you are because you have close to 9 teeth and such a tiny mouth. You look like a big boy with them! But it's nice because you get to have more advanced foods & snacks because you do have so many teeth ;)

 

 

-you little personality so far:

- you are full of energy and love to play! toys are your favorite thing ever and whether they are yours or grizzlys - every toy in the house must be played with at least once before moving onto the others. Everyday you have a new favorite - but you always stay loyal to your main ones: plastic eggs from easter, your pink toothbrush (you lost the others and hold this one near &dear to you), grizzly's stuffed piggy, your toy hammer with all the beads in it (you love to bang it on the table and dad's head) and recently - the box to the race car grandpa got you - not the car itself, but the box. Oh and your remote controller to the tv (dad got an extra w/o batteries so you'd leave ours alone) and mom's cell phone when you can get sneak it - yesterday I found it in your toybox hiding.. touche

 

- you are a tad stubborn. (that's definitely from me) you fight sleep as long as you can even if it means laying down with your eyes closed and just waving your toothbrush around until you can't hold your arms up anymore. It's so adorable, I just giggle to myself as I watch you sleep-play until you pass out or I find your toothbrush still in your hand in the morning.

 

- you are very loving. you love to give hugs now and learning to give kisses. you love when dad or I sit with you while you play with your toys - just so you can keep one hand on our leg to know that we're nearby. and you love to be rocked to sleep or slow dance to my singing - you are a total cuddle bug like you mama and I wouldn't want it any other way

 

- You are a bit bossy my love. (total dad gene) if not bossy, then you are just more vocal - you make it very known when you like or dislike something. I.e spitting food out if it's gross, crying if you see something and can't reach it or have it.. little things like that. I still think everything you do is adorable - so I think it's really cute, but dad says we need to start teaching you that you can't always get your way so you don't become spoiled.. that's dad for ya though (I'm the nice one btw) haha.. totally kidding

 

- I see a bit of a competitive side of you these days. When you play tug o'war with grizzly or play with her toys - you get real frustrated if you can't get the toy back or if she doesn't let the toy go - You're a very determined little guy and you will chase her around the house and make it your mission to chase her until you get that toy back though. Definitely got the competitve spirit from your dad.

 

 

 

Other than those things - you continue to develop & amaze your dad and I everyday! It's so much fun to see you develop these traits and get a little peak at what kind of boy you will be. You are just so much fun and your just a little gift that keeps on giving, because every day we get a new face or a new trick you learned - and every day is really a gift in itself, beacuse it's shared with you.