9 Months Old

Cash is now 9 months old! Wow, I just cannot believe it. He has now been out in the world for as long as it took him to bake in my belly! He has grown so much in the last month and has really started to become more independent. He isn't crawling yet, but he rolls everywhere he needs to go. He gets on all fours and rocks so I think we are really close. He would rather stand up than be on the floor anyway, so walking may be in our immediate future too.
This month Jeremy went on band trip to LA. That was a LONG six days for me and Cash. It was the first time either of us has left him overnight. I still haven't left him yet.
One of the pics I sent Jeremy while he was gone. Smile for daddy!

May is also the end of the school year for Jeremy and Cash. For Cash's last day I made homemade chocolate chip cookies and put them in these cute little bags with a note saying how much we appreciate his teachers. These ladies made the transition of me going back to work easier (as easy as it could be) and we are SO blessed to have found this place.

Cash loves his puppies! He pulls their hair and their ears, but they just lay there.  Zeus allows Cash to play with him. Zora stays away from him for the most part, but Cash and Zeus are best friends. 

This is one of his new sleeping positions. I went to check on him during his nap one day and this is how I found him:

At 9 months old:
Weight: 18.4 lbs
Height: 27.5 inches
Size 2 diapers but size 3 at night
9 month clothes
Tried blueberries and apricots this month. We have started to give him more foods for him to try and grab to feed himself. He has been picking the food up but has no interest in putting it in his mouth. Then last night out of nowhere he did it!! We gave him some cantaloupe and pineapple and he started putting it in his mouth and sucking on it. Yay!
He pulled up on the furniture for the first time the other day. He doesn't move once he's up he just stands there. But he's very excited about standing up and will squeal when he does it.
He also has been fussy for the last couple of days and we figured out the culprit...he's cutting his first tooth!! So we gave him some teething tablets and he seems to be much better today.
We finally got Cash a highchair. He's been eating in his bumbo seat but his chubby little legs really don't fit in it anymore. When Jeremy's brother Jon was in town he saw that we didn't have a highchair so he sent us one once he left!! What a nice thoughtful thing to do! Thanks Uncle Jon!