New Year and Nine Months

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2012 was very interesting, and I am so excited to see what 2013 brings! We didn't really do much for the new year. Just hung out at home and stayed awake until 11:00! Party people ;) Hey, I did see the ball drop in New York. Made it to their New Years, but not ours. Oh well...on to the good stuff...

My Jonah B is now 9 months old! Hard to believe! He is so much fun and really has become my little buddy and not just my little baby (if that makes sense). He's exhausting, but makes me laugh and keeps us entertained. His checkup went well. He was needing a nap, so he was not as cooperative as usaul. When we first measured him and Dr. Bill looked at the growth curve, he said Jonah gained weight but didn't grow in length much at all in the past 3 months. I was thinking either (a) we're about to hit a growth spurt...great... or (b) is something wrong? But, then I thought about how all of his pants are too short, so he HAD to have grown. Well, we re-measured and it was a whole inch longer than the first time. So he's back up into the 85th percentile for length... that's better :) He weighs 21# 13oz (80%) and is 29in long. Dr. Bill said he looked great! And we didn't have to get any sticks at this appointment!!!

So some updates about my little man...He still only has one little toothie, although I'm thinking we're about to see it's neighbor peeking through soon. He has started to eat some table food. He has tried peas, carrots, green beans, mashed and sweet potatoes, mac-cheese, bananas, pears, and pancakes! He does really well, especially with green beans. He likes picking the food up and feeding himself. He gets frustrated sometimes when he can't pick slippery foods, like bananas and pears. I try not to butt in too much, but baby still needs my help sometimes :)

Had a warm weather day and went for a stroll. JB loves being outside!
*inside tip - this adorable smile was made possible by daddy's phone playing
Mickey Mouse right beside mommy's phone taking the pic*

HE IS IN TO EVERYTHING!!!! It really is so hard to keep up with him sometimes. He destroys
his room in a matter of seconds, and crawls so fast that he's out of the room
before you know it!

BUSTED!!! Somehow squeezed himself into this tiny spot.
We had a pretty hard time getting him out!

Still loves bathtime! I'm thinking we will have to transition to the big tub
before too long. He has started leaning back and propping his feet up on the rim of his tub.
His looks chillaxed, but a little cramped!

Of course, Mickey is still an obsession! We can calm him down in literally a 1/2 second by pulling
up a Mickey video. I'm pretty sure we will see Mickey in 3 months at somebody's birthday
party...gasp...gulp...tear :'(. Not going there yet. Can't do it.
Notice in this pic, the baracade we made around the tv. Like I said, he's into everything these days.
Daddy did not like Jonah B getting into his technology!

 We started having sensory play
time (thanks to Pinterest!). Derek likes to pick on me about this, because it's messy and a little different, but I think it's good for him so I'm gonna do it! haha! The first one was made with rice and his shape toys. The second was with beans on a cookie sheet. It made a loud sound when he dropped them on the pan. Fun right? He thought so :)

9 month birthday pancakes!!! He liked them, but they were a little

dry, so he didn't eat a whole lot. I think he will appreciate them a little

more when they have syrup too!

Loves him some green beans! NomNomNom!!!