I have a 9 month old!!

Holy Moly!! I seriously can't believe Maddox is 9 months old today!! Time really does fly!! He is so much fun these days!! He cracks us up on a daily basis with his facial expressions and mannerisms!! We went to the doctor today for his 9 month well check and Dr. Connie said he looked great!! He weighs 22 lbs 13 oz. which is the 80th percentile, he is 28 3/4 in. long which is the 70th percentile and his head is 47 cm around which is the 90th percentile. Needless to say, Maddox is a big boy!! But I just love every single roll and his chubby chipmunk cheeks!! I was excited to hear Dr. Connie say that he can now eat pretty much anything except honey and whole milk!! So that will be fun to introduce him to new foods!! I am planning on trying to up his daily food intake and lower his formula because in just 3 short months when he turns one we will hopefully ween him off of formula and the bottle completely!! (BTW...I can't believe his b-day is in 3 month!!) He has only had 1 bottle so far today at that was at 7:30 this morning (its now 1:40 pm) and he has also had 2 things of baby food plus McDonald's french fries, a chicken nugget and a little bit of my hamburger and he is just as happy as normal!!

Here is a list of what he is up to these days...

*He wears size 3 diapers
*He is in size 9-12 month clothes
*He is getting pretty good at feeding himself finger foods
*He still loves taking a bath
*He is mesmerized by Praise Baby dvds. (We watch them on a daily basis!!)
*He is sooooooo close to crawling!! He just has to figure out how to keep his legs under his belly and move himself forward. He seems to be ok just scooting himself right now though.
*He loves to play catch with his daddy!!
*He is learning how to use a sippy cup.
*He has 5 teeth. The 2 bottom middle ones, the 2 top middle ones and the top left canine. The top right canine is on the verge of cutting through!!
*He loves being outside!!
*He has the most beautiful blue eyes!!
*He has a smile that will melt your heart!!
*And one of his newest tricks is he will clap anytime you say "YAY" I have posted a video of it below because it is just so darn cute!!



That is all I can think of right now even though I'm sure there is more. Of course we did our monthly photo shoot and since the weather is FABULOUS here this week we went out on our back deck to take them. He was full of smiles today so I got some really good ones!! Enjoy!!