9 months!

Carter turned nine months on Friday. I am just a couple days late with blogging. This has been such a fun month with Carter. He has learned many new things and is closer and closer to being a toddler and not a baby anymore. He is still just as fun and beautiful as ever with an incredible personality. He makes us laugh so many times a day and is just curious about everything! Along with this being a really fun month with Carter, mommyhood has also become more difficult. Now that he is completely mobile, he is into EVERYTHING!!!!! He is such a joy and we are thankful for the gift that he is to us!

My sweet Carter...
Here is what you are up to at nine months old...

-You are still army crawling but can army crawl at the speed of lightening. Okay, not that fast but you are so fast! I think that is why you don't want to crawl on your hands and knees. Every time you do try it, it is slower and you flop back down to your belly and take off.
-You are pulling yourself up to a standing position on just about everything! Everything you come across, you just have to stand up! I think it is a whole new world for you to be standing.
-You are walking while holding on to something. You walk circles around the couch ottoman.
-Most of the time for naps, I have to go back in and lay you down a couple of times because you love to stand in your crib.
-You are so inconsistent with naps lately! Some days you take great, long naps and other days it is a battle to get you to sleep for 30 minutes. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason for your nap schedule.
-You still aren't sleeping through the night. You wake up once to eat almost every night. That is all I will say about that.
-You are eating so much more. You are now eating cheese, whole wheat bread, yogurt, turkey, mashed potatoes, crackers, blueberries, chunks of banana, and cottage cheese, along with all of your mashed up fruits and veggies. We are trying new things all the time.
-You are still in size three diapers and 9 to 12 month clothes.
-You learned how to give kisses this month and it melts my heart every time!! You open your mouth real wide and lean in for a kiss. So cute!!
-You LOVE your blanket! My friend Lisa made you this beautiful blanket and we started out with it right away and it is your favorite blanket. If it is near you, you grab it and pull it to your face and snuggle. I'm not sure you could really even sleep without it.
-You have a third tooth coming in on the top. It seems to be taking a really long time but we can see it!
-You have been in a big boy car seat for over a month now and seem to really like it.
-You had your first real injury last week. You were standing against a chair in the kitchen and fell and hit your chin on the chair. Your tooth must have hit your upper gums, because you were actually bleeding. I think it was way more traumatic for me than for you! I was a blubbering mess!
-You started chewing on your crib last week so we had to tie a blanket around the railing.
-You are such a people person!! You just smile at almost everyone! When we are shopping, people are always commenting on you and your smile and what a flirt you are. You make people smile all the time! I think that is an amazing gift God has given you and I hope it stays with you forever!
-You still have big, bright blue eyes that light up your face. When you smile...my heart melts!