Well, ok, it is tough as a mom to keep up this blog, but he is still 9 months old. Todd took him to his 9 month well check which was of course at the wonderful Dr. Guyton's office. He was 26lbs, so he hasn't gained hardly any weight since his 6 month visit. Todd doesn't remember how long he was. He has been running all over the house. Not literally running, but crawling like crazy and running around in his walker. He moves around a lot faster than Izzie did. He is almost 10 months old now. He isn't walking yet, but I'm not surprised. Izzie walked around 9.5 months old, but Garrett has a lot more body to carry around. He is pulling up on anything he can get his hands on. I even catch him letting go at times. He can stand for a little while without falling down. He is so careful. You can tell he is thinking about taking a step, but instead he looks at you and carefully gets back on his knees to crawl.
He is high maintence! He wants to go, go, go, all the time! He wants to do what he wants to do and does not want you to tell him otherwise. He doesn't like when I leave the room. He screams and will even bang his little fist on the door (don't worry I don't leave him closed in a room unattended, haha, I'm talking about when I leave him with Todd or someone else). He's so emotional that way. Forget cuddling with this little man. He does not cuddle. He has his mind on too much to sit still. Izzie always cuddled.
Garrett could eat a whole grocery store full of food in one meal. I don't want to know what my grocery bill is going to be like when he is a teen. He will eat anything you give him, at least so far. It's great. You don't have to worry about what to give him. You can just give him whatever you are eating. He chews everything up, with his 5 teeth, perfectly.
He is into everything. He is going to be a toy hog. His sister is already not agreeing with his initiatives to take over her toys. We have gotten in a few tissy fits, because he decides he wants something that is "hers." He can scream just as loud as she can though.
He likes the pool. We had our first visit to the pool last week. He liked his little floaty and was even sticking his head in the water. Ok, it might not haven been purposefully, but he didn't flip out.
He LOVES balls. Any ball you give him, even ones bigger than him, he chases around the room and grabs onto. This makes Todd happy.
We think he might be a lefty. He tends to grab things 90% of the time with his left hand. There is no one left handed in our immediate family. I know it could possibly still change though.
He is still sleeping in his crib like a champ. He goes to bed around 7pm and sleeps usually until 7am. We will hear him start to talk in his crib and then you usually hear him push the monitor off his crib while banging empty bottles around the rails.
He can climb the stairs.
His first word was definitely "mama." :)
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