So, on the first of July JD turned 9 months old. It has been a whirlwind, an exhausting, scary, exciting, amazing and awe-inspiring whirlwind. I cannot believe that soon he will be older on the outside than when I was carrying him on the inside. I have not had time to blog, nor do many of the things that I love to do. And I don't blame him because really all I want to do when I go home is hang out with him, until he is cranky and doesn't believe me that sleep is what he wants...then I could hand him off and go write a blog or two. But man, what an awesome adventure it has been so far. He seems to be an introvert, as we described one day at a restaurant he literally was facing outward looking and smiling at other people. He loves activity and people watching and now he is crawling! He is so opinionated and so I guess he takes after me in that way.
So far the things that make him laugh the most:
He thought that me copying him while he banged on his high chair was a killer. Literally he couldn't catch his breath and gave himself the hiccups.
Oh and when I showed him how to blow up a pound it, that was pretty frickin' hilarious.
He is starting to be ticklish, especially under his armpits, so that is cool.
Oh and did I mention how much he loves his grandma? Sometimes he prefers her over me, which started with Moose (Moose prefers her over me hands down) so I was prepared to no longer be the favorite.
He currently has been jabbering away, he likes to hear himself talk. Grandma always puts words to his jabbering and sometimes I think, yeah...maybe that is what he said.
And did I mention he is a big kid? He is in 12-18 months now, and can fit in some 24s. So that happened. Our nine month check up Dr. Hasaba said "OH he is now in the 75% for weight, for a 1 year old..."
Anyways, this past week Carl has been in Orlando for a church conference and I have been working long hours in the hospital. Thank God for my mom because I would NEVER be able to do this on my own. He is a great kid but he is not the best sleeper even still, we will see if that ever changes or he grows up to be like his dad who still has trouble sleeping. Someday we will look back and remind him of the sleepless nights that he gave us...and we will hopefully be frustrated as to how hard it is to get him out of bed...instead of now where we are frustrated at him for waking up at 5:45am on my day off when the past three days I have had to wake him up at 6 to take him to daycare before work. Alas, parenting is filled with twists and turns that no one can even describe or prepare you for. As I am learning, day by day. But man is he cute. We sure do love him a lot. #blessed.
