Friday, November 6, 2009

Nine Months ALREADY!

So my little man is indeed turning into a man. Haha. We have two different results for his height and weight, but I am going with the ped. dr. on this one. According to her, he is now 32 inches long and weighs 24 lbs., 4 oz. He wears a size 5 shoe already. He is strong enough to push his cousin Hayden(age 2) on a riding toy. Caleb was on his belly, with one arm moving Hayden back and forth(full arm lengths). Hayden thought it was great. He was getting a ride. I really do have a little Bam Bam. Where is little baby I brought home nine months ago?

He is learning new things weekly, even daily. For starters, he says "mama". I am sooo proud of that. Jon didn't want to believe that Caleb knew what he was saying, but he eventually had to give in. He is starting to crawl. He will crawl a few steps and then go back to the army shuffle type move. He loves the music of all kinds. He really enjoys reading his lift, flap books. He is tasting more and more of our foods. So far, he likes everything he has tasted. Heehee. Hopefully, that is a sign that he will not be a picky eater. My favorite is to watch him try to bite an apple (now, I am very careful about this). He opens up wide and tries his best to bite. His little teeth barely graze the apple leaving him with a sliver of it. He happily chews it. It is so sweet. I won't allow that for too much longer for fear that he will actually take a huge bite one day! He is actually playing with his toys. He can put his little animals on the tree and let them slide down. He likes to move his cars along the carpet and the wood floor, except he gets into trouble there. He is usually wearing socks and long pants. He has no traction on the wood floor and ends up sliding into corners he doesn't want to be in. I think it is cute, but I don't think he does. OH, he is also cutting teeth numbers 7 and 8.

His first Halloween costume was little "Elvis". He was adorable in my opinion. Memaw and PawPaw completely loved his outfit too. They requested a drive by to see it in person. He didn't wear it Halloween night because he was a bit cranky and half way through I would have had to change him into his pajamas. He hates being changed, so I decided to spare him this one since he had already worn it to the Celebration Day with Dr. Storment. It was all great fun.
Caleb and PawPaw spending a few minutes together before Memaw snatches him up.
Can you tell he has a proud Daddy?

We were playing at the park with Jake and Nick. Caleb didn't enjoy the slide or the swing, but he did have fun sitting and chewing on his strap!