9 months!

and today my sweet boy is 9 months old. it is hard to imagine he has been out almost as long as he was in...pregnancy feels a little like a dream (someone kick me to remind me of how much i disliked it).

in the past month kiah has definitely added some new tricks! the biggest being crawling, he can motor (haha...motor) around quite sufficiently when he wants something. if he is tired, or like the past week, sick, he just lays on the ground and whines. that i could do without.

look out everyone! i'm on the move!

we've added two new teeth with two more on the way shortly but i don't think i'll be getting a good picture of that anytime soon. poor kid cut the new ones last week at the height of his cold symptoms which made for a pretty miserable end of the week (although he took amazingly long naps two days in a row which allowed me plenty of time for sewing!).

he still claps his hands and will keep clapping if he receives praise. when he does something he thinks is impressive he looks around to make sure you're watching. i'm pretty sure if he knew the little green light in his room was a camera and that we might be watching he would stare at that when he stands up in his crib the little stinker. he has started to sign "more" at meals when he wants more food, and is pretty close to actually pointing at mommy's nose when asked "where is mommy's nose?". he says "ah-da" when eric comes home from work and although i've heard him say "mama" he doesn't actually say that when he sees me. i've only heard him say it when dada is the one getting him out of bed (on the weekends) and i'm not in the room...almost like he's asking where i'm at :).

his cheesy new grin :)

his favorite games are chase and peek-a-boo, and if you combine the two he is thrilled. he finds other children fascinating, especially the ones that can walk and talk. other babies he tends to bowl over on his way to chewing on their toys.

he still loves his food, and gobbled down both scrambled eggs and chicken pot pie in the past few days. as much as he shoves large amounts of food in his mouth all at once, i think he actually prefers to be fed by spoon or fork because he can eat it faster. my little piggie ;).

eating black beans for the first time!

he is such a sweet sweet boy, very busy and very interested in whatever we happen to be doing. he still likes people and is pretty friendly, and as of yet we've had no instances of separation anxiety out of the house. now that he can move on his own though that issue is starting to resolve itself. he is most happy when both eric and i are at home and free to pay attention to him. i am amazed at how much i love him, and equally amazed to know God loves him more and loves me just as much. he is such a gift!