9 Months

- He has figured out how to sit up on his own.  He is so proud of himself.
- Something has clicked and Nathan is a pro at shoveling finger foods into his mouth.  I love watching him following mischievous little cereal puffs to the back of his hands and then getting them in his mouth.
- Crawling.  More like doing the worm.  He's got a system down and it's so funny to watch him squirm across the living room.

- Stranger anxiety has hit full force.  This has been exacerbated by too many doctors appointments.  Poor kid.  Every time we walk into an appointment he starts bawling.
- His 9 month stats: 18 lbs 3 oz (26.46 percentile), 27 inches long (10.93 percentile), and 17.25 inches head circumference (23.12 percentile.)

- He is mischievous.  Like trying to pull down the drapes and wiggling his way underneath the bookcase.  We might be in trouble with this curious little boy.
- Nathan can sleep through the night, but I think he's discovered how powerful his lungs are recently.  If he so happens to wake up in the night he will wail.  And wail.  And wail.  Not my favorite.  He is fully capable of going back to sleep, but he wants attention.  Wish us good luck with sleep training.  We'll wait until we no longer have house guests for spring break to work on that one.

- He loves reading books before he goes to sleep.  He can be melting down and as soon as we start reading he will calm down and enjoy the book.
- He growls like a dog.  All the time.  He particularly loves to growl when he's eating.  He sounds so angry, but he is usually happy while he is growling away.

- He loves his daddy time.  He will laugh and laugh at Brad.
- Nathan has thought it is so funny to sit in his crib, hold the railing and look over the top.  If you would get down on his level he would start giggling away.  It was so cute, but I knew I needed to lower the crib mattress since he could sit up now.  One day, we were talking to him in his crib when he got so excited he decided to stand up all on his own.  He was beaming that he did it himself.  We were right there so nothing happened, but needless to say, we lowered the mattress a notch right then.  But now Nathan can't see over the railing and he doesn't giggle at us anymore.