Our big ten month old!

This big guy has learned how to do so much in the past couple months!  He loves pulling up (on anything and everything) to stand up, and now he's walking while holding on!  He's eating a little more table food, but not too much yet.  He loves to grunt and babble.  "Dada: is his favorite right now, no "Mama" yet!  He's so independent now, he never wants to sit still or be held :(.  I gave him his first hair cut, just to keep it out of his eyes!  I'm sure we could stand to cut off more but I'm not ready yet!  He looks pretty much like the pictures below when he wakes up in the morning and after naps- so HAPPY!  He usually plays quietly and babbles in the crib for a while waiting for me to come get him.  I'll admit sometimes I get my coffee going and at least get my cup ready before I go and get him!  I'm going to miss that sweet smiley face looking up at me when he doesn't do that anymore!  He's been so good about running errands with me and running all over the place with Nate and Lilly.  I never would have dragged the twins all over the place when they were this little, it was just way too hard with two!  But he's a trooper, he loves driving around and grocery shopping! And right now he's very easy to appease if he gets fussy- just toss him some puffs or yogurt melts and he's good to go. 

Pictures of our sweet, happy baby!

 Look Ma, one hand!!

 Really hard to get him to sit anymore!  Had to put some interesting toys in front of him in the crib!!

Loves standing up like a big boy!

 He's doing so good at the pool so far- I have another post coming about our summer so far!!

Someone following in my foot steps??

Oh how I love this girl!  I was editing at the table and she came up and put her little toy laptop by mine and said she had to edit, too.  She was asking my all about what I'm doing to the photos.  I love that she was interested and wanted to kind of "copy" what I was doing.  SUPER cute!!

Spring 2014- The Avengers- Number 41!

We started off a little rough, but we saw so much growth in Nate in those few short months this spring!  He is really learning how to be a team player, and be a little more aggressive when it comes to getting that ball!  He loved it and had tons of fun, which is really what matters at this age, so we will definitely be playing again next fall.  YAY for soccer!  

 Favorite part of the game- snack time!

 Ben is always super supportive!

 Walking with my mom over to get his trophy!

 Obligatory trophy time!  Lilly was excited for him!

Still supporting!

 Soccer picture!

Ben is 9 months!

Wow, we sure have accomplished a lot this month!  As of the day before he turned 9 months old, we have a crawler!  He's been getting on all fours acting like he's going to crawl, but then just sitting back up, and also crawling backwards, for probably a month now!  We finally got him to crawl by putting his silky out in front of him.  He loves that thing, just like his big brother!  He's still kind of crawling on one knee and pushing with the other foot, but he gets around pretty fast! We have to put road blocks/traps in the living room to keep him from getting into things he shouldn't. Starting to try and pull up too!  At his 9 month well check he was a whopping 24.2 pounds and 29 inches, which put him in the 75th percentile for height and 90th percentile for weight.  I love his chunky rolls!!  He's getting super strong, pushing things (and people's faces) out of the way.  He loves tugging on jewelry, sunglasses, hats, your drink, your food, or anything he can (but shouldn't) get his hands on!  I have stopped wearing jewelry all together, for the time being.  His favorite baby foods are sweet potatoes and squash and he loves puffs and the little baby finger foods.  Just now starting to try table food like bits of bread and noodles.  So far, not much he doesn't like (can't you tell?)  Nate and Lilly are still all over him constantly, but they may change now that he's moving around better and can ESCAPE!  He loves attention from them though, and LOVES laughing with them, especially goofy big bro Nate.  Lots of posts coming about summer fun, but for now-- here are our big boy NINE MONTH pictures!

This shot below reminds me of Lilly- she used to make this face when she was a baby!

How could I not document this naked chubby cuteness??