On The Cutting Edge of Yesterday

Exploring

Snowed in.

Family photo…

Baby Hugs ♥

Adam will tuck his arms between his body and mine when he wants a hug. I know this will become one of my favorite memories of his baby days. 

First Bagel!

Adam 9 Months

18 lbs 6oz 28” tall

As soon as this month began, Adam was on his feet. Right after the holidays, he was pulling himself up in his crib. Our first night home, we had to lower his crib for the second time in only a month. At first, he had no idea how to get back down once he was standing, and we had a few scary moments when he would bang his face on the crib bars. But he got the hang of a more graceful fall after only a few days. Marco and I could only watch, terrified, as he learned how to control this new and unstable ability. 

He began pulling himself up on the furniture in the living room almost immediately. He even had a moment of balance (without holding onto anything). Once he mastered getting himself to a standing position with furniture aid, he would get bored when he was standing. So he figured out how to bring a toy up with him.

Crawling is at 100% this month. Hands & knees working together with his belly off the ground.

We are still doing very well with sleeping through the night and taking naps. We had a few wakeful nights and a couple skipped naps, but overall we have been on a pretty consistent schedule this month. 

Still no words or teeth. But his new favorite sound to make is “Ooooo!”. He will pucker his lips and “Oooo” at anything new or interesting. It is super cute!

The Watch Dog

Marco filled the house with 700 balloons for my 30th birthday. It was an extraordinary party!

Cute baby clothes

Marco and I discuss our favorite baby products from our past 8 months of baby having. 

Adam 8 Months

(Height & weight unknown. We forgot to measure this month. No doctor appointment to do it for us.)

This month our little guy has been busy. He’s officially crawling! Most of the time he’s been doing an army crawl, but later in the month he has really picked up the pace and has been cruising across the living room surprisingly quickly. 

He has also conquered sitting up on his own from any position. That has made a huge difference in the way he plays and moves. We had to lower his crib for the first time since he was reaching over the edge with his new ability. 

He reaches for me or Marco more deliberately. That just warms my heart. 

Adam has been a little chatter box with the baby talk. No real words yet (For us a real first word is going to be something repeatable and referring to something tangible and meaning it.) But we always think we hear one now and then. Mostly a lot of “Ba Ba Boo Maa” noises. And of course growling like a monster. One of this favorite things to do. 

He still loves chasing Hops around the house and we often catch the two of them sharing a little moment together. It is just adorable when Adam reaches his hand down to Hops from his walker and Hops licks his fingers. It makes Adam giggle. 

We also catch them sharing food. Mostly Adam holding out fruit for Hops to lick. Gross. 

Adam HATES getting his diaper changed and will flip, kick, and cry almost the whole time. We keep having to give him new toys to hold and look at just to get a new diaper on him. This little guy does not want to lay on his back anymore. All he wants to do is crawl and explore.

Merry Christmas!

A few favorites

Christmas Card Outtakes