9 Months Old Today!!

Happy 9 month birthday Blake!! It is hard to believe 9 months have passed since Blake was born. So much has changed! I do miss my little baby who was so tiny in my arms, but Blake definately became a lot more "fun" as he grew! I remember a friend of mine telling me when Blake was 5 months old that this is the age that they start becoming more fun to play with. At the time I thought whatever, I don't want my baby to grow up! But now I see it was true and I love playing with him, teaching him new things and helping him learn. It's amazing how fast he picks up on what you're showing him!! I've noticed lately that he is into placing objects on top of eachother. He very rarely lets go of the object, but yesterday he actually stacked one cube on top of the other! It almost brought tears to my eyes! LOL! He's also big into turning the pages of the book you're reading to him and he loves the CD's we have from the library!! Today before Baby Laptime we had Blake's 9 month pediatrician appointment. Everything went great! Blake now weighs 18 lbs 2 oz (10th percentile) and measures 28" (50th percentile). The doctor commented (once again!) on how strong Blake is and what a happy guy he is! I asked about weaning Blake and got the go ahead to wean him to homo milk when the time comes so I won't have to worry about formula, which I'm glad about. Blake's meeting and exceding all the milestones for his age, which surprised me somewhat because he isn't crawling. But Dr. Radisic said Blake may not crawl or he may not crawl long before walking! My parents told me that I didn't really crawl, just walked so maybe he'll take after me! Although I walked at 8 months so he's behind me!! LOL! The car seat Blake is currently in is safe until he is 29" so I think we're going to switch him to the "big" one soon. There's a car seat clinic at the fire station near our house on Saturday so hopefully we'll make it to that and get it properly and safely into the vehicle. That's the other thing - with the smaller car seat we were able to easily use it in both vehicles because we had two bases, but with the big one it's not so easily transferred! So we're thinking about getting another one. But anywho that's what new with us! Hope you are all well!!! Take care :)

XOXOX
Tracy

Brrrrrrrr....

It has been sooooo... cold here! -49 - WHAT!!! I don't remember the last time it was this cold?! Blake and I have been staying in a lot more but did make it to Baby Laptime at the library on Tuesday! We are starting another Baby Laptime class at a different library on Fridays too. This a.m. we went swimming with my Mom and had a lot of fun :) Blake LOVES swimming!!! He was giggling and kicking and doing "nose dives" in the water!! The first time he did it I was alarmed and thought he might have scared himself but then he did it again! It was pretty funny! On Saturday we went for brunch and Blake ordered his first meal in a restaurant - dry brown toast and a boiled egg!!! LOL! Only problem was they didn't make boiled eggs! So he had some of my poached egg yolk! You know you're getting big when you can eat at a restaurant! Blake will be 9 months old on Tuesday (his Uncle Gerry's birthday) and we have a pediatrician appointment in the morning. We'll see how much he's grown in the past few months. Cal and I are pretty excited for our trip to San Francisco in April. I booked our hotels and flights last week! We're planning on doing the Alcatraz tour, seeing Fisherman's Warf, shopping lots and going to a Giants ball game. My friend Meghan from high school has a friend who works for the Giants so we are getting awesome tickets to the game and a personal tour of the park before the game! It'll be so awesome!!! We love going to baseball games! A few summers ago we went to a game in Seattle and in Toronto! It will be weird leaving Blake for 3 nights but he'll have fun with Grandma and Grandpa! I have to ween Blake before then of course. I plan to do that, at least partially, in early March. Anyways, I'll blog again after Blake's appointment on Tuesday and let you know how much he's grown! Keep, keepin' warm ;-)



Love Tracy