Happy 9 Months Birthday, JJ!

JJ,

You are really getting to be a silly, silly baby!  You Big Sis loves you SO much.  She begs everyday at naptime for you to snuggle with her. It is so sweet!  You LOVE it and smile so big.  She is great at tickling you too.  You LOVE music and your way of "dancing" is wiggling your head.  It is the cutest!  Emmie got a microphone stand that has music with it and you bounce so big in your jumper when she plays it for you.  It is great!

Stats:
Weight - 16 lb. 8 oz. (5%)
Length - 27 1/2  in. (20%)

You are:
-great at "winking" at us!  With both eyes, you squint and it is so cute!
-an expert roller now.  We had to take you out of your swaddle for naptime and just put you in your sleep sack for all your naps and bedtime too.
-lovin' Daddy's toes.  You wanted to eat them the other day.  YUCK!
-Happy 1st Christmas, JJ! 
-a baby food eater now!!  This is a big deal because in November you threw up rice cereal 3 times (one of the times we had to take you to Children's hospital.)
-eating - carrots, avocado, baby oatmeal, prunes, bananas, applesauce, green beans, yogurt, peas, puffs, and peaches.
-great at eating bananas out of your mesh bag.  It is so messy, but you really love them!
-1st Hair Cut: Daddy cut the hair around your ears and also in the back. 
-sweet when you nurse (when not biting me).  You like to play with my hair, earrings, shirt, and face.
-finally drinking out of a straw sippy cup.  It took me offering it to you 3 times a day for about 10 days for you to figure it out!  whew!

Click here to see more pictures of JJ from this month.

You are my sidekick right now, Buddy!  You really don't like to be left alone, so I will put you in your highchair right next to the sink and you will "help" me cook.  You love to play with your toys and are very content in the same room with us, but you have to be able to see Daddy or I.  You REALLY don't like other people to hold you when we are out and about.  You definitely prefer Daddy or I - we really don't mind being your favorites! 

We love you, our sweetest boy!
Mommy and Daddy