9 Months
Nicknames: Boo Boo, Triple P (P****** Poopy Pants). Even at this age, when I use the word poop in a variety of forms, you laugh. Poopy face, poopy head, poopy P. I guess it’s just a baby boy thing.
Temperament: Able to entertain yourself for hours at a time (I love this)
Things I Could Do Without: I don’t have anything written down for this month! This doesn’t mean you weren’t annoying in some way during this age, I’m sure you were. Just not enough for me to remember to write it down
Item/Toy We Love The Most: The iPad. The rattle game is instant entertainment for you.
Item/Toy You Love The Most: Bath toys! You started taking baths in the big tub every time now.
Things I’m Loving Most Right Now: Dolphin clicking, sometimes you sleep in until 10 am, you stand unassisted longer and longer each day, you aren’t walking yet which I actually love because I’m sure once you do get there you’ll run full speed everywhere you go, reading Dr. Seuss on the iPad.
Things You’re Loving Most Right Now: Shotgun laugh, standing, standing in your crib and jumping with excitement whenever I trap you in there while I fold laundry, clapping.
Sounds/Words: Mama (only when you are sad), baba (rarely), dada (all the time). You like to whisper to yourself very quietly, and though it’s hard to convey with text it sounds something like “ohbejatelaskailbamemadadedada”. A few extra consonants thrown in every once in awhile. Hehda happens sometimes now and it’s really cu te.
Foods you like: Still haven’t found anything you absolutely refuse. I love sharing my food with you (daddy never shares with you though).
You stood up all by yourself with no support this month! I was in the kitchen, you were in our bedroom, and I looked over and screamed when I saw you standing. It scared you so you sat down and cried.
You have 8 teeth now. Crazy. 4 on top, 4 on bottom.
I gave you a sippy cup for the first time, you aren’t really interested in it.
The scenes of us playing together at the end of this video are my favorite “monthly baby footage” ever. And the book we are reading from has a recording of Nana and Grandpa Andersen reading to you and you get so excited every time you hear their voices coming through the speaker.
T1 at 9 Months from Jenna on Vimeo.
February 24th, 2011 on 8:41 am
Jenna, he is so stinkin’ cute. Seriously.
Can we start planning the arranged marriage to one of my girls? They’re 13 months, so it would be sort of an Ashton/Demi dynamic, but I think it could work.
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February 24th, 2011 on 9:17 am
That video was so cute my ovaries ached. I love kids at the exploring age!
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February 24th, 2011 on 9:41 am
He is such a cutie! So expressive! So smiley! And his eyes are so blue!
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February 24th, 2011 on 9:57 am
I am 8 months pregnant and this video made me SO EXCITED for my baby coming! It also made me cry. Which is hormones, but still, thanks!
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February 24th, 2011 on 10:01 am
SO CUTE!!!! I love it when he’s popping up from behind the couch. I can’t wait to get my hands on him next week!
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February 24th, 2011 on 10:28 am
So I just need to thank you for having such an amazingly adorable baby-I was having a lousy day & watched your video and I was instantly feeling better after watching! If he brings me, a complete stranger, such great joy, I can’t imagine the joy that you must feel being with him every day!
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February 24th, 2011 on 10:37 am
Oh, these photos make my uterus ache. Le sigh.
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February 24th, 2011 on 10:39 am
oh my goodness so adorable!!!
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February 24th, 2011 on 12:16 pm
I know the vid is about T1- and he looks adorable!- but I couldn’t stop thinking about how fabulous your hair looks. Love that cut/color/bangs on you.
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February 24th, 2011 on 12:30 pm
So sweet, and so cute! I can’t believe he’s 9 months already!
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February 24th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Actually he is like 10 1/2! I’m a little behind with these.
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February 24th, 2011 on 3:24 pm
Man oh man, Jenna, that happy grin on your baby’s face REALLY cheered me up. He always looks like his mood is “BEING ALIVE IS THE GREATEST EVER!!!”
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February 24th, 2011 on 5:23 pm
I love his laugh!
It is so cute and made me laugh right along with him. Aodrable video!
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February 24th, 2011 on 5:51 pm
Sooooo cute! Seriously!! Does he have strawberry blond hair now?
Completely unrelated: Have you ever picked up the Food Matters cookbook by Mark Bittman? I bought it last week and it is so awesome. It reminds me a lot of your recent diet changes — meat is a treat and more of a flavoring to a meal than the centerpiece. He has so many wonderful tips in the book. I am loving it!
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February 24th, 2011 at 6:57 pm
I don’t think his hair looks as red in real life as it does in these photos. I feel like I’m really struggling with the color on these
I started reading Food Matters on the plane and I’m loving it so far! I’m taking notes as I’d like to write a post on a few of my favorite points.
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February 25th, 2011 on 1:12 am
Ha! I love it when babies whisper! Zack does this and it always makes me laugh.
T1 is just adorable and I love the onesie this month
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February 26th, 2011 on 10:14 pm
I love that video! The end with you 2 being silly and laughing had be laughing SO HARD!. Oh I can’t wait to be a mom!
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February 28th, 2011 on 2:45 pm
I love the giggles that they have at that age. Just adorable.
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