On Thursday we had our 9 month check up with Sara...you weighed in at a whopping 21.7 pounds, and are 71cm tall! You are such a big boy, and you've now jumped above the 50th percentile. It's been a long week for you, you have had a terrible cold, and spiked a high fever on Monday night bringing on our first trip to the emergency room. Luckily your fever dropped soon after we gave you some Advil and Tylenol, but it kept creeping up and staying at a low fever for a few days. When we went to see Sara, she was a little worried about you having a fever for so long but she checked you over and couldn't find any reason for it. So to be safe, she gave you some antibiotics just in case there is an infection brewing that we just can't see yet. Momma is a little scared of the meds cuz she's allergic, so mummy is giving them to you and we are keeping a close eye on you to make sure you didn't inherit my allergy...
Aside from being sick, you've been doing wonderfully! You are now easily pulling yourself up and cruising the furniture, and even letting go and standing on your own for several seconds at a time. Where did the time go?? You are great at making messes, and pulling out every single toy, then of course wanting to play with the remote control or our cell phones instead.
Yesterday you met your cousin Caleb for the first time, but you were a little tired and cranky at the time and he's 9 and thinks babies are boring...so maybe next time you see him the two of you will hit it off a little better. Next week you're gonna meet a special friend..his name is Lucas. He was just born a couple weeks ago, and we hope that the two of you will become good friends. One day when you're old enough, we might explain to you that he is special because his mommies got help from the same man as we did to help make him..I think one day it will be important for you to know about your roots and having someone else in the world that is in a similar situation as you are, might just help with that.
Right now you are sitting in your high chair beside me, eating a waffle! It's your first one and you are loving it! You love absolutely everything really...we have started giving you Homo milk now that you're 9 months, and are weaning you off of formula. Momma is still nursing as often as you like, but I have a feeling within a few months, you're not going to be breastfeeding anymore. That will be a bittersweet milestone..now that you have teeth you have been biting momma every so often, and that won't be missed. But the quiet times and cuddles when you let them happen will be missed...hopefully you will start to like cuddles aside from nursing snuggles again soon.
I guess that's all I have for an update right now, I'll try to post some pictures soon!
Momma loves you!!
