Cason–Nine months!

Soooo Cason turned nine months old on SEPTEMBER 5th and here is it at the end of the month and I’m just now getting around to posting this! FAIL.

-We finally moved up to size 4 Pampers Swaddlers! He is getting so big!

-He can still wear some 9 month clothes but we are transitioning over to 12 month

-At his 9 month check up, he weighed 21 lb 6 oz.

-Little Bit still doesn’t have any teeth.

-He’s started to become a bit pickier with the food he likes. He eats a wide variety of foods but sometimes he will refuse what I give him. And it’s not always the same thing. Some days he will eat carrots and some days he won’t….that kind of thing. But his favorite food right now would probably be The Pioneer Woman’s Bowtie Lasagna. I’m pretty sure he could eat the whole bowl! He also really likes those baby cheese puff looking things, but they are veggie flavored, yogurt, applesauce, rice and beans, baked sweet potato, or basically anything that I’m eating!

-He’s a pro at crawling these days. Now he has learned to pull up on furniture and cruise! And just a few days ago, he stood on his own for a few seconds without holding on to anything!

-Sleep is (dare I say) awesome these days! We give Cason a bottle whenever he acts tired, usually between 6:30-7:30pm. When he is done, he falls asleep and we lay him in his bed. He rolls over and doesn’t make a peep. And will sleep until 5:30am when I wake him to get ready for school. On weekends, he will usually wake up around 5:30am as well, but sometimes will sleep until 6:30am. I think if we got some black-out shades for his windows, he would sleep longer. He’s like a rooster. As soon as he sees a speck of daylight, it’s time to get up!

-Cason has been a Daddy’s boy his whole life….until this month! He will follow me around in the mornings when I’m trying to get everyone ready for school/work and will pull up on my legs and just smile! Or want me to pick him up. He LOVES when I get on the floor and let him crawl all over me and chew on my shirt! That’s his favorite.

-He will play independently, but most of the time he still likes to know you are in the room with him. If you try to get up and sneak away, he will cry. He LOVES wrestling around with Noah and ANYTHING Noah does gets a big belly laugh.

-We are working on words right now. He will say da-da (talking to his Daddy, talking to me, or just making the sound) and bye-bye (sometimes). I am trying my BEST to get him to say ma-ma. He will concentrate SO hard on watching my mouth as I say ma-ma-ma-ma and then he will smile SO BIG and say DA-DA! And will be so proud of himself! I love that little stinker!

-Tomorrow, Cason is getting his very first haircut! I’m so excited! If I don’t keep it brushed over, it hangs down in his eyes and he has some curl starting to come in on the side so we need a trim! He is going to look like a big boy after his haircut and that makes me sad, though!

Cason, we love you so much! You are such a happy baby and I am enjoying this stage with you a lot! You are starting to be able to play more with your brother and I just love watching you two together (when he’s not trying to drag you across the room by your leg…). I never could have imagined having two boys, but now I wouldn’t have it any other way!