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Thursday, April 21, 2011

9 months

I wish I could freeze time. I love this stage of life with Brandon. He brings such joy to our lives.

He just reached his 9 month milestone a couple weeks ago. It's really hard to believe how fast time is going by. I have to restrain myself often and not go back to look at his newborn pictures because it certainly gives me the baby desire! :) But, most times, I do it anyway. :)

Few fun things:


**We had to lower his crib now because he has learned how to pull up to the rail.

**Instead of army crawling all the time he is finally crawling on all fours some.

**He finally had his bottom tooth pop through Sunday afternoon. Now the one next to it is going to be making an appearance.

**Brandon loves pulling himself up to the couch now. He's gotten quite fast at doing so, but hasn't quite grasped the concept of holding on, no pun intended. :) Once he is up he tries walking along it, but lets go as he does it, usually ending up with him crashing to the floor. But, he is eager to do it all over again.

**He loves table food, and still has to sample from our plate. Still loves drinking from a straw!

**He had his 9 month check-up back on the 11th. He is 20 lbs and 30 inches tall. Everything looks good!

Here are a few pictures I captured a week or so ago.






































Tuesday, April 12, 2011

He wears it

Love the baltic necklace! B has been sleeping soo good since wearing it! (I don't know if it has actually played a part, but one can hope!) He has been going to bed at 8:30 and sleeping till 6 before he wants a bottle, then going back to bed for a couple of hours. He hasn't done this for several weeks due to being sick and miserable. But he just seems so much better after wearing it. He hasn't been fussy either. I'm thinking I might purchase one of the hazelwood/baltic amber combo necklaces for myself; they are just all around great, natural necklaces with so many benefits! Here's a picture of B sporting his necklace... I haven't tried the soapnuts yet, but plan to this week! I'll be sure to update on how they work; I'm excited to try them! I already make our own laundry detergent, but love finding new cost effective ways to do laundry, and it be all natural!