9 Months Old!

9 months seems so old!! I can't believe he's been here for as long as I was preggers. They say "9 months up, 9 months down", but my tummy still isn't back to where it used to be! Oh well, it's a small price to pay for my son! Here's some changes since last month...

** He's cruising. Loves to go all around the furniture, and you can see his feeling of accomplishment when he moves from one to another or gets to one of us.

** He's pulling up. He's just mastered that recently, and now when we go get him out of bed, he's standing in his crib! Scary!!

** He's saying mamamamama now! So close to mama...I hope! (of course, my mom says I'll be eating those words soon)

** He gets a lot of joy out of experimenting with new sound combos. We think we hear words and even sentences all the time, but we know he's not really saying them. Yesterday it sounded like he said, "I love you, Mama." It was probably something like "i-u-oo-mamamama" I know I'm not imagining these things bc other people around will hear the same thing, but I do know they're accidents and he has no idea what he's saying. :) I even heard something like "Holy cow!" or "Oy-ca".

** He'll do funny things with his hands every once in a while, like for a couple of days, he'll have his hand palm up for most of the day. He'll wave like a prince...it's pretty funny!

** We think he'll be right handed, because he's starting to do everything with his right hand.

** He's "dancing", which is more like bouncing.

** He does his squinty eyed smile with scrunched nose frequently.

** He acts like a dj a lot, by holding on to a table (while standing) with one hand, raising the other in the air, and dancing.

** He's starting to really enjoy playing with his cousins.

** He's funny...He likes to make us laugh.

** He's playing games more often with us.

** He's getting more hair, mostly golden brown, but a few dark ones mixed in.