Tooth x 3!

So, our "little" guy will be 10 months old this Saturday. We just had his 9-month check-up and he weighs 21 lbs, 12 oz. and was 29.92 inches long. That puts him in the 65th percentile for weight and the 90th for height. He's now crawling ALL over the house and is pulling up & starting to cruise around the furniture. He is able to lower himself down to the ground already & seems to have completely skipped that awful phase where they can get up but not down, & so proceed to scream until you come to help them--thank goodness for small favors!!!!

He got his first tooth about 5 weeks ago & his second a few weeks later. Today, a third popped up. His first one was the lower front left while the second one was the lower right on THE SIDE of the front, so he's a bit gapped-tooth right now. The lower right front made an appearance, but his gums appear to have swollen up over it. You can feel it just under the gum, but it hasn't come all the way up yet. The one he got today is the upper right front. So, in essence, he has the tooth at the top where he has a gap at the bottom! It's pretty comical & definitely explains his crankiness over the past few days as well as his new tendancy to be awake in the middle of the night for WAYYYYY too long for Mommy & Daddy.

He now plays pat-a-cake & will clap his hands together & giggle incessantly until you sing the song; he plays peek-a-boo by putting a blanket over his head & pulling it down when you ask "Where's Colin?"; he claps very enthusiastically if you say, "Yay!!"; and his new trick appears to be trying to say "more", both verbally & with sign language. He's been saying, "Mawwww" when he runs out of food on his tray, but not consistently enough for us to be sure he means "more" and isn't just making noise (b/c he's SUCH a little chatterbox--imagine that!). When we ask if he wants more, he giggles & repeats "Mawwww". Just today, he started giggling & banging his hands together when I asked if he wanted more. I'm not sure if he was clapping in delight, or signing "more", but it's what he did every time he ran out of puffs this morning.

He also is saying "Ma-ma" and sometimes "Ma-meeee" and hasn't yet said "da-da", but will repeat "Da-deeee" if you say it first. He spent his entire recent photo session calling for Daddy.

He continues to adore his big brothers & William has taken to crawling around the house & getting Colin to follow him, to William's delight. Every morning when he comes out of his room, he crans his neck around to find them & has a full belly-laugh for them when he sees them. They read to him & he will actually sit still & listen to what they say, at least most of the time!

In short, he remains a very happy baby & loves exploring his environment, especially now that he can explore it from several different heights!!