9 Months

Believe it or not, Nathan is 9 months old! Nobody who sees him believes that he is that old because he is just so small! At his doctors appointment last Monday he weighed in at 15.5 lbs, putting him in the 0 percentile...yes you read that right, 0%! He is 26.5 inches (28th%). I have no clue how Curtis and I ended up with such a tiny little boy! He is super healthy and eating lots so no worries! I also had to take him to the lab for his hemoglobin test, an adventure that I was NOT looking forward to! They used to do a little finger poke for this test but I guess that's not good enough anymore because they had to take a whole vial of his blood! I swear this kid is so tiny I was surprised he even had that much blood in him! I was a nervous wreck as they were getting ready to put the needle in, wishing I would have made Curtis take him instead. I had to hold him on my lap with one arm around his body, pinning his right arm down, and the other hand holding his left arm straight. The lady told me to make sure he didn't bend his arm and to brace myself for a struggle. That was almost the breaking point for me, but I tried to be brave...I watched as the needle got closer and closer to my poor tiny little boy's arm and took a deep breath as it made contact with his skin..and then...nothing! Nathan didn't even flinch, it was like he was completely oblivious to the needle in his arm!! Man oh man, I hate getting my blood drawn! It was at that moment that I realized that I am way wussier than a 9 month old :(

Nathan has 3 teeth, the two front bottoms, and one of his vampire teeth (which I must say looks pretty silly). This is the best picture I can find of his top tooth.

However, he seems to be getting 3 more all at the same time, which has not made for a very fun week. Nathan has been the easiest baby in the world so I am not very good at handling the lack of sleep that his teething has caused. The funny thing is this "lack of sleep" that I am referring to is due to Nathan only sleeping about 7 or 8 hours at night as opposed to his usual 11 :) He also has woken up a few times in the night which usually never happens, but he has been able to put himself back to sleep in just a few minutes. He has also been a bit whinier during the day which is also very uncommon for him, so I will be very happy when those teeth are no longer causing him pain!

Like I said, he is sleeping about 11 hours at night (about 8:30 pm-7:30 am) with a couple of 2 hour naps during the day. When he isn't sleeping or eating he is always so happy! He is getting more and more mischievous every day. He loves turning the computer off while I am using it, his favorite toys are our dvds and books, and when we tell him "no" he just looks back at us and smiles. He likes to use his pants to play peek-a-boo while I am changing his diaper, which is one of the cutest things I have ever seen! He is a wicked awesome dancer (like his mother...haha, jk!), when the theme song to The Big Bang Theory comes on he stops whatever he is doing to bounce up and down in time with the music (unless, of course, I have the camera out). He also stood on his own for the first time yesterday! I wouldn't be surprised if he starts walking in the next month or so because in church last week he was walking around pushing a little chair around the back of the primary room, this little adventure didn't end well, however, as evidenced by the huge bump/bruise that soon developed on his forehead.

He is basically just a stinkin cute kid with such a fun little personality.

I have been saving up a lot of cute pictures and videos for the this post, but sadly I deleted most of them from my camera thinking that I had already saved then onto my computer. So here is what I have taken in the last couple of days.







This was the best video I could get of his dancing, it's kind of sad though because right as he starts getting into it he hits his chin on the table :(


This one is an ok one of him dancing, he's not quite as into it as he usually is though.