9 months

3/4 of a year.

that means in 3 months, he'll be 1!

Yikes, I am not handling that thought very well. Now that I really do know that in the blink of an eye, my big three are 8, 7 and 6, the minutes of his life are so, so precious!

He weighs 20 lbs. He definitely trimmed up this past month with all the moving around!

He is walking around furniture, and will walk while holding onto someone's fingers. Not quite thinking about taking off on his own yet.

Had his first trip to the park, most of his time there, he sat on the picnic table with me, eating his brothers blueberry muffin that he decided he didn't want. Weston, however devoured the whole entire thing.

Which brings me to my next update.... boy can EAT! and he eats EVERYTHING!

I love it. My big 3 are soooo picky. I have so enjoyed feeding him all sorts of variety, and he is eating all table foods so that makes meal time much easier!

He copies a lot of what you say to him, of course da-da and ma-ma, but he's gotten to where he will say pa-pa when he gets around his Papa, and he says bye-bye and wave when you tell him to.... and he's clapping his hands!

He has good days and bad days with his eye, seems one day I'm so impressed because you can hardly tell he has a lazy eye, and then the next day he wakes up and is barely opening it. We are getting to the age where we'll be making some decisions on what we will do!

Pray for wisdom!

He loves drawers! and he loves to pull everythitng out of drawers. Brother and sisters' desk drawers are full of JUNK so he spends lots of time in their rooms. ;)

We made the BIG switcheroo out of mama and daddy's room. We've for the most part co-slept since he was born. I am SO glad we were able to do it... but we were getting to the point of him not sleeping, me not sleeping, him nursing all.night.long. so after a few terrible, awful nights, I knew it was time. We spent a few days switching rooms, and we got all of his stuff moved to his new room! I knew it would be a hard transition, we are on night 3, and we're adjusting! Tears have been shed (by us both) lots and lots of extra lovin' has taken place, but each night has been easier and easier!

He attended his first Rodeo. The sights and sounds and people kept him VERY entertained.

This poor little man has been through it ALL this month. He had RSV, ear infections, the stomach bug, a cold, AND he got his very first tooth... which he worked oh so hard for. We also had a few tests run to check out his too large left kidney that he has had since in utero. Since Payton had kidney reflux, they wanted to test him for it, and also wanted to see the function of his kidneys. Praise the Lord, everything came back normal. I was so relieved, although I know there is so much worse a child could have, I did not want to go through all that we went through with Payton.