Nine-Months

Zeth tipped the scale today at 19 lbs on his 9-months-old milestone. He seems to be on a growth spurt and has gotten noticeably longer this week. Yesterday he stood up on his own for the first time and repeated the feat several times for us. He has learned how to clap his hands and is working on blowing kisses. As for dexterity - the kid gets plenty of practice picking up Cheerios, banana bits, rice, noodles and anything else he can put in his mouth. He loves to help me keep the floors clean; of course he usually tries to eat anything he picks up.

He loves to laugh and giggles incessantly when watching himself on video. He babbles about DaDa & MaMa regularly and in several octives. He's got a deep voice but hits way up high pretty regularly. His weakness is hair. He just can't stop himself from pulling hair. Even better if he gets to suck on a fistful of hair either attached to a head or yanked from the root, he's not picky about that. And of course the drooling, ah the drooling...he is such a luscious little honey. Still no teeth but he's working on it. He's such a people person - I've only seen him fuss about someone else holding him once. As long as he's being held, he's happy. Thankfully, no drama when leaving him at the sitter's still. He's just loves to be around people.