9 month stats

We visited the doctor yesterday for Dylan's 9 month check up and he is doing great!  He is still tall and lanky and weighed in at 21.3 lbs and 30 1/4 inch tall.  He's now in the 97% for height and 65% for weight.  He sure does feel heavier than that to me!  It's so hard to believe that he has grown 10 inches in 9 months!!!  I guess I can see why we did nothing but eat every 3 hours for the first 6 months!  We are so thankful for a healthy, active little baby!

Every day he is getting more comfortable standing by himself and I saw him stand up on his own for at least a minute this weekend!  He walks around the house all by himself with a little help from his "granny walker". 

Dylan trotted!

Finally, I was able to upload a video to the blog!  Dylan rode his pony Chili today and trotted with a little help from Nana and Mama!  He did so great and smiled the whole time.  We have been practicing trotting and cantering on our rocking horse at home so I was so thankful he wasn't scared.  Go Dylan!  Your'e a natural!

A little dog food never hurt anyone...right?

It has started.  Now that Dylan is mobile he is in to absolutely everything!  Ben is away in the mountains for a night so Dylan and I went to the farm for the afternoon.  I got home and we were both so tired and dirty so I had to feed Dylan and give him a bath around 5.  I put him down in the den/kitchen area and pull up all of Scout's water bowl and all the shoes that he is going to immediately put in his mouth.  Ok, the coast is clear to get the food and bath water ready, right?  I turn my back and start to clean the sink out and he finds the single piece of dog food that has somehow escaped into the corner of the kitchen.  It's quiet in the kitchen so I turn around to see him chewing on something and making a strange face, sort of like oh $*8# what did I just eat?  I dug it out and I"m hoping that was the only piece in there!  Let you know tomorrow if he's still feeling well!

9 months!

Dear Dylan, please stay this age forever!   Your little personality is so precious and your little mind is so amazing.  I love watching you grow and learn new things every day and I love seeing you become this incredible little person.  You are so much more than I could have ever imagined.  Love, Mama.

Kylie's bridal shower

I hosted Kylie's bridal shower at the house this weekend.  Dylan and I woke up early to get the house ready and he quickly put himself to work as my little decorator!  He found my box of ribbon, candles and extra paper and immediately started dumping everything out.  When all of the girls arrived I sent Dylan and Dad to the man's room for a few hours.  Towards the end of the afternoon he popped his head in to see all the pretty girls, only problem was he forgot all of his clothes (thanks Dad!).  I just told Kylie that I got her a little stripper:)  Fun day!

Burrrrr!

Ben has pulled up the old pond in our backyard and converted it to a birdwatching area so he can get some good bird photos.  Well, Dylan and I have recently become avid birdwatchers and guess what!?  His first real word is BIRD!!!  He's been saying it for a few days now and I didn't want to post until I was certain this wasn't a coincidence but he's really got it.  Of course, it sounds more like "burrr" but we are so proud of him.  Also, when he goes into Ben's "Man's Room" he will look at the Bear and say "Beeeaa" and then look at the Deer and say "ddeeaa".  I know, I"m a little optimistic but as his mama I know the kid is trying his best to get those words out.  Yay Dylan!!

Alligator wrestling!

Dylan has invented a new game called alligator wrestling.  I lay him down and tell him that we are going to get a fresh diaper on and he immediately rolls to the right with his shoulders and starts wiggling out of my grip.  As soon as he manages to get those hips over he takes off crawling as fast as he can.  He thinks he is absolutely hilarious (I do too but I'm trying not to laugh too hard).  Keep in mind that he doesn't have a diaper on so it is this is quite the picture of this little hiney crawling as fast as possible away from me.  He has the best sense of humor and he really understands how to make us laugh!