Gabe had his 9 month well check-up today. He is a little guy. 17.7 lbs (10th percentile). 27.5 height (25th percentile). The dr. said she is not worried about his weight because he is at an active phase in his babyhood (did I just made up that word?). We only feed him pureed baby foods in situations where there is no high chair to feed him in. Otherwise, he eats our table food, or mac and cheese, peas, carrots, diced apples, pears, bananas, turkey sticks, potatoes, cheese, etc... He is working on cutting his top teeth. Speed crawls everywhere. Discovered the steps. Waves and says "bye bye". Pulls up on anything and walks around hanging on to those items. Sleeping great...goes down at 8:30 and wakes at 7:00. Takes 2 naps a day; 10:00 - 12:00 and 2:30-4:30. Gabe is still the most content and happy baby. He constantly smiles and loves playing and exploring on his own. He is doing GREAT and we are loving every minute of him! Stephen and I keep saying how we wish he could stay this age forever. He is such a joy and we couldn't love him more!
This is becoming Allie's signature smile.
The two of them were very entertaining trying to get a kite to fly in little to no wind.
If you know Stephen at all, you know he is a very determined and driven person. He was going to get this kite up if it took him all night trying. Here he is in attempt #?????? with a running start.
Ahhhh...success.
Allie wanted to fly the kite so badly. (Notice the string pointing downward....Stephen had a hold of the other end).
Here she is in full control. Look out for the......
....neighbor's roof....
Allie had just spanked Gabe on the bum. Of course, he didn't like it. And I love the not so innocent face she is making.