Isaiah Jae 9 Months!

It's official, we're obsessed with you. You are just a happy, fun, easy going baby, and yeah, we pretty much LOOOOOOVE you!!!

Happy 9 Months Isaiah Jae! 

9 Month Highlights:

-Lets just start out by saying what a rock star "Go Baby" you are!!! You will fall asleep anywhere, and are just so content to go with the flow! We took you to the bowling alley during your morning nap time, and you fell asleep, in your carseat, IN A BOWLING ALLEY!!! Mama covered your seat with Daddy's black jacket and put white noise on her phone for you, but way to go dude!! As a reward, you go your first garlic bread afterwards : ) You didn't actually swallow any of it, but you sure had a great time gnawing on it til it almost dissolved : ) 

-You started to pick up eating solid foods this month. You still are very picky, but at least you are swallowing more! You LOVE applesauce. You hate chicken and rice, and butternut squash. Many other items are up for debate still, as you'll eat them one day and spit them out the next.

-You absolutely love your jumper, exersaucer, and swinging!!!

-We love lazy Saturday mornings and you do too! We all pile on the bed, watch a show, or just chill after we eat. 

-I'm not sure if you are going through a nap regression or what, but several times a week you really fight your afternoon nap. It results in you being cranky, and Mama just rocking you or trying to find a way to distract you. 

-We went out for a family pizza night, and even though it was your bedtime you just soaked up the snuggles with Anter Stine and then fell asleep on Mama shortly later. 

-Your big sister absolutely loves you, and wants to help any way she can, or play with you any chance she gets! You just stare her down most of the time, but you do give her some pretty cute giggles as well!

Practicing piano together : )

-Mama always takes an opportunity for a selfie with the 3 kiddos!

-You've been giving kisses for awhile now, but you've really mastered the open mouth tongue out kiss. Cracks us up every time!

-You are sitting more and more this month, but we can't just sit you up and leave because you like to flail yourself in every direction. Mimi sent this picture to Mama one day at work : ) Hey, gives you a different perspective on your play mat!!

-You started signing "All done" pretty consistently last month, but I'd say you've definitely mastered that one now! It's SO helpful! You don't do any of the others yet, but you definitely know what the signs for "eat" and "milkies" are! You get super giddy, kick your feet, smile and shake your head when we sign that and you want it!

Sleeping: Oh time change...how I hate you so. This one even played to our favor, but still I hate it! Before the time change, bedtime was around 6pm, and you'd sleep til about 6 am. So days you'd wake up at 5:30 or so, and other days it was 7. Either way, you eat and then go right back to sleep until about 8 or 8:30. First nap is around 10 am and lasts 1-2 hours. Second nap is 2-3 hours after you wake up and can be as short as 30 minutes, or as long as an hour and a half. 

Since the time change, the goal was to get you to sleep from 7 pm til 7 am. It just hasn't happened quite that easily so bedtime can literally be anywhere from 6 til 7, but your wake up is still the same (6 or 630). 

Eating: You've definitely gotten much better at eating whole foods this month. You eat 3 times a day, and if it has apple sauce in it, we can usually get you to eat it. Without apple sauce, there are few things you will eat. That being said, you've started to take more scrambled eggs in the morning over the last week which has been nice. You also will eat oat or barley cereal we make with berries. For lunch you like yogurt, pureed fruit, or Mama just mixes a few of the frozen purees she has made and calls it a day. Some combos you will eat include: peas and carrots, pears and peas and butternut squash, and just sweet potatoes. For dinner we stick to a smoothie with spinach and berries, or pureed chicken and rice, or just bits and pieces of whatever we are eating. 

Favorite foods: apple sauce and yogurt squeezies 

Isaiah Loves:
-Elephant paci and lovee

-Jumperoo, exersaucer, and piano playmat

-Catepillar and octopus toy
-Flying in the air
-Playing "horsey" on our lap

Isaiah Hates:

 -Being on his tummy
-Most food

9 Month Stats:

 Height: 27 in (7th percentile)

Weight:15 lbs 6 oz (about 1st percentile, or maybe slightly below the CDC curve, but who's counting!?)

*Wearing size 1 diapers, but we are on our last sleeve of this size, so we will go up to size 2 once we are out

*Wearing size 3 mo or 3-6 mo pants (that are just starting to get a bit short), and 3-6 and 6 month jammies, onesies and shirts. 

*Still no teeth (and no complaints about that either!)

Isaiah's Firsts this Month:

-Rolled from back to tummy 37 weeeks

This Month in Pictures: