9 months

Taylor celebrated his 9 month birthday on Wednesday. It's so hard to believe. He's now been outside of my body longer (by a few days) than he was inside my body. It's so nice having him on the outside!

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He is such a nice baby. He's an absolute delight. He brings me unbelievable joy and I can hardly explain how much I love him. He has a charming personality and is pretty easy going. He's definitely a momma's boy and has me wrapped tightly around his little finger.

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He had his 9 month well child visit on Wednesday and it went just swell. His doctor had all good things to say about him and I just love to hear from her that my kids are doing great! He weighed in at 20 pounds 12 ounces and is 28 1/2 inches tall. So that means he's put on 4 pounds 8 ounces since his six month check up! And he's grown 2 1/2 inches!

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I am still nursing. Can't believe it, really. But he's a good nurser and fast too. So it's pretty easy for me and saves a boatload of money on formula. Plus it's good for him. And I feel really proud that a major part of his nutrition has come from my body. Absolutely amazing.

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This has been a big month for Taylor. So many new little developments. I've talked about how he pulls himself up on furniture and in his crib. It's big stuff for him. He also started crawling!This has changed his life. =) I think he feels so independent and loves his mobility. Most of the time he crawls with one knee and one foot - it's pretty cute. Occasionally he gets it all coordinated and crawls on both knees, but he usually prefers to use that foot. =)

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He tried Cheerios for the first time last week and is loving those. He gets so excited when he sees me pull the box out of the pantry! I think he likes that he can feed them to himself and doesn't have to wait for anybody to do it for him. And I enjoy that it keeps him occupied while I'm getting his "real" food ready.

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He still gets up at least once every night, and sometimes more than once. I've given up trying to figure out why and I just try to remind myself that I'll never regret cuddling with my baby boy these many, many nights. In reality this phase will be over before I know it and when I look back it'll seem so brief. Right now I am exhausted many days, but a long time from now I'll be glad I had this time with him.

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So here are some of the newest pictures of my 9 month old baby. Can you even believe the sweetness of him?

Already loves football =)

Here he is using that left foot to crawl

Crawling around his room - he thinks he's big stuff getting around on his own

Sweet baby

One of his favorite cheesy grins

What a doll baby! Can you see him smiling behind his paci?