fun in the sun

So this was just so funny! Micah has learned this week how to pull himself up to his knees and then onto his feet - he is still wobbly on his feet while holding on to something (Roscoe is right there to prevent a spill on the kitchen tile - too close to bedtime for that kind of drama!) He is also rocking back and forth on all fours but still just can't quite get the crawling this down. He's working on it though - soon!! Now he just scoots all over on his belly - pulling himself with his arms :)

Sleaping Booty :)

I just can't get over the title of this post :) HAHAHA. Calling all cloth mamas and papas - you'll get a kick out of this photo as you can completely relate!!




As you can see, we can't snap all the snaps on his sleeper!

Lately, Micah has been sleeping longer stretches at night - 6 to 8 hours at a time, rather than 4-5 hour stretches. We are now able to give him 8 ounces formula before bed AND he's eating better as far as solids go at dinner time. So more solids + more formula = sleeping baby and happy parents!

Our dilemma however is that Micah has peed through his sleeper for the past two nights in a row. We have been using disposables at night recently as I catch up with laundering Micah's new Medium swaddlebee diapers (yes we switched from Bum Genius One size so we could get a trimmer fit). Anyway, I don't know how any of you mothers out there who use disposables do it - it's probably more that I just don't know what diaper to use since I'm out of the disposable diaper loop :) But we can only go 3-4 hours in our disposables before we start leaking. I haven't seen any nightime disposable diapers for a size 2.

So our solution to this dilemma (holding in the pee) is to double stuff the few Pocket One-size diapers we did keep just for nighttime. That means two soaker inserts in one diaper - major BOOTY!!! One insert gives quite the bum shelf. I just could not get over these photos. Oh and you can see why we switched from the one-sized to the sized all-in-ones (swaddlebees and Sposoeasy are our favorites currently - SOOO trim - his jeans actually fit!!)

This is a test run for uploading video to the blog.

9 month check up

We went for our nine month check up today. Here are the stats..... Drumroll please..... (I know all you adoptive mommy blog stalkers out there love reading up on other ET cutie stats - you know who you are!)

Weight: 18 lbs 14 oz (that's 2 oz shy of 19 lb!!!!!!)
(up from 13.1 pounds on April 22, 2009 - two months ago)
Weight Percentile: 25th!!!! (we were way below the charts in April)

Height: 27.5 inches
(up from 25 inches on April 22, 2009)
Height Percentile: 25th!!!! (just off the charts in April - very close to "0th" though in April!)

Head Circumference: 17 3/4 inches
(up from 16 1/4 inches on April 22, 2009)
Head Circumference Percentile: 50th!!!!!! WAHOOOOOO!!!!! Go DHA and ARA :)

New things our baby boy is doing:

Clapping is the newest :) Just started this on Tuesday - Grammy Linda claps with him every morning - to suzuki rythms like "pepp-er-on-ni-piz-za"

Army crawling - not yet fully crawling but moving quite fast on our belly.

Laughing - this is becoming more pronounced - haven't quite heard the "belly laugh" yet but I think it's close!

Sippy cup - we're trying to get this down so we can stay hydrated with all the new solids in our diet

Foods - new ones include green beans, plain yogurt, prunes (a little early but he needed them!!), peaches - bananas and yogurt remain the favorites

Thunder thighs

I would say one of my favorite things about babies is thunder thighs and the little rolls on their wrists and ankles. Here are Micah's thunder thighs! He continues to grow (just not so much up anymore!)

Day at the Park

So we spent the day at the park today - lots of fun! Micah is becoming more and more active so we're doing a bit more wiht him outside - he loves the outdoors! He continues to progress in army crawling - but still can't quite figure out how to get from a sitting position to the army crawl position - just sort of face plants when he gets close enough to the ground. The cats are learning that Micah is now dangerous. Early this morning, Colby came up to Micah and rubbed up against him (Colby is really lovable in the morning after being fed) and to his dismay, Micah grabbed a tuft of hair! Colby jumped and was looking to se who did it - (apparantly Micah couldn't have done it in Colby's eyes) - but then, Micah got all excited, and started panting and army crawling toward Colby, who just stood his ground. (I'm sitting on the couch yelling at Roscoe to intervene, as he was sitting right there - but he didn't - said "let them learn to stay away from each other"). Micah grabbed Colby's tail. At this point colby is annoyed and goes after Micah - and now Roscoe intervenes. Oh my - we are going to have to do some "gentle with pets" teaching as soon as Micah can comprehend!

So anyway, Micah is into everything - cords, fireplace accessories, mail, anything but his toys :) fortunately his army crawl is slow enough to ease us into this next stage of life!

Onto pics of the park!

Almost Crawling!! and saying Mama!

Oh my goodness! Our little man is scooting forward across the room - a new thing TODAY! His bigger cousin, Isaiah is visiting and can crawl. I think Micah is jealous :) He scoots with his little butt in the air and face planted in the carpet - then her just propels forward by pumping his legs in and out - so cute!! I wish I knew how to upload video - I'll try to get photos.

And yes, tonight he said "mamamama" - he fits it in to his vowels - i LOVE IT! He obviously doesn't associate it with me, but hey, who cares?