Blaise is nine months and is a very busy boy; he’s on the move and loves to explore! Our hard wood floors have him crawling with one leg tucked under while the other does the pushing. Pulling up is his favorite activity and he tries to on everything! (Even the toilet-yuck! We are keeping doors closed now! ) The dishwasher and refrigerator get him so excited and make him move the fastest. Needless to say, there’s been a lot of baby proofing going on around here!
A few other firsts/updates….
- Teeth! The top two have now joined the bottom two. I thought they had broken through until last night when he got really upset. David went and bought some baby motrin then took him for a walk to calm him since nothing else would! Hopefully, the worst is behind us!
- Finger foods. He is trying to feed himself and is most successful with Joe’s O’s (aka cheerios) and mashed black beans. There's lots of recreation and exploration going on with food at our house! (Unfortunately, not too much makes the mouth!) Apparently, this is not unusual for this stage!
- He weighed about 21lbs at his 9month check up (60%) and was 27 3/4’ (75%).
- We got rear-ended. ;( Thankfully the lady was not going very fast! Blaise was in his nice new car seat (still rear facing) and seems to be fine- for which we are very thankful! My neck unfortunately is still sore, especially at the end of the day, so I've been going to a chiropractor since it's covered under insurance. (She had State Farm too & was from Rolla! ;)
- We're also thankful that David still has a job! Last month, instead of layoffs and firing people, his company cut everyone’s pay 20% (so now we're sticking super tight to our excel spreadsheet budget! ;) Ideally, he works less hours, too, so it is nice to have him around a bit more! He's been riding his bike to work since parking costs $60 a month and we've been trying to get creative with other ways to save $$. I'll take him if it's raining and Blaise and I enjoy the scenic drive of old cathedrals, big buildings and the Arch!
"Look what I did! " (These pictures are getting progressively harder to take!)
two roudy bears! (blaise & ellie grace)
will, blaise & kate chilling at the botanical gardens
blaise's first carousal ride! (the music was a bit loud-he wasn't sure what to think!) he loved the butterflies in the butterfly house at the park too but unfortunately the pics didn't turn out. 
carrots-wonderfully cool teethers
LOVES watching the washer. unfortunately, he has now discovered how to turn the knobs and push buttons and turned the cycle off the other day! 
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