Happy 9 Months, Drew

The 9 months I was pregnant with Drew seemed to go by slowly.  I would always look forward to my next doctor's appointment when I could hear his heartbeat or see him on the ultrasound, yet it took so long to get there. Now, these post 9 months have gone by so quickly!!! I feel like I blinked and the baby is NINE months old!!

Height: 29 3/4 (90%)

Weight: 20lb 1oz (47%)

Head: 18" (60%)

If only I knew any male(s) in our family who are tall and skinny?!?

--He likes to point and wave and sometimes gives you the two arm wave

--He dances when he hears music

--Goes to sleep each night around 7:00pm (unless we have baseball!) Wakes up 5:30 talking every morning, but most mornings goes back to sleep or stays in bed until about 6:30-7:00

--Crawls on all 4's everywhere!

--Pulls himself up
--Will sometime give me an open mouth kiss

Sweet, sweet baby Drew

 Lately, he scrunches his nose like this all the time.  It's the cutest!!

 He stood up like this ON HIS OWN!! Yikes!

Lately, he's been waking up from nap and/or during the night screaming and it's hard to console him and get him back to sleep.  But it's very inconsistent.  When I went to his 9 month check up yesterday, the doctor told me his white blood cell count was really high which was odd because he was very healthy.  But then the doctor checked his ears...he had a double ear infection! Mystery solved.  Other than occasionally waking up screaming, he showed no signs. He is such a happy, active baby, I never even thought about an ear infection. So we started an antibiotic yesterday.  

Here he was waiting on the doctor.  See, he doesn't look sick at all.  In fact, he was talking and laughing very loudly (while we waited an hour for the doctor!!)

 Checking out his band aid.

Sweet, sweet baby Drew!