9 months

Another busy month!  Almost exactly a month after getting up on all fours, we have an official crawler.  He spent a few weeks scooting, rolling and dragging himself in various directions, but he is quite the little speed demon now.

At his 9 month check up he was 20.5lbs and 27.5 inches tall.  We got the go ahead to start giving him table foods so he has had pretty much whatever we've been eating and done really well with it.  Our pediatrician did tell me that I was giving him too many bottles (basically he was eating every 3 hrs, morning - 4 bottles during the day - and bedtime) so I tried dropping the bottles that followed his breakfast and dinner and I think that idea is a load of crap.  I am offering the bottle after his meals (except for lunch, he gets that one about a half hour before food) so he is eating pletty of solid food.  As long as his weight gain is normal I'm not going to restrict something that should still be his primary source of nutrition.

Since it has been nice outside lately we've been spending more time outdoors.  Colton is not a fan of grass, dirt or pretty much anything other than solid surfaces touching his feet.  If I sit him in the grass or try to stand him in it he lifts up his feet to get away from it!   We went to the park the other day and he tried out a swing for the first time.

And I think this might be the last month we will manage to get a picture sitting on the sofa.  As you can see, it was a bit of an action shot.