9 almost 10

Brighton had his nine month check-up today, but he's really almost 10 months - just one week away. The coolest part of today's doctor's appointment was that there were no shots. Yippee!! That was an unexpected gift for all of us today even though the doctor did tell us they pretty much make up for it when we go up for his one year visit. That's not until after school is out though, and in my mind that seems much more manageable.

We were thinking Bright was slimming down, and we were right. He weighs 22 pounds and is 29 inches putting him around the 60th percentile for height and weight; that's down from the 90th percentile. He only added an inch and about a pound and a half since his last appointment in December. He still eats like a champ, but maybe all the exercise he is getting has something to do with it. He is a hyper-active explorer - into everything! He wobbles around (very close to walking we think) with that large, 90th percentile, simling, and noisy noggin of his.

Learned it from Great-Grandma

24 hours later Bright was showing Jon how it's done all while trying to catch his balance on a rocking chair.

Post about Toast

Being a first time parent, I honestly really learn something new about my son and all that it takes to raise him everyday. For example, this weekend I bought him his first pair of "big-boy" shoes, and that took a lot of research, learning, and of course shopping too. Then we also fed him something new this weekend because he's really starting to love feeding himself finger foods: cue the Zwieback Toast. I'm really not sure why I bought it, but we've been giving lots of the Gerber Graduates stuff a try.

So, today after my son gnawed on a piece of Zwieback toast for about 20 minutes. I learned that at first glance it doesn't look like an item that will make a huge mess, but oh to the contrary my friends. I also did a quick online search and Wilkipedia taught me the following: Zwieback is a type of crispy, sweetened bread, made with eggs and baked twice. It is sliced before it is baked a second time, which produces crispy, brittle slices that closely resemble melba toast. Zwieback is commonly used to feed teething children. The name comes from German zwei ("two"), and backen, meaning "to bake" Zwieback hence literally translates to "two-bake".

I also learned very quickly he LOVES this stuff. Don't even think about cutting his Zwieback experience short. I will have to buy more really soon. So yes, I really do learn something new everyday. Could my son actually be making me smarter?

In and Out

Brighton turned 9 months old last week.

As a dear friend pointed out to me, Bright was in as long as he's been out. I have to say that him "out" has been much more enjoyable, and it's gone way faster too.

Oh my dear Brighton...where do I begin? Life has been full of new adventures over at our house. I can't believe how fast he learns. In a matter of a couple weeks he's advanced from creeping to crawling. He gives kisses and waves. He opens cupboards and empties them out. He feeds himself and actually chews. He pulls himself up on things and walks around furniture. Needless to say our lives as parents have really changed in the last few weeks too. I've been trying for just about that long to get some pictures or video of him doing his thing, but without much success. I was able to quickly snap this one when I found him inside the shower. Don't worry cousin Jenny, we'll try and get some more video of him on here real soon.

Brighton still has just one the tooth. You'll have to look closely, but I was able to finally get a picture of that too. We've been affectionately referring to it as his "toofer." I have no clue where that came from, but it's kinda stuck as he's had just the one tooth for quite some time now. I'm not sure what we'll do when he has two or more. Toofers?