Little Man (9 months)

 

 Hey everyone! I'm now 9 months old.  I thought it was high time that I started dressing more like Daddy.  In my plaid long sleeved shirt and dark jeans I'm sure to look like a Boston Scientific employee!  Actually on this day it was school picture day at Megan's school.  It was convenient that it came around the time I turned 9 months so I participated in school picture day too.

 The weather has turned chilly and I've gotten to try out my new cold weather clothes.  This was  cool shirt I got as a baby gift.

 It says Andrew on the front.  And I love my "You are My Sunshine" book.

 This is my warmer jacket. We haven't gotten to ridiculously cold yet so this is my in between jacket. I look so cozy with my furry jacket with ears!

 

Showing off my wild hair.  It hasn't calmed down yet...................................

 

 The big news of the last few weeks was my 2nd airplane trip.  This time we went to visit my Nana and Papa. Here is me looking happy on the plane.   I think this was about 5 minutes into the flight. You will notice there are no other pictures of me on the plane.  There wasn't much in the way of happiness to document. I was not the best flier.  The problem was I needed to take a nap and there was no cozy crib to sleep in.  My mom thought I should just fall asleep in her arms.  Yeah right.  I fought it as much as possible and eventually gave in and slept for about 45 minutes.  The plane ride home was a bit worse in terms of crying but I did eventually sleep then too.

 My time actually in Texas was fantastic.  There were always plenty of people to pay attention to me.  That makes me happy!

 I also got to relax in the pool............

 I even got a little pool play time in.............................

 Daddy and I in the hot tub. No worries, it wasn't heated to hot! Just warm.

 This is me enjoying a graham cracker.  It's one of my favorite snacks.

 It's sort of a Vance right of passage to get one's picture taken with the Michigan bear.  I was a big fan.

 Just Papa and me!

 On our last night we went to a Texas BBQ restaurant.  I didn't have any BBQ but everyone else thought it was good. 

 And back home again... notice we're back in sweatshirts! No more short sleeves. 

 My newest trick...standing.  Once I figured out how to pull myself up to standing, it's ALL I want to do now.  I will climb on anything get up to standing.  I especially like climbing all over my mom.  This gets old for Mom by the end of the day.  By the way, the pack and play becomes my personal jail several times a day when Mommy needs to do something and needs me to be contained.  Thankfully it's on wheels and most of our main floor is wood floors so it travels well. 

 Mommy is hijacking my blog to show off her fancy cheese ball she made.  It has nothing to do with me because no one let me have it.  I heard it tasted good along with being festive to the season.

 This was Megan and I cheering on the Vikings when they played the Packers.  Apparently after we went to bed the Vikings really collapsed. 

Time for cute Halloween pictures! Megan and I went to Toddler Tuesday's Trick or Treat party and met our friends Clara and Isaac.  We all had fun and all of us managed to eat lunch too.  An amazing feat when the kids out numbered the adults!

 

Cinderella and Lion!  We had lots of fun trick or treating.  I only went to a few houses.

 So cute and cuddly...and not that ferocious!

This is me trick or treating.  Megan was my spokesperson since I can't actually say trick or treat.  I only say Maaaa maaaaa and Daaa Daaaa .  Maybe next year I'll be saying twick o tweet!

Mommy loves this outfit.  She says it's so cozy and reminds her of something you'd wear at a cozy lodge.  It's a long sleeved onesie that looks like long johns with bears on them. 

What else is new?

• I had my 9 month well baby visit.  I was 22 pounds 6 ounces and 29 3/4 inches tall.  Head was 18 inches.  My height/weight really jumped! I've always been around the 50th percentile for everything. Now I'm 90 and 95th for height and weight and 75th for head.  In comparison my sister was 30 inches and 23 pounds at 1 year.  I'm a big boy! 
• I'm still doing a very fast army crawl.  I haven't figured out how to crawl on my hands and knees but I have the right back and forth motion.  I just need to pick up my tummy and I'll be off to the races.
• Like I said before, I can stand up now. In the last week I've gotten really good at it and am starting to figure out how to take steps using objects to guide me along. 
• I'm a smiley happy guy most of the time. Whenever someone takes out a camera I immediately give a huge grin.  I'm an easy subject!
• As far as sleeping I still go to bed somewhere around 8.  Some nights I sleep all the way until 7 am and others I wake up usually around 4, talk and talk and talk until someone gets tired of my talking.  Then they change my diaper, give me 4 oz, and put me back to bed. I drink that in about 2 minutes and settle into my crib and go back to sleep. 
• I love to babble.  As I mentioned earlier I can say mama and dada.  Mommy is thrilled that I said mama fist.  All of her hard work of saying "mama" in my face since birth has really paid off.
• My sister has taken a new interest in her old baby toys that were passed on to me.  I've started to fight back when she gets in my space with MY toys.  I'm learning to stand up for myself. 
• I really love the cats.  If I see them, I take off crawling toward them.  If they are sleeping peacefully on the couch, I pull myself up to standing to try and get my hands on some fur.  whenever I feel fur, I just crack up laughing.  The cats, so far, have been very patient with my antics. 
• I am still a great eater. I tried pieces of sweet potato today (vs puree).  I still enjoy picking up pieces of cheese, cheerios, graham crackers, crunchies, etc.  I no longer like Gerber puffs which is disappointing to my mom since she bought a Sam's club pack of them.

That is the update on me!