9 Months Old!

I cannot believe Jack is 9 months old today! He is such a big boy and he's growing like a weed! We have so much fun with him right now and love seeing all the new things he loves!

Well, he's trying to crawl, but it's not happening just yet. He is rolling everywhere to get what he wants, so that is fun to watch him do that. He still loves sitting up and playing with his toys, but that only lasts for a few seconds when he remembers he can lay down and roll places!

He also loves to say "Ga-ga" all day long, and even though Kurt thinks he's really trying to say "Da-da", I really think he's just saying "Ga-ga"! :-)

He's also sleeping so well now! Starting around 7 1/2 months we worked with him on soothing himself to sleep in his crib, and as long as he has his paci and froggy (thanks Conner and Ashley!), he's good to go! He may wake up once in the middle of the night just needing his paci, but other than that he's sleeping 10 or so hours! Mommy feels like a new woman!

He also loves being outside! Since it's starting to get warmer, I've taken him out in our front yard to sit on a blanket and play with toys and listen to music! He's starting to recognize some songs I've sung to him since he was a newborn, so it's fun to see his face light up when I sing them and do the motions.

Bath time is still top on his list of things he loves! He could sit in there all day and just play with the water and his toys! We also sing songs while daddy plays the guitar, and even made up a song just for bath time! As long as he doesn't faceplant into the water, he's happy the whole time!

Besides saying "Ga-ga", he's learned a new and very high pitched squeal! He loves to show it off at home, but mostly while we are out a restaurants with other people who may not think it's as precious as we do! :-)

Of course he still loves playing with other kids, and we even go to 2 playgroups a week! We have a blast learning to share and being with other moms and kids during the week. He loves his cousins more than any other kids, though! Just last weekend we all spent the day Saturday driving to Blakely, GA to be with our grandmother for her 95th birthday! We had so much fun spending time with her and playing outside our aunt's beautiful, country home. Sad thing is, we just lost our grandmother last night. She was feeling a little under the weather during the party Saturday, then she was put in the hospital Sunday night, then passed away last night. It feels so sudden, but she is in a much better place now. We will miss her greatly, but we feel so blessed to have seen her just this past weekend! The Lord is merciful!

We have some great and recent pictures, but they are on our home computer, and I'm at work right now (just filling in), so I will post those this weekend!