Anson is 9 months old!

Anson turned 9 months old 2 days ago, so I figured it was time for an update on him...

He is doing pretty well, despite his recent illness. He had a bad cold that turned into croup. Poor little guy. But his belly seems to be doing a lot better now that he is on formula. He is way less gassy and just more comfortable. We will see how much better his sleep gets once he is feeling all better, but so far there have been some promising nights. He is still eating once per night (between 6PM and 7AM), which I think is pretty unnecessary now that he is on formula, but of course he is used to that pattern, so we'll have to work on that! His naps are still short (he takes 3 40 minute naps most days, though if I lay with him he will sleep longer) but I am starting to think that is mainly because he sleeps so much at night.

As far as new skills, he is SO SO close to crawling. He rolls everywhere and will also sort of shoot himself forward with his toes sometimes. He has actually been pulling up onto furniture (and me) and is able to stay standing on his own for a little bit. He especially loves to do that at Grady's train table and then play with the trains! He waves like crazy too. He is also doing the flaps on lift-the-flap books, which is fun. He seems to have forgotten how to clap for the time being, though he tries all the time. He just closes one hand in a fist and claps it with the other hand.

Food is going well - he will eat anything. Just tonight he ate chunks of steamed carrots like they were candy. He has a 6-8 ounce bottle now 6 times per day, which is a LOT.

His favorite toys are his simple ring stacker, his little kitchen, his Very Hungry Caterpillar toy apple, and Sophie the Giraffe (to chew on). He also loves his Glow Worm.

As far as teeth he has the bottm 2, the top 2, and at least one more tooth on top. There may even be 2 more up there - those are coming in RIGHT NOW.

He weighs about 19 pounds, but he was a bit more than that. He definitely lost a little weight with the recent illness. He is also long - I can just tell from how his clothes fit. He fits well in 6-12 month stuff, though he is starting to outgrow the jammies.

He "talks" a lot - mostly "dada"and "gaga". Still waiting on "mama" :)

So that's about it. He's a happy little guy and lots of fun right now!