1. Karl loves to talk. He jabbers all the time (mostly to the dog). We haven't formed any word associations, but he understands us more now than ever. If we ask him 'where's Charlie' he looks all around with a goofy grin on his face until he sees him. When we tell him 'no' he stops what he is doing...if he goes for the bait again you can tell that he's concerned he will hear 'no' again. This concern usually is enough for him to move on to something else.
Erik took this picture of Karl when he heard him talking away to himself. We discovered him under our dining room table!
2- Karl is almost walking. Karl walks along any edge with great assurance and is now even walking with just the holding on to one of our hands. Yesterday, at Sheila's, Karl was holding onto the table and took an official step on his own to meet my hands. He hasn't done it since, but we are close. Usually, he will kneel down to the ground and crawl to whatever it is that is out of reach. Here is a picture of him standing on his own at my legs.
3- At our 9 month appointment Karl weight 20lbs 9 oz. He is 50th percentile in both weight and height. His head was in the 75th percentile. Our doctor commented on what a healthy, happy and laid back baby we have. Indeed!
4- Karl and Charlie continue to hang out together. Karl chases Charlie from room to room and into his crate. Charlie tries in vain to escape Karl. No such luck. Often we hear Karl giggling in his nursery only to discover that he is being licked or entertained by Charlie.
5- Bath time is Karl's favorite time. He squeals with delight when Erik turns the water on. If one of us turns on the shower Karl will crawl quickly to the door and try to get in.
6. Karl still hates pureed food, but loves to feed himself finger food. My family can attest to the mess that can be made when you hand this little boy a piece of food. 90% of his nutrition still comes from nursing, but we're working on that. In this picture he is chowing down on some banana nut bread made by Uncle Marc's father.
7-Anything that is in reach of little hands is instantly Karl's. He stands on the tips of his toes to pull things off of our bedside tables. I have, more than once, discovered that he grabbed a pen or fingernail clippers off of our table. In this picture you will note than he is not only reaching for something that I have, but he also has ink on his cheek from a pen he pulled off the table and marked himself with before I grabbed it.
8- Hysterical crying begins if you should close a door that Karl wants to go out of. When we shut our bedroom door to the hallway we are always guaranteed fake wails. The days of temper tantrums are not far away.
9- In the past few weeks I have noticed that Karl is interested in interacting with other babies. He usually just wants to bite their hands (a favorite past time) or pull their eyes out, but he also smiles and goo's at them.
10- Toys that make sound are Karl's favorite. I wish that the noises weren't so annoying, but it is a great distraction to Karl if #8 (above) happens. Karl has also discovered how much fun books are when we read to him.
We love our little guy and look forward to more milestones!
2 comments:
He is so cute. Come visit soon we can have the boys all meet.
I laughed out loud at the picture of Karl under the table ... because Natasha does the exact same thing!
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