9 Months!

AJ turned 9 months old last week!  I can't believe how fast the time goes.  I was just watching some video of him from when he was a newborn, and I can't believe how little he was.  Now he's a mega-baby.  At his nine month well baby check up he weighed in at 20 lbs, 10 oz (60 %) and is 28.5 inches tall (55%).  I wonder if he's coming due for a growth spurt, because his weight percentile is a little higher and his height is a little lower than it's been in the past.  I'll watch out for a sprouting baby.

Over the last couple of weeks, it seems like he has learned all kinds of skills - crawling, waving, feeding himself, pulling up, etc.  He is suddenly a baby on the move!

At nine months, some of AJ's favorite things are:

• Standing
• Pulling mom's hair
• Playing with the door knocker
• Swinging
• Matchbox cars
• Swimming
• Playing with dangerous electrical cords from any and all appliances
• Standing
• Drinking out of mom's glass
• Going outside
• Faucets
• Splashing in the bathtub
• Standing
• Turning off light switches
• When dad comes home
• Nodding his head (looks like head banging at this point)
• Shaking his head
• The garbage truck
• Getting tickled

Things that freak him out:

• The vacuum
• The occasional stranger
• Pixar's "Monsters Vs. Aliens"

Here is a raw, unedited video of AJ crawling this morning.  He still holds the title of "Cutest Baby on the Planet.