9 months old!

On April 12th Charlie turned 9 months!  At his checkup he weighed in at 23 pounds 12 ounces and he is 29.5 inches.  His head is in the 97th percentile, his height is in the 90th, and his weight is in the 95th!

It's hard to get good photos anymore now that he's on the move...

We got the all clear to eat anything except strawberries, honey, and nuts and to encourage finger foods.  The next weekend we met up with Kari, Stella, and Paul at Q in SF for breakfast.  Charlie ate everything we put in front of him.  Black beans, eggs, pancakes, bacon...

Uh oh, bacon!  He loved it so much that he sucked some of it into his wind pipe and Scott actually had to do the baby heimlic maneuver on him.  Scott was very calm about it.  He picked him up, put him face down over his leg and after the second shove, two little pieces of bacon popped out.  Good thing we took that class!

Charlie is crouching now and his consonants are becoming more clear.  It seems like he can say 'no' and 'yes' now and sometimes his babble sounds like words.  He definitely knows his name now.  He's starting to remember things like where the cable cord is coming out of the wall, where the glassware is stored, which furniture is the most dangerous.  He seems to get bored and frustrated at home now so we are out a lot more when he's awake.

This month he got double pink eye and a double ear infection.  He's on his second round of antibiotics and it's causing havoc on his digestion.

Charlie is a water baby!

His favorite thing in the world is being in the water.  He splashes and dips his face in the water and screams and gets very upset when we take him out.  During his first baby pool experience we just wanted him to test the water by leaning into it from the outside.

Instead he decided to leap forward into the water.  He wanted to be in the pool.

 And... success!

Stella was not happy at first to share her baby pool at grandma and grandpa's house.

But she warmed up once she realized he's here to stay.

Happy 9 months baby!  We love you!