Graham at 9 months

I keep meaning to write a lot of stuff down about Graham before I forget. So, here I go... i hope I don't forget anything.

1) His favorite song is "Here's a ball for baby". Any time we sing it he has a huge smile on his face. Until the second verse. He doesn't love the second verse as much as the first. I even used this song to help wean him to a bottle. It totally worked. He was all upset and mad when I tried to feed him a bottle and then I sang this song and he calmed down and started to suck. Love this song!

2) He is crawling and has been for a month now. He has the funniest crawl. He crawls with one leg tucked underneath him bottom. He uses one leg to crawl and drags his "lame leg' under his bottom. I call it his "lame leg" (he doesn't really have one), but he crawls like he has one. It is so funny and totally makes me laugh.

3) He loves his dad's voice. Every time he hears his dad he looks for him and when he finds him, he smiles like crazy. Each night when I take him up to bed, Chris says "good night Graham" and Graham strains to find him and then smiles his big, big smile.

4) He walks uses furniture every chance he gets. He loves to pull himself up onto anything and walk around the couch, from chair to chair, really anything that is sturdy enough for him. I predict he will walk by 10 months, we shall see!

5) He got 5 teeth in one month. Between month 8 and 9. He got 2 teeth on top and 3 teeth on the bottom. He is a teething machine. So much drool.

6) He finally started sleeping through the night at 8 1/2 months. The longest it has taken any of my kids (by about 5 months). It is glorious!!! I don't know what it was (Formula, crying it out for the 5th time, age, etc).. but whatever it was, I am so happy!

7) When he is a strange place or with strangers, he cuddles with me.  I love it.  He just wants to be close to me for comfort and security.  And isn't the my job :-)  It is so sweet and I will take it any day.

8) He is a big baby.  And I get it everywhere I go.  But the crazy thing is he is only 21 pounds and like 75% for weight.  But you wouldn't guess it by looking at him.  Super chubby face and thighs.  He is definitely a chunky-monkey!

9) When Graham is mad, he now puts his head back, face in the air and scrunches his face, closes his eyes and makes noises that are definitely mad.  He does it whenever he isn't happy about something.  It is so funny, I just laugh at him, even though I know he is mad.