Happy 9 months Will!

Baby Will, you are 9 months old!  What a sweet, loving, hilarious, active, bright, strong, and precious boy you are.  We thank God for you everyday...you are the sweetest miracle.  I am reminded daily at God's love and grace when I look at your face.  You have SO much going on.  You are crawling, standing with assistance, walking along furniture, and  yesterday you started babbling...I walked into your daycare to see you in your playpen making a funny face with your lips.  You kept smacking them together.  I remember thinking "what is wrong with this poor boy?" and then all of a sudden you turned on your voice and started making sounds "bababababa."  I cried I was so proud of you!
You are still in a size 3 diaper and 9 month clothing.  You are 17 lbs and still so skinny and long!  You are eating like a champ though!  You nurse in the morning, take 3 bottles (10am, 12:30pm, and 3pm) during the day, and nurse at night before going down.  You love eating and are trying new things like yogurt, zucchini, pureed turkey and chicken, and teething toasts.  You are a boy of routine and still prefer your 6:30 (ish) bedtime.  You are able to sleep through the night, however, your top teeth came through this month and night times were not always your most comfortable.
This month, we took a quick weekend trip to Lake Tahoe with Auntie Mandy and Uncle Josh to celebrate my birthday!  It was my best birthday ever because you were a part of it, Will.  I was so thankful to have you in my arms that day!  Our hotel room was soooooo small, so our nights were "interesting" with you right by us.  All of us would have to go to sleep (or at least lay down) around 7pm.  You LOVED swimming in the lake and sitting on the shore.  You had your first mouthful of sand...it didn't bother you one bit...I swear, you will eat anything.
I already mentioned that you are active!  This month you started climbing up our stairs.  This makes me nervous, but I also realize you need to learn so we take you them quite a bit.  You LOVE it!  You are already so good at it and are able to climb the first set unassisted (with mommy close behind).
This month we found out how brave your mommy and daddy really are.  :)  You went with Papa on an airplane down to Southern California!  Papa was so excited!  It took mommy and daddy FOREVER to pack for you.  We wanted to make sure you had everything you would need...but really, you were just so happy being with Nana and Papa and the rest of the family.  We missed you, but I am positive, you didn't even have a chance to miss us!  :)  Baby Will, you are so loved.  We met you down there the next evening.  This was also a special weekend because we dedicated you to the Lord in our home church in Vista.  Mommy and Daddy grew up in this church and were married 10 years ago on the same stage!
You still enjoy jumping in your jumperoo and walking with your walker.  You are so proud of yourself when you do this!  We love your laugh and smile more and more each day.  Your face is so full of wonder at everything you look at.  :)  I say it over and over again, but you make our world so wonderful and new.  We look at things SO differently now.  You are our precious boy, Will.  We love you!