9 Months Old

My babies are 9 months old! That means in 3 short months they will be a YEAR.  I can’t believe how fast the time is going.  They have learned so much in 9 short months.

They are now both crawling around the house like they own it and are on their way to walking.  They have a new found freedom now that they are crawling and love to get into things.

They had their 9 month well check yesterday with the pediatrician and everything was great! They are growing and developing like they should but the best part was they didn’t get shots this month.  The only issues we have had with the boys are with teething.  Hayden is having a lot of ear pain (well, we guess its ear pain since he can’t tell us) so he will grab his ear and start crying and he’s been a little fussy lately.  Ian has been running a low grade fever off and but he doesn’t get fussy or anything with it so she said there should be nothing to worry about unless it gets to be a high fever.

I can’t say enough how good these boys are! They love to sit and play with their toys or sit on our lap while we read a book. Hayden really likes the books with textures on it so he can feel them.  They both like books, but aren’t quite at the stage to really enjoy them. Ian sat on Jonathan’s lap the other day for like 10 minutes watching an interactive book on my iPad.  They have so many neat things like that for kids on the iPad so I’m sure MY iPad will be taken over in a few years.

playing with their toys

They are both drinking from sippee cups and eating more table food.  Hayden prefers to drink from a cup with a straw while Ian hasn’t quite got the hang of it yet, but he sure tries.

drinking from their sippee cups

They are really starting to get their little personalities and its fun to see the similarities and differences between the two of them.  We thought that Hayden was going to be the sensitive one, and he may be sensitive, but Ian is our ubber sensitive guy.  He kind of reminds me of his cousin, Jake, when he was little.  He was super sensitive too, still is to this day.

Hayden

Ian

Thy have both started “talking” more and will say things like dada, mama, baba and Hayden will say lala and Ian will say something that sounds like owe.  He’ll just sit their saying “owe, owe”.  Nothing makes sense to us, but they do like to talk to each other.  In the mornings before we go into their room, they will be standing up in their cribs talking to each other.

Hayden has started trying to wave, he pretty much just puts his hand in the air and moves it around.  Ian has just started clapping his hands, I say clapping, he really just bangs his hands together.  Ian has also started doing this gesture with his arm where he puts it up in the air like he’s saying “now what?”.

They are now starting to like things like Peekaboo, patty cake, and still looove to watch Presley.  They also like to sit by the back door and look out the window at the world, or at least our backyard.

Ian has become the pacifier monster.  Anytime he sees another pacifier, he will switch it out with the one he has, even if it is in Hayden’s mouth at the time.  He has been known to have one in his mouth and one in his hand….I do believe he got that from his mama.  My parents have a lot of pictures of me that look very similar to this one.

Pacifier Monster

Happy 9 months boys, its been so much fun and I can’t wait for another 9 months!