Happy 9 Months!

We celebrated Hayden's 9 month birthday in Texas, right before Christmas! Just a few weeks before he hit 9 months, he FINALLY started crawling. Taryne crawled late, but walked early and it looks as if Hayden will follow suite. He is cruising and crawling everywhere and loves to touch everything. One of his favorite things at Christmas time was touching the Christmas tree and our fresh wreath on the front door. Every single time we were at the door, unlocking or locking the door, he had to examine the fresh wreath. I was particularly excited that he was at this age for his first Christmas. He could interact with everyone and open (well sort of, anyway) his own gifts. Taryne was almost out of the "bump on a log" stage when she had her first Christmas.

We haven't made it to his 9 month check up yet. I failed to get an appointment made right after we returned from Texas, then school started and now he has been sick. We are scheduled for that appointment in a few weeks. But at his sick appointment he was 22 pounds. Down a little from before, but he is a very active little guy now.

This little boy absolutely adores his big sister!! He can be the fussiest little boy and if Taryne aka "Sister" comes in or sings him a song, he is all smiles in no time flat. This was very helpful on our return trip to Tennessee. There were a few dodgy moments where the car ride was getting to us all! These two spend lots of time together playing with Hayden's new toys and laughing and rolling a ball together. Really anything Taryne can find for them to do, they are doing it. It is going to be awesome once he is walking and not trying to eat everything!

Happy 9 months sweet little boy!