9 Months!

Dear Liam Bird,
I cannot believe I am writing your monthly letter again! June flew by so quickly and, as usual, you are growing just as quickly.




According to our home scale you weigh 19.2 pounds (28th%) and by my measurements you are 28 inches long (45th%). You are still definitely filling out, I think your knee caps even have rolls on them, it is delicious. You are wearing mostly 6-9 month clothes and can wear a size 2 diaper still, if necessary.




You love food so much and eat anything we offer you! New foods this month include cottage cheese, lentils, and tomato based sauces. Your favorites are pears, banana, and sweet potato. You eat solids at breakfast and dinner. You are still nursing 4-5 times a day and you take 6-7 ounces from a bottle if I am at work.




You are still a good little sleeper. You take a morning and afternoon nap everyday and sometimes still need a late afternoon cat-nap before dinner. You like to go to sleep between 6:30 and 7:00 each evening an you sleep until 7:00 or 8:00 in the mornings. Every few days you wake up in the middle of the night demanding some food, and I'm okay with that because you always go right back to sleep and it's obvious you are hungry.




Your constant babbling has yielded a few words! You say dada and mama all the time now, but not necessarily to us! You can also wave hello. Though you are not crawling in the true sense of the word, you can get anywhere you want to go by rolling, scooting, or break dancing. You have been teething for months now without a tooth in sight, maybe someday! Your gummy smile continues to win over even the grumpiest of souls and I'm confident that you will always bring joy to those around you.




You love your exersaucer more than I can express in words, you shout with glee while playing in it! Your Johnny jump up rates a close second. You love to pull on any type of hair, be it my ponytails, daddy's beard, or gussy's eyebrows--we all take it in stride. You have started really paying attention to how things work. You try to figure out your high chair and buckles on restraining devices. You know how to make any toy sing or light up. Your great-grandpa Doug thinks you have a mechanical mind and we agree with him!




It is so fun to watch the wheels in your brain turn! You learn something every day, and you are more loved with each passing moment! I'm so thankful to be your mommy!

Love you forever,
Mama


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