9 Months!

It is crazy to think that Deacon has now been out of my tummy longer than he was in it!

9 Month Stats:

28 inches long - 37th %
18 inch head circumference - 60th %
19 lbs 6 oz - 28th %

His percentages have decreased some, but the doctor said he expects a dip around now since babies start to burn more calories when they crawl and move around more.

• Deacon can clap all by himself now! It is so cute and he loves to do it. 
• He can't crawl yet, but he can move all around in a circle on his tummy. He is definitely becoming more mobile. 
• He just started to be able to flip from his tummy to his back, which is wonderful because before when he was tired of being on his tummy he would start to cry until we flipped him over. Now he can do it all by himself, yippee!
• He gets "angry" at random times and will "attack" you or your face. 
• He is very good to sit and play with his toys when I need to do something.
• He has started to eat cheerios and is learning how to pick them up and put them in his mouth by himself. 
• Sometimes he talks in a "whisper" voice - he'll just babble really quietly. It's pretty cute, but I think pretty much everything he does is cute.
• When I say "bouncing boy" while he is sitting, he will bounce up and down. 
• He really likes when I sing to him - which is bad because I have a horrible voice! I guess it's okay if he is the only one who hears it. He likes The Itsy Bitsy Spider and Row Row Row Your Boat the best.
• He looks at us with sad, puppy eyes when we are eating and he is not. 
• And...He just got his first tooth! It is one of his middle bottom teeth. Way to go Deac!

His Dad is getting him started early...

(He is our retirement plan)