Belen, Jonathan, Jordan and Catherine: Month 8 and 9

Dear Jordan,
Yup, you are now 9 months old. Biggest accomplishment this month is CRAWLING!! It was so cute to see your first crawls. Daddy and I were both here to see you. You were a little uncoordinated at first. We called it the one footed scoot and hold. You used your left leg to scoot, and your right was folded in to hold. So cute. So much work! That was the first day....by day two, you had the system down. Now, after a week, you are speedy and are getting into EVERYTHING!

Today I heard myself say, "You can play with ANYTHING in the house, you can roam EVERYWHERE...the only thing that you CAN'T play with is ELECTRICITY (this includes all electric cords, outlets, chargers, plugs or the like)." It kind of sounded like God giving Adam and Eve instructions in the garden of Eden. I chuckled when I heard myself say that.

We had the abuelitos here for a couple of weeks. They left last Sunday. It was so much fun. Everyday we would go there as soon as we woke up for breakfast and mate. You even tried some...well, not really...but at least I let you make the slurppy noise.

You still laugh all the time. You love being with other kids. We get together with Connor, Alex, Sophie, & Dillon. You get so excited when you see them, you shake. We are working on the concept of "Gentle." I'm always scared you are going to claw them, or they'll claw you.

You love pressing things; doorbells, computer keys, telephone, light switches, games). You use your index finger and point to stuff, actually just the duckies in your book.

You also like to make clicking noises on demand. It's kind of cute.

You are cute all over! Even if you peed all over me yesterday!

We took some family pics yesterday. Here are my favorites!