Madden - 9 Months

Another month has flown by, and we are now 3/4 of the way to being 1!

18.3 lbs (25% weight), 28" long (35% height).  Still a peanut!

But that small size doesn't hold this peanut back at all.  Little man is on. the. move.

Go Madden, go!

He is now fully mobile, crawling like a champ.  Which means, he's getting himself into all sorts of trouble, like getting stuck under toys.

 Not satisfied with simply crawling for a while, he's also pulling himself up onto anything he can get his hands on - toy boxes, chairs, tables, our legs, the couch...

And of course his crib.  The nanny got a little surprise when she turned on the monitor a few weeks ago.

This is one of his favorite places to hang out.  He's got that in common with his brother, who also wants to spend all of his days jumping on his bed.

 Once he's upright, he's generally looking for someone to help him walk.  Luckily most of us are happy to oblige for a while, especially his cousins who don't have to bend over quite so far!

Little man is also OBSESSED with food.  Just like his brother around this age, now that he has discovered the joys of real, adult food, he wants it all the time.  Our very busy little boy will sit still for 30 minutes at a time if we put him in his high chair and keep the food coming!

Not only has his eating gotten easier because he's chewing well, but he also had all FOUR of his top teeth break through in one week.  No wonder he was so fussy the week before!!

You've got something in your hair, buddy.

Now, why would I want milk when you've got these delicious peanut butter pretzels staring at me?

He is also loving this little red car that used to be Mason's, we take her for a spin a few nights a week after dinner while Mason rides his bike.

Oh, and balloons.  He is infatuated with balloons.   This one was in our house for 2 weeks, and Madden lost his mind every time he saw it.

As for his big brother, Mason is finding his little brother's sudden mobility to be a bit frustrating.  He doesn't really want to share his (ridiculously large) car collection with his little brother, and we've been having a lot of conversations about sharing.  

One day I made a fort for Mason, and his way of "sharing" with Madden was giving him access to the box of cars, but using the box to block the entrance to the fort.  I called this one a win, since both boys were perfectly content with the arrangement. 

For the most part, Mason is a really good big brother who's starting to realize his little brother can be a little bit more fun than he used to be.   And as for Madden, he sure does love his big brother.

I can't wait to see the trouble these two get into over the next years (decades??).  Sure do love being these boys' mom!!