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Nine Months Later...

Isn't it amazing what can happen in nine short months? A teeny tiny egg grows into this little human body with fully functioning lungs, brain, muscles, and bones. Fingerprints...heartbeat...everything that baby needs to survive in the world is all developed in nine little months. 


Give that baby another nine months and the growth is astronomical! Take Grayson for example. In March he was a helpless little thing with nothing but the absolute basic necessities of life. Now, at a whopping nine months old, he's a mover...a shaker...a force of destruction...a (semi) independent eater...a much bigger bundle of energy and delight! 


I realize this post is coming later in the month than usual. What can I say? December is a busy time! 


Grayson you have made some amazing progress. You are well on your way to toddler-hood!! According to my last post (and not my fuzzy memory!), at eight months old you were not yet crawling forward. Well, one magical day between then and now, the light bulb switched on and you have not been still since! Shortly after mastering the forward motion crawl, you began pulling up on the furniture and cruising (taking small baby steps while holding on). Nothing knee level in the house is safe ;0)!  


About half way through the month you started taking risks, letting go of the furniture and allowing yourself to fall back onto your bottom. This lasted three or four days until you gained enough balance that now you can stand for nearly a whole minute before moving on. The thrill of the fall put such joy in your eyes! I'm a little worried you might grow up to be a base jumper or sky diver! 


You continue to approach meal times with gusto and seem to enjoy absolutely everything we put in front of you, with the exception of baby food. I don't know if it's the texture that doesn't appeal to you or the fact that you have yet to master the spoon-to-food-to-mouth motions and thus are easily frustrated. 


I am pleased to report that you have not yet succumbed to stranger anxiety (knock on wood!). You tend to like everyone and are really a very easy going baby. You did develop a special bond with Uncle Brett when he and Aunt Jenna came for Christmas. Maybe some day they will bless you with a cousin to play with, but even if not, I think you can rest easy in the status of "favorite nephew". For a while anyway ;0) 


Part of my new year's resolution is to be very intentional and "in the moment", thoroughly enjoying your babyhood. You and Brooklyn and the baby are the most precious gifts God has given to Daddy and me, and I don't want to wake up one day and wonder where it all went.  We have much to look forward to -- milestones to meet and memories to make together!! I love you Graybie! 

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