Nine

Grant turned nine months old on Tuesday and I cannot even fathom how quickly his first year is passing me by. It occured to me the other day that I will need to start planning a first birthday party! Grant is changing and becoming more independent every day. Here's the lowdown on our baby boy at nine months:

• Grant can feed himself puffs and cherios. He still does not have any teeth so I have to be careful with what I give him to eat. He gums everything before swallowing. That first tooth is being mighty stubborn!
• Instead of crawling, Grant rolls to where he wants to go. The other day I left him in my bedroom for a quick second, when I returned he had rolled into the bathroom! I think he might surpass crawling all together. He's great at putting one foot in front of the other when we hold his hands while he walks.
• He can stand supported and is beginning to cruise
• Grant can say Mama, Dada, byebye and loves to say nana and nene
• He's become very adament about what he wants. If he is playing with a certain toy or my cellphone (a great example) and I take it away he whines and cries until I give it back. Rotten!
• He reaches for and grabs everything in sight including my morning coffee mug, which I've spilled allover myself several times!

He is still the love of our lives and we are loving being Grant's parents!

He loves Gerber's Mac and Cheese!

This is the day Grant discovered Daddy's magnet collection!