nine months

Are you as amazed as I am that Kyalo's clocked nine months already?  I don't know what's more amazing...that he is now nine months, or we only have three to go before he is one YEAR. yikes.  Cliche though it may be, the time really is going so fast. I was looking at some pictures of him as a newborn the other day, and couldn't believe just how small he was.  He's grown so much.

Getting these monthly pictures is quite the ordeal now. Him sitting serenely on the couch is a thing of the past.  I do my best to catch him in the seconds he sits still.  That didn't work so well yesterday, so I cheated (shhh) and took some more today. I'll give you a selection of both. Hope it isn't too much!

First, the photos from yesterday, his actual 9 month birthday.

Is it wrong that this photo kinda makes me think of a puppy? This is a fairly common sight in our house: Kyalo crawling around with something (usually a clothes pin) in his mouth.  Hilarious.

He was weighed yesterday - 8.6 kgs (18.98 lbs) and measured 70 cms/27.5 inches (we hope). He also got his measles shot, which he handled fairly well. The worst part about that was the nursing student who jabbed him about five times before a nurse took over and did it in one clean jab.  Whew.

The shots from today:

 {chubby}

Kyalo continues to bring us so much joy.  He is generally happy and easy going...no sense of stranger danger yet.  He's easy to please and entertain.  This last month didn't seem to have as many milestones in it, but he did have his first fever on Christmas day {awesome}, which meant for a couple of sleepless nights for us.  I had a bit of an exhaustion-induced meltdown one night, but other than that, we survived!  He has no teeth yet (I thought maybe the fever was a precursor to a tooth breaking through. I thought wrong), and still does not sleep through the night. Other than that little hiccup, he's perfect.

And we love him no matter what!