On the Move

At 9.5 months, Colton is officially crawling!  While he has been mobile (scooching backwards and turning to reach for things) for several months, he finally now can go forward, and he has the crawl position down :-).

Here is his first crawl (January 19th) at a condo my parents rented down in Florida:


Now that we are home he is LOVING being able to go from room to room on his own instead of waiting to be carried :-).  Here he is excitedly crawling down the hallway this morning:



Colton puts everything in his mouth (while Summer never did) and he also has a big sister with small toys (which Summer didn't) so I am a bit more nervous about his crawling than I was about Summer.  However, Summer is SUCH a great helper, telling me EVERYTHING that EVERYONE is doing ALL the time :-), so it is comforting to know that she will immediately tell me if she sees Colton put something he shouldn't (or should!!) in his mouth!!!

Way to go, Colt!  It's a whole new world now....! :-)

9 Month Stats

 

At 9 months, I

weigh 20lbs 3oz (58th percentile)

am 2' 4" tall (64th percentile)

and have a 44cm head (33rd percenti)

My doctor estimates that I will be 5' 9.5" tall :-)

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Just for fun, click here to compare Summer's 9 month stats!

Colton 9 months

Summer 9 months

Mommy Date

Summer and Mommy went on a Mommy-date this morning to go see Sesame Street Live: Elmo Can't Stop Singing!  We have been talking about it for weeks, and I'm not sure whether she was more excited about the show or the fact that we got to ride on a train (light rail) :-).

This morning the first thing Summer said when she woke up was, "We get to go on our date now!"  .  The show started at 10:30, but the Play Zone opened an hour before the show at 9:30 so we got there then.  Two of Summer's friends (Addison and Adry) also went on Mommy dates to see the show too, so we got some fun pictures with the girls!

Waiting for the "train" (lightrail)

Sitting on the lightrail

Addison and Summer waiting for the doors to open

Summer, Addison, and Adry

123 Sesame Street

Peeking out of Big Bird's Nest

Watching one of the Sesame Street characters dancing from inside garbage cans with Oscar

The girls had fun holding hands 3 across and walking around before the show started.  Of course as soon as I got out my camera they stopped :-)

Watching the show

I love my little girl so much and hope for many more Mommy-dates!  Huge thanks to Grandma Kirkwood for hanging out with Colton while we girls went out on the town :-)