Tuesday, September 15, 2009

9 months old!



Yesterday, Jacob turned 9 months old. And as he gets older, this little boy gets more squirmy and into everything he can. We were able to get one good picture of him next to his elephant. I am really hoping he cooperates so I can continue with these pictures for the next 3 months until he is a year old.

"Ah - must try to escape!"

Showing off what a big boy he is getting to be.

Jacob really loves to get into anything he can. Here are a couple pictures that I took to show Justin (since he was out of town) what his son was up to one afternoon.
Jacob crawled behind the loveseat and got stuck.

Playing under his playmat rather than on it.

Jacob weighed in yesterday at 17 pounds even (5th percentile), had a height of 27 inches (10th percentile), and his head circumference was 43.5 cm (10th percentile). It looks like Jacob is still our little guy! He is still wearing 3-6 month sized clothes which means we are getting lots of good use out of his clothes since he stays in the same size longer than most.

Jacob is still a great sleeper at night - he typically sleeps for at least 10 hours before waking up. He goes to bed in between 7 and 7:30 (usually) and then wakes up anytime between 5 and 6:30 to eat again. Since I am not a morning person it is really hard for me to get up with him that early, but I am so happy that waking up in the middle of the night is not a normal occurence. He usually gets up for the day between 6:30 and 7:30.

Jacob has really gotten skilled at doing his army crawl to get where he wants to go. So far he has made his way into the breakfast room and kitchen (where he is intrigued by Colby's food dish) as well as into the dining room. He can get up on all fours, but can only move forward one or two steps worth when he drops back down into the army crawl position. He is trying really hard to crawl the normal way though.

Jaocb still loves to stick out his tongue a lot.


Jacob does not like food. He likes his formula. Yesterday the doctor reassured us that this is pretty common and that we should think of him as a 7 and 1/2 month old when it comes to eating instead of a 9 month old. We are going to try feeding him some really soupy mashed potatoes over the next few days.

Overall, our cute little baby is just growing up too fast!

3 comments:

Stephanie said...

I had to chuckle when I saw the picture of Jacob when he got stuck behind the loveseat. We have a picture of Max like that when he first got stuck behind our futon. Getting stuck didn't make him stop going back there though. None of our other kids have gotten stuck like that. None of our other kids have given us quite the run for our money either. Maybe it was a one-time thing for Jacob. If not, you guys better watch out! It might mean you have a real terror on your hands. (You guys are probably thinking...wow, all this from just one picture.)

Crystal said...

Yippee!!! More pictures!! Just can't get enough. He looks so big standing up.
Enjoyed the time spent with you last week, even though it was less than two days. It was well worth the drive. Looking forward to when we get together again.
Mom

Frost Fam said...

I can't believe how big he is getting. He is so cute!