8 months old...9 months old

Joel at 8 months

Jeremy at 8 months

8 months old!!!

Playing "I see you!"

A weird game Jeremy started playing

So excited to have his picture taken

Joel, 9 months old

Jeremy, 9 months old

9 months old!!!

Since we are almost to the 10 month mark, I decided that I just needed to combine these posts and get it done.  Now to remember what I want to keep a record of for these boys.

First off - the stats!  Jeremy has become our "big" boy weighing in at 17 lbs 12 oz (11th %-tile), 28 in tall (48th %-tile) and head circumference of 44 cm (23rd %-tile).  Joel, who used to be our bigger baby, is now our light one weighing 16 lbs 2 oz (6th %-tile), 28 in tall (48th %-tile) and head circumference of 43 cm (5th %-tile).

About 2 weeks before hitting 9 months old Joel got his 2 little bottom teeth.  As of 9 months old, no sign of teeth of Jeremy.

Joel started pulling himself up just days after hitting the 7 month mark - so a full 2 months before Jacob ever did.  At first he would just pull himself up very slowly and we had lots of falling over, but by 8 months old he was becoming a pro.  Once he hit the 9 month mark he started doing a little cruising and acts like he would like to try to to walk to something, but hasn't been brave enough to try to stand on his own.

Jeremy start pulling himself up right around 8 months old and what a little stinker he was about it.  This little guy would pull himself up just as soon as we would put him in his crib but then he couldn't figure out how to get back down.  He would cry and cry.  One of us would go lay him back down and he would immediately get back up again.  He would be super, super tired but his want (which I guess he felt was a need) to stand up and practice his new skill was too great and he simply would not just lay down and sleep.  It lasted for only a couple days when we finally gave up on getting him to sleep in his crib and put him into a pack and play to sleep (since there were no slats, he had nothing to grab to pull himself up).  So glad we bought a second crib when it hasn't been used for so long now.

The babies synced up their schedules and started napping at the same time!!  Yay!!!  We had to put them into separate rooms to get them to take good naps though - they just seemed to want to cry and fuss when they were put in the same room.  But something else amazing happened - they started going to sleep for naps on their own when I would lie them down in their crib or pack and play.  Jacob was so difficult to get to take naps - I ALWAYS had to rock him to sleep with a bottle.  Then I had to be super careful when I lay him down because if he woke up there would be no napping.  I can't tell you how fan-tab-ulous it is to have babies who, when it is nap time and I know they are or should be tired, I can just lay down and leave them.  Sometimes they whine and even get up for a bit, but they almost always just lay back down and go to sleep.

They have both turned into pretty good eaters.  It took a while to get Jeremy to eat fruit and then there were only 2 varieties that he would go for, but now he is a good little eater and I can get him to eat anything that Joel will eat.  They are not such fans of baby foods with meat in them, but they do seem to be ok with the stage 2 food apples and chicken (sounds gross to me).  We tried to move on to a stage 3 food that was chunky and that did not go over well - both babies gagged and threw up a little.  Not sure if it was the flavor or the chunks of food that they were disagreeable with.  They do like Cheerios and some of those Gerber Graduates snacks, but to be honest I am in all new territory and don't know what I am doing.  I couldn't get Jacob to eat any type of food until he was just past 15 months old and had lots of teeth.  So I find myself unsure of what I can feed them, what I shouldn't feed them, etc.

The babies have started playing with things, being super entertained by Colby and they love to see what their big brother is doing - too bad he doesn't like to have anything to do with them.

It is hard to believe that we are getting so close to 1 year old!!