9 Months

I'm so late getting this post up, but here goes...

• The weeks leading up to month 9 were difficult! Tate was sick for most of it! It started with a bad cold, then he recovered from that. After that, he got croup. Then he got the stomach flu (AWFUL!). During the stomach flu, he got an ear infection. During the ear infection and the stomach flu, he started teething and two new pearly whites poked their way through. It has been a ROUGH month!
• He'll cruise around furniture and pull himself up on everything. He'll also stand on his own for a few seconds at a time and he's loving his walking toy.
• His friends Lincoln Donavon taught him how fun it is to be chased around. Now when I chase him he runs away from me instead of toward me.
• He mimics our laughs and noises and thinks he's pretty funny.
• He loves other children and is getting more shy around adults.
• He opens drawers and cabinents now.
• He is very picky about food and it changes all the time. He doesn't like mashed food much anymore.
• He screams and squeals and is so loud!
• He loves animals and spent half of his time in Texas chasing the cat (let's hope this love of cats fades b/c I will never let him have one! YUCK! No offense, Mom!)
• He loves balls and cars and will push them around and chase them everywhere, along with any other object he can find.
• He figured out how to climb the stairs and hasn't stopped ever since.
• When he gets excited or angry he crawls backwards
• He dances to music by head bopping and bouncing up and down

Thanks for being the cutest, most lovable baby Tate Man!