"Miracle In The Making": October 2009

I'm embarrassed about how long it has taken me to post this. I have been working on it for about a week, its been a crazy month for us here. Go, Go, Go....just like August! August turned 9 months old on the 14th. Where did 8 months go??? It definitely went fast! We spent this past month camping, going to Bird City Convention, to Texas to see Mamaw and Paw Paw, and to Greeley to see Grandma Joy. We were gone just about every weekend. August really does great travelling. In fact, he actually does better when we are going somewhere then when we are just sticking around the house. When I took him to his 9 month appointment he weighed in at 19 pounds which is in the 26%tile, and he is 30.8 in. long which is in the 98%tile. Even though he is not gaining a lot of weight the doctor is not worried because he is healthy and his growth curve is going up. He is just loooooooong and skinny. We totally skipped the 9 month clothes. We went straight to 12-18 month. They are HUGE in the waist but at least he is not preparing for a flood :) Our other HUGE accomplishment this month is CRAWLING!!!! YIKES! I thought that I was busy before. At the first of the month he was rocking on his hands and knees and then one day figured out that he could "army crawl" and boy was he fast. He did this for several weeks and then he finally started to crawl for real! Last week he learned how to pull up to his feet. He had been pulling up to his knees for some time but finally figured out how to get to his feet. The funny thing is that he would stand in one position forever because he didn't know how to get back down! After about 4 days of this he decided to try to move along furniture and now he tries to go from one piece of furniture to the other if they are close. He is moving along FAST! August now has 6 teeth. Four on the top and two on bottom. That means that he is LOVING real food that he can chew. He love cheerios and chicken! Oh yeah...and mammaw's homemade butter pecan ice cream! He is almost starting to prefer table food over baby food...which is fine with me :) This past week has been a little bit hard for August. He was so fussy at the beginning of the week which is odd for him and he was really clingy. Darren and I just thought that he was teething. Then two nights ago he woke up about 6 times during the night and just wouldn't sleep and was burning hot so we took his temp and it was 103. We took him to the doctor the next day and he has an ear infection. Yuck! His temp got up to 104 last night but this morning he is feeling much better. Hopefully those antibiotics will kick in quick! It is so hard to see your little one sick and hurting. It just breaks your heart. I thought that being a nurse would toughen me up a bit but when it comes to your own child its a whole different ballgame. We are having an amazing time here watching August grow and learn. And of course we are LOVING his big hugs and sloppy kisses!

This is at Hayden's birthday party when he finally learned how to army crawl. He thought it was the coolest thing ever!

August and great grandma Rene

Cousins!

Loving his laptop!

Funny face

August loves to play the piano. He loves to sit in Daddys lap and just listen and then bang a few notes here and there. We have to be careful about the times that we let him play because it is VERY difficult to get him away from the piano. He has thrown his biggest temper tantrums when we have taken him away from the piano. I hope that he doesn't outgrow his love for music!