No fear

Andon is part monkey. I'm sure of it. He just has no fear when it comes to climbing. It started with the little rocking chair, then the couch, then the big glider in his room. In the past 5 days it has been the crib, the cat scratching post and now the kitchen chairs. He has only tried climbing into the crib, but I know he is only days or weeks away from climbing out! It has to be hereditary, Michael climbed every tree or wall he came across as a kid. I saw him scale a wall just this past Thanksgiving. Lets hope Andon skips that for a few years.

Mark is going to have a heart attack any day now. I just shrug my shoulders. He's a boy and well lets face it kids get hurt. Sierra had that fractured ankle at 18 months. Andon is right on pace for that too. I just know we'll be in the ER shortly with stitches or a broken something. Oh well, at least we'll have some stories to tell.

Got it!

Mama I'm part cat too.

No way to stay mad at this face.

It's official

We have a walker in the house. Andon has been walking for over a month. For a while he would walk like a bear or revert to crawling. But Mark and I have not seen him do anything but walk for the past 3 days. It's pretty awesome. He's slow at times and a little unsteady, but he gets where he wants to go.

Andon Update

Andon had his 12 months checkup today. He is 30.5 inches and 20 lbs 3 ounces. He's growing longer as fast as his sister. I checked on her 12 months stats and she was the same length and 21lbs. Kind of crazy that they are that similar. Andon got the all clear to switch to whole milk so we'll start that transition tomorrow. This makes mama & daddy very happy. $4 every 2 weeks for milk vs. $28 is a much better deal.

She also took a look at his mouth and agrees with me that his teeth are right there. His top gums are bulging in the middle, so they may be first. She's pretty sure he'll go from none to 4 then 8 pretty quickly. Yippee for teething! I only hope it doesn't happen while are in San Diego for my cousins wedding. Won't that be a good time!

And he's off . . .

While it may not be an "official" crawl, Andon is off and moving fast. He started rolling all over the family room at 5 months. Started rocking on his knees 6 weeks ago and started army crawling (ie, pulling himself across the floor) last week. Now he is doing a combo crawl/drag thing that is taking him where he wants to go and FAST. Bella and Gunner are in trouble. Nala never gets down to his level so she's the only one who won't be bothered.

9 months

Andon turned 9 months last week. He had his well check today. He is 29 inches and weighs 17 lbs 14oz. That puts him in the 75th percentile for height and 10-25th for weight. A slight dip in weight, he hasn't lost any but, he hasn't gained much (only 7 ounces). At the same time though he has grown 2 inches. His pediatrician suggested cheese, yogurt, protein and pasta. All things he already eats with gusto, so we'll just give him more. He LOVES food so it shouldn't be a problem for him. In fact he prefers food to formula so he will be more than pleased. No shots, just an anemia check and all is good there. All in all he's a healthy boy. I'm just destined to have long, lean kids. They clearly got the good genes in the family!

Mama, where's my food?

Andon waited very patiently for me to feed him at lunch today. Shocking really, he usually yells and waves his hands to get me to start shoveling food into his mouth.