9 months!

I have been thinking that Owen is 9 months for probably the last month. And Bryce has been telling people he has a 10 month old. But Owen is now officially 9 months old! We took him to the doctor today for his check up. No shots, just a toe prick to check his iron. He is a healthy and happy baby boy! He weighed in at 20 lbs 9 oz (50%), is 28 inches long (40%), and his head is 46cm (70%). He's got a large head that's for sure. But it's a cute large head.

 Playing with toys early one morning. Before anyone else in the world was awake. :)

Maybe I just don't remember this age with Spencer, but I swear Owen is a terrible sleeper. And it's probably because he is so loud (seriously, so loud!) that we haven't really been great about the whole sleep training (letting him cry it out). So for a while now we've just been rocking him to sleep. Which is great until he wakes up during the night and needs us to rock him to sleep again. Not so great. So before our holiday travels I decided we need to get this under control. And the past few nights he has put himself to sleep. It's getting shorter and shorter every night. Our neighbors for sure hate us. But hopefully he'll learn to soothe himself. Soon. :)

Owen still eats a fair amount of baby food and is still nursing. Lately I have been trying to give him some real food because he is not liking his baby food. I just have to keep shoving it in his mouth for him to eat any of it. He's never very willing. But he gets so excited and slightly crazy when he sees us eating real food. So I have been giving him some real food lately. And he loves it. And seriously goes nuts when he is out and wants more. I am just not too excited about this self feeding stage. Whoever thought it was a good idea to put carpet in the dining area in apartments (or anywhere for that matter) was not very smart. Am I right?

 Watching some Book of Mormon videos with Spence on Sunday morning.



He is crawling! It's been a few weeks now since he has started real crawling. And he is everywhere. He is so happy because he can now get whatever he wants. Spencer isn't as happy about it.

Here is an example of a daily occurance at our house:

 Hmmm...should I do it? Those cars look so cool!  

 Owen goes for the pumpkin. Spencer of course pulls it away.

 Can't get the pumpkin with cars inside of it, so I'll just go for the cars that are already out!

Denied.

Sometimes they do play really well together. And Owen is getting used to getting shoved around a little. He used to look at me every time Spencer would touch him and cry. It was like he was saying "Come on mom! Did you see that? Put him on time out! You know he deserves it!" But lately he just keeps going trying to get what he wants. Even with Spencer laying on his back trying to squish him so he can't crawl.

We love our baby Owen!!