It’s official, Riley is 9 months old! It feels like yesterday he was a newborn, and now he’s into everything!! He continues to enjoy the weekdays at school. As soon as I pull the stroller up in front of the classroom Riley begins smiling, laughing, and kicking his legs with excitement to go play with his friends. It’s almost embarrassing when I go pick him up at the end of the day because most children are beyond thrilled to see their parents while my child sees me and darts for the toy box to get a few more minutes of play time in! Riley is certainly “speed crawling” these days, and his favorite thing to go after is the dog water bowl. The second he realizes the laundry room door is open and the bowl is free reign, he takes off and I can barely catch those two little hind legs in time before he dumps it over. This also goes for attempting to dart out the dog door, pulling DirectTV boxes off the entertainment center…etc…etc… He certainly keeps us on our toes, but we are loving every single exciting second of it! The other new “trick” is pulling up to a standing position on everything in sight. We bought Riley a push cart (like a mini lawn mower) that he pulls up on and WALKS across the room! He is walking slowly these days, but I’m afraid it’s only a matter of days before he’s walking without any support… Lord help us! We’ve also had to move the video monitor off of the side of the crib because that has also been a new discovery, and we’ve spent numerous evenings keeled over laughing as we check the monitor only to see 2 little nostrils and a pacifier smashed up against the camera. Riley did so well at his 9 month doctors appointment (a finger prick and a shot and no tears!), and here are the big boy’s stats:
Weight: 21 lbs 6 oz – 60% percentile
Height: 31.25 inches – 99% percentile
We have one tall dude on our hands!! Happy 9 months Big Boy!!
Heading outside to play - he's been upgraded to the back of the buggy! Gettin' chilly!
Riley's teachers have to "wedge" him up to the table for snack because he manages to push back from the table and hop his chair around the room with those long legs. Silly boy!
Excuse me, Mom, but I'm trying to play and you are interrupting me!
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