Zechariah at 9 months:

Yet another month has just flew by and here he is 9 months old already! There have been a lot of firsts that have happened this month. He is such a wonderful, curious and interative little boy. So now Zechariah at 9 months:

• Still wears size three diapers.
• Wears 12 month and 18 month clothing--depending on the fit.
• Not sure how much he weighs, but he is a really tall boy and is now longer than his change table--which makes changing him a little interesting at times.
• Continues to absolutely love the outdoors.
• Loves the water, even the cold Okanogan Lake.
• Visited the ocean (Pacific) for the first time and got wet! He loved it of course!
• Goes nuts when he sees a puppy dog--he sure does love them.
• Imitates sounds that you make and said his first word on Father's Day (dada). We were all sitting around the table trying to get him to say it and he did!! John was beaming and thought that was the best Father's Day gift in the world.
• Is an excellent traveller. We spent many long days driving these past three weeks and he was so amazing! We are so blessed!
• Visited B.C. for the first time.
• Left Canada and was in the United States (Seattle) for the first time.
• Crawls or pushes himself backwards all the time. Made his first couple of forward "crawls" this morning. He is still not completely crawling, but he is trying really hard.
• Can sit upright all by himself from his tummy. It's so cute to watch him!
• Started pulling himself up into the standing position. He sat up and then proceeded to stand up in his crib today. Scared both mommy and daddy, as the crib needs to be adjusted to a lower setting now. Yikes!
• Has started eating chunkier food now--but still pretends to gag.
• Met his Uncle Gary, Auntie Janice, cousin Andrew and Jaye Lynn and his two little cousins Alycia and Kylie for the first time.
• Laughs a lot.
• Continues to teeth--not sure which teeth are coming in this time, but he's teething.
• Sleeps on his tummy all the time now.
• Continues to nap two/three times a day.
• Sleeps through the night, when we are on schedule, which has been hard lately with travelling.
• Will offer you his soother or any other toy if you open your mouth and ask for it. It's hilarious...not that any body wants his soother or anything that he has been slobbering all over, but he is learning how to share! :o)