Colton 9 months

This last month with Colton has been really fun and really trying!  He is learning so much, growing and changing.  My little baby boy is trying to grow up and be a little boy.  He loves his sisters so much and is starting to defend himself with some serious hair pulling.  

 

This boy is obsessed with balloons, he gets so excited!  His arms and legs are moving and he is exstatic.  I also really love his adorably chunky legs, so squishy and kissable.

The time between dinner and bedtime is always a bit of a challenge.  When we can I love to go outside so they can get their crazy out before bed and it doesn't bother me so much.  This evening it was still really hot, and the girls were playing in an ice chest of water.  All was well until Ally "pretended" to squirt Colton and got a few drops on him.  While I was getting after her for not being careful Eva ran up to him and dumped water on him!  He did not appreciate it at all.  Being the good mother that I am I took a picture of this sad boy before cuddling with him (for loves and for his protection).

6/15/15 Colton is moving around so much, rolling back and forth, reaching lunging and scooting.

He is going through a really rough time sleeping.  It is like he suddenly forgot how to sleep through the night.  At its worse he woke up 6 or 7 times.  This from the boy who had been sleeping through the night for months.  Mama doesn't appreciate sleep regression, at all.

6/19/15 Using sleep training (which has been really hard with him, his problems were at 1am most nights) he finally slept through the night again.  Hopefully he keeps progressing!

6/20/15 First time swimming! He joined in on the fun at Aunt Kathryn's swimming pool.  At first he wasn't so sure about the water, and would suck in his breath whenever it touched him.  Slowly we helped him get used to it and pretty soon he was loving it.

6/24/15 Pulling himself up onto his knees on the coffee table and  the couch

6/25/15 Sat through is first movie at the movie theater The Penguins of Madagascar, the things he does for his sisters!

6/25/15 FIRST TOOTH!!! I discovered it (a bottom tooth) while he was chewing on my finger.  Just barely coming through.

7/2/15 started to crawl while at Grandmas house.  Trying to get to the girls sandals to chew on, sadly he was denied his prize