Happy 9-month Birthday!
Yes. It is here! His 9-month birthday! I can’t believe it! He is becoming such a little man. Today’s post is going to be kinda like a day in the life of Abraham. I thought you all would enjoy this.
Ok. So it is 3 am and do you know what Abraham is doing? He is playing Bob the Builder in his bed and has been for about 20 minutes. This consists of him taking his pacifier and banging the hard part on the crib wood. Yes. That is my little Bob the Builder hard at work! Of course at 3 am, I can’t say I am all that thrilled. Well, this banging continues but now he is starting to get a little fussy. He is tired and since he has decided to keep himself awake, his body thinks it is time to eat. Yippee. I climb out of bed and go feed him. He thankfully goes back to sleep.
Aaron has to work first shift today. So he had to leave the house at 7 am! NUTS! We did not enjoy that AT ALL. So, my sleep is once again interrupted by Daddy having to get ready for work and take the trash out, etc… Well, 8:45 am rolls around and it is time to feed the doggies. I get up and take care of them. Meanwhile, Abraham decides to wake up. Darn! I really thought I might be able to sneak in another hour of sleep. Nope. He does take another bottle and acts kinda sleepy still. So, I try to lay him down. It works! He went back to sleep! So, I am in bed enjoying my 45 minutes of hopeful sleep when the phone rings. It was Daddy saying good morning! He felt bad but really, I needed to get up. I have FAR too many things to get done in a very short amount of time. So, I get up and shower and by the time I am all ready, I hear Bob the Builder again. He is so cute! I absolutely think his little banging the crib deal is so adorable. So, I give Abraham a big GOOD MORNING routine – he loves it when you come in all happy and smiley. He just lights up. I get him dressed and ready for breakfast! He got to enjoy oatmeal and bananas, apples and raspberries for breakfast while mommy got to enjoy waffles! I can’t wait to share waffles with him. It is going to be so cool!
Now it is play time. I put him on the floor with his toys near the kitchen while I get things cleaned up and start planning for packing for vacation. Abraham is just having a good ol’ time and as you can see, he loves to throw stuff! How do you teach a 9-month-old what you can and can’t throw? He makes no distinguishment between a big/hard object and a smaller/soft object. He honestly prefers the bigger/harder ones because they make more noise when hitting the tile floor.
**NOTE** I didn’t realize the camera was on its side while filming until about half way through! Sorry for the neck cramps!
So, he gets done with throwing things and I proceed to offer him some juice because he has been working really hard!
He is such a big boy! He has mastered straw drinking. He actually loves straw drinking so much that whenever we have a cup with a straw (like Speedway) he goes nuts expecting for you to let him have some! Too cute!
So he now is getting tired of playing on the floor. So we get some exersaucer time! This only lasts about 15 minutes. Enough time for me to vacuum the dog room/office and clean the downstairs bathroom.
Since that didn’t last very long, we go back to the floor and he was just talking up a storm! His new favorite sound/word is “ba”. He goes around saying ba ba ba ba ba. It is so cute! We are trying to teach Ball since it is a pretty close sound. He does recognize “ball” but hasn’t quite said it. But as they say, practice makes perfect! As you can see, he decided to get quiet for the video and even a bit fussy. It was nearly nap-time.
And now here is Mommy’s favorite time. I love him being awake and alert, but I just think he is the sweetest thing when sleeping.
Nap time is over and on to playing we go!!!
We started out on the bed while Mommy folded laundry. Abraham was having quite a bit of fun with his piano and of course the bedding and laundry!
Abraham was actually pretty tired even after his nap but we held out for Daddy to get home! He achieved yet ANOTHER milestone today. He ate an entire stage 3 food jar without gagging! That is a big deal because I have been trying to get him to eat Stage 3 jars (due to the quantity of food) but he was having none of the texture. But tonight he did it! Yippee!!!
Then we played ball for awhile! He was quite good!
I really enjoyed taking the video:)
He has made SO many changes this week. He has learned to go from sitting to laying down on his belly (more gracefully than previously) and he even sat UP tonight! He went from his belly to his rear! He actually figured out how to sit! I am so proud! He actually did it twice! I called Daddy immediately and shared the news. Of course for the rest of the night he didn’t repeat this feat. That’s okay, he will probably do it again soon.
Now it was time for bath time and Daddy volunteered. It was pretty cool to watch Hammy giggling at Daddy’s tricks with the rubber ducky.
By now Abraham is completely exhausted and ready for bed.
And here is his little foot!
