He's his own person now!

October 23, 2012

He's his own person now!

Nikolai is 9 months old today, which means that he's been outside of me as long as he was inside of me! He's so big now, it's totally nuts to look at him and think that he really grew in my belly :) But it's also SO wonderful to think that he started as such a tiny tiny thing and now he's crawling around and laughing and gaining his own personality.

Some stats/feats:

-At his doctor's appointment today, Nikolai weighed 21 lbs (59%) and was 28 in tall (42%). That's so weird to me cause that means that in the 3 months since his last appointment, he's gained 3 lbs but only grown an inch, but to me it seems like he's grown SO tall! But what was really surprising was his head size; his head has grown an inch in circumference which puts him in the 91% for head size--so basically his head is bigger than 91% of other babies his age :) It's funny because I thought he had a big head, but now we know for sure! ;D

-Nikolai has gotten 2 more teeth in the past month! Now he has 4 on top and 2 on bottom.

-He's gotten much better at cruising along furniture and now will walk while holding on to someone's hands. He's really excited about it and seems like he's learning that walking can be a means of transportation, so lately it's become his favorite game :)

-This month he's grown more socially than physically: he's started having stranger anxiety, will crawl over and get in my lap when he wants comfort or wants to play, and even started crying and crawling towards me when I walked out the door the other day! Those sound little and silly but it's just so neat to see him grow and develop in so many tiny little ways that add up to make him a little person!

-His favorite things to do: pointing, clapping, reading books, wrestling with daddy and playing peekaboo.

And now, a barrage of photos!

(Being silly and wrestling his way out of his jammies)