Today You Are Nine Months

Dear Samuel,
You look like a little man in this photo. You are such a handsome guy! This month you kept us busy while you:

started creeping around the house on your tummy like a soldier
ate and ate and ate and fussed whenever we took your empty bowl to the sink
discovered your love of balloons and became our own little "balloon boy"
learned how to get yourself from a tummy to a sitting position
figured out how to rummage through your toy box, looking for just the right thing
sat in the seat of a grocery cart for the first time
suffered from an increasingly bad case of separation anxiety - even if Mommy took two steps from you, you cried...hard
played in the grass outside - you like to watch Sophie play fetch. She runs by you extra fast, just to show-off!
started sleeping in your crib with the mattress all the way down - fun!
played on the playground for the first time, swinging in the swing with Granny Nell
crawled all over Mommy, all day long...
ate some new foods
got your first card in the mail; Papa and Grandma sent it to you
became The WonderPets biggest fan
celebrated your first Halloween - you were the cutest kid in the neighborhood - moo!
pushed your first tooth through, just a little bit
became a not-so-good shopper; you want to be out of your stoller and moving around
stopped being such a good listener during storytime at the library - again, you liked to crawl all over Mama
enjoyed music - baby songs, grown-up tunes, even tv jingles make you bob up and down to the beat!

We love you, Samuel.
Mommy