Ian is 9 months old!

Wow, I haven't blogged in a while. Sorry about that.

Ian is up to quite a bit these days. He's crawling with his belly off the ground (watch out Caz!)

He's quite the zippy little guy.

Ian can also stand up easily using the couch or a chair. We've gotten him to take steps with someone holding his hands, or with his scootie walker, but he hasn't walked on his own yet. He's so close! My little man is growing up *sniff*

We had a rough patch with him a couple of weeks ago. We lowered the crib mattress and took out the little puppy that was hung on the side. That night, he woke up several times, screaming and crying to be held. Definitely not his usual behavior. Over the next week, he continued to wake up and scream bloody murder about an hour after he went to bed. It was a little stressful for Mom and Dad!

We finally figured out that because we'd taken the puppy out of the crib, he didn't have anything to soothe or entertain himself when he woke up naturally at night. We put his stuffed hippo in the crib, and re-hung the puppy, and now he's sleeping through the night again. He still fusses when he goes down, though, and that's hard on Mommy. I don't like to hear him cry for me. Luckily it only lasts for five minutes or so - I don't think I could take more.

He's still our happy little guy, of course. Every day I look at him and thank the powers that be for this beautiful little boy. And I love Jon more for giving him to me. Life is good :)