Nine Months

That's right. Adam is now nine months old. I have now had him outside the womb for more time than inside.  I feel so blessed to have this sweet little boy in my life. Here is some information about how our little monkey is progressing
~he now weighs sixteen pounds and is 27 inches long (very shrimpy as expected :)
~army crawling gets him everywhere he wants to go (unless he is on the grass or bare bellied, than it's regular hands and knees crawling)
~he likes to explore and will leave the room I am in to check things out, but if I leave the room he cries :p
~we have conversations back and forth and his favorite words are da-da-da
~ he waves when you tell him to or when you wave to him
~mama's boy, all the way
~ claps his hands when excited
~little mountain climber, especially likes climbing over mom or dad to get to any kind of electronics.
~he can pull himself up on just about anything (including moms legs while I am doing dishes)
~Adam likes to cruise on furniture and walk while holding at least one older person's hand he has even let go a few times, resulting in a stand for up to three seconds!
~he likes to "walk" (fall) between mom and dad
~he loves being outside (just wish it were a touch warmer here)

Because he is so small the doctor told me I should feed him a lot more calories (specifically ice cream, butter, and coconut oil with all his food) and no more drinking water, just juice. So we are working on that.  Adam is just a super active little boy, who has a super sweet and cute personality.

At the temple in march when my little sister got married:

More pictures to come!

The marvelous gift of HEALTH!

When I titled the last post I was not expecting it to be prophetic.  Adam was on the mend from his ear ache when all of  sudden he got sick, gross sick with a fever and hives.  I took him into urgent care again and they told me he is probably allergic to amoxicillin. bummer.  on top of that Nathaniel and I got sick with a stomach flu.  Now after about two weeks of sickness we are all starting to feel a lot better.
Adam learned a new trick.  He can pull himself up to standing on just about every thing, most especially his crib. This posses a very different but real problem.  He doesn't get himself down.  I have been working with him to teach him how to bend his knees and land on his bum, but even ever since his birth, this child does not bend!  Nap time, which used to go so smoothly and was enjoyed by all is now the biggest battle of the day.  What a stubborn boy I have!  I hope it is getting better but currently he can stand and cry in his crib during nap time for more than and hour and a half. This morning he made an improvement of fifteen minutes less then his yesterdays record of one hour fifty-five minutes.  Adam is not a happy camper when he is so tired (a lot like his mom) so I really hope he learns quickly how to get down and stay lying down soon!
When he is awake, Adam is exploring everything.  He can get into just about anything that is lower than our hips and it is so much fun to see him learn from every thing around him.

Today I would like to share one of my favorite quotes.

"life is too short to be decidedly anything other than happy"

it has meant a lot to me as I have not been the happiest while sick and dealing with Adams stubbornness, and in retrospect I am sorry that I let my bad attitude get me down.  Even when the situation has not changed, an attitude adjustment can make a world of a difference.  A big part of this is remembering that my savior didn't die so I can make myself and others around me miserable by my bad moods, but so that I may find joy in obedience, learn and grow from trials and to gain experience.  I owe so much to him, I owe it to him to be happy. so today I decide to be happy.  I choose my love and love my choice because life is much to short to waste it being a grump.

And here are some more reasons to smile!

 Looking out the window

 climbing up to play with dad

 working with dad

 working on his funny faces, monkey

 fish

 scrunch nose

standing in the diaper box

he fell asleep in the car holding onto the Frisbee, we had to pry it from his fingers, so sweet :)