And, what did our little 9 month old do to celebrate his big morning? He made his first phone call!
So... story is, my father is currently in Russia, and has been away for nearly a month now... well, during a really chaotic diaper change this morning I finally gave in and gave Beni my cell phone to play with. (Cell phones, remotes and water bottles are this child's weakness!) Well, low and behold, he scrolls through my top five and calls none other than his Grandpa! I guess he realizes that it's been awhile since he's has "Grampy bonding" so he decided to call him up to see where the heck he's been! Silly baby, Grandpa cannot receive calls in Russia, but I will definitely shoot him over an e-mail and give him the message.
Beni misses his Gramp-gramp!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Nine months! What an exciting age!
It has been a whirlwind the last few months, he has been growing by leaps and bounds and learning new things much quicker than I can humanely keep track! Most importantly ladies and gentlemen, we have babbling (... again!) and it's back with a vengeance. :)
There is no sweeter sound to my ears. Within the last couple of days, Beni has picked up babbling again since he quit entirely in January. What's even better is how rhythmic he is. "Blahbaba mamam lalada iluhu ahhh..." on and on, loud and clear, like the tune of a song. It's so beautiful and it has brought me endless smiles lately. I could hear that sound for the rest of my life... pure bliss!
He's also a crawling fool now, too! And I mean full-fledged, traditional crawling, unlike the army crawl he mastered like a champ before. I can hardly keep up; I'm so thankful we put down the flooring in the house... not a day too soon! His newfound "ability" has kept me on my toes like never in my life before... this little 20lb tyke is focused and raring to go. When he sees something that he wants, not even a mountain could hold him back (as his mastered climbing, too!)
Something that has seemingly gone hand in hand with his crawling is his energy level, which has just exploded this month. Diaper changes have turned into wrestling matches, he's flipped his bouncer not once, but three times, he pulls himself up to standing position and cruises along whatever he can get a grip on, and then... he's off! Into one thing and then the next, making a mess of anything and everything he crosses paths with. We cannot seem to keep him in one place for more than a second anymore.
Essentially, he is our lovable and focused little tyrant of a boy.
This last month has also been a very trying month on all of us... Beni, with his two bottom teeth coming in, he also had another ear infection (third so far in his nine months) which completely disrupted his ever improving sleeping routine... Beni has accrued a lot of sleep debt and has not been sleeping through the night for at least a couple of weeks now. His ears were checked yesterday, and he's completely free of any fluid or infection... and yet, he's still not sleeping well. I feel absolutely horrible about that. I'm hoping that it's teething related and will pass soon.
Another new personality trait that appeared this month is stranger anxiety. Our once very welcoming and smiling little social butterfly is now very cautious around new people. It seems to take him an upward of 10 minutes to really feel comfortable in a new atmosphere or around a new person. I suppose it's the same for me too, really... :)
Last but not least, his stats... his official wellness visit is scheduled for the twelfth, but I know that he is 20lbs exactly and approximately 27" long. I'll update with the percentile information as soon as I find out.
P.S. Oh, oh, oh... I did forget to mention that when he wants to be picked up, he extends both arms out high and wide... and once I pick him up he gives the greatest and most loving hug a mom could ask for! We are so, so, so blessed!
There is no sweeter sound to my ears. Within the last couple of days, Beni has picked up babbling again since he quit entirely in January. What's even better is how rhythmic he is. "Blahbaba mamam lalada iluhu ahhh..." on and on, loud and clear, like the tune of a song. It's so beautiful and it has brought me endless smiles lately. I could hear that sound for the rest of my life... pure bliss!
He's also a crawling fool now, too! And I mean full-fledged, traditional crawling, unlike the army crawl he mastered like a champ before. I can hardly keep up; I'm so thankful we put down the flooring in the house... not a day too soon! His newfound "ability" has kept me on my toes like never in my life before... this little 20lb tyke is focused and raring to go. When he sees something that he wants, not even a mountain could hold him back (as his mastered climbing, too!)
Something that has seemingly gone hand in hand with his crawling is his energy level, which has just exploded this month. Diaper changes have turned into wrestling matches, he's flipped his bouncer not once, but three times, he pulls himself up to standing position and cruises along whatever he can get a grip on, and then... he's off! Into one thing and then the next, making a mess of anything and everything he crosses paths with. We cannot seem to keep him in one place for more than a second anymore.
Essentially, he is our lovable and focused little tyrant of a boy.
This last month has also been a very trying month on all of us... Beni, with his two bottom teeth coming in, he also had another ear infection (third so far in his nine months) which completely disrupted his ever improving sleeping routine... Beni has accrued a lot of sleep debt and has not been sleeping through the night for at least a couple of weeks now. His ears were checked yesterday, and he's completely free of any fluid or infection... and yet, he's still not sleeping well. I feel absolutely horrible about that. I'm hoping that it's teething related and will pass soon.
Another new personality trait that appeared this month is stranger anxiety. Our once very welcoming and smiling little social butterfly is now very cautious around new people. It seems to take him an upward of 10 minutes to really feel comfortable in a new atmosphere or around a new person. I suppose it's the same for me too, really... :)
Last but not least, his stats... his official wellness visit is scheduled for the twelfth, but I know that he is 20lbs exactly and approximately 27" long. I'll update with the percentile information as soon as I find out.
P.S. Oh, oh, oh... I did forget to mention that when he wants to be picked up, he extends both arms out high and wide... and once I pick him up he gives the greatest and most loving hug a mom could ask for! We are so, so, so blessed!
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