9 months old

Reed is 9 months old already. Completely freaks me out, cause it's been so fast. Everyone tells you that and it's true. Here are some things that Reed has accomplished so far in his short life:

• He shakes his head "no" at the most appropriate times to crack us up, though I'm pretty sure he doesn't know what it really means.
• Crawls everywhere now, two speeds - slow and turbo fast.
• Pulls up to standing on anything he can possibly try, legs, drawers, chairs, and refrigerator doors:
  
• Saying a variety of things such as "mamamama" and "dadada" though, not sure he is saying anything in particular just playing.
• Eats everything in site. Not so psyched about mashed up veggies, but loving the fruit, puffs, yogurt melts and pretty much anything an adult has on their plate, especially sweet potatoes, carbanara, mashed potatoes and pot roast, and brownie and ice cream. He can pick up food and put it in his mouth, but that tends to get messy fast, as demonstrated by the food on his head in below picture.
  

• Smiling and laughing all the time - especially to women strangers, I believe that he is a flirt already.
• Sleeping through the night - almost religiously gets up at 6:30-6:45 every morning, no matter what time he went to sleep. Does two pretty good naps during the day too.
• Not a huge fan of his car seat but is alright once the car starts moving, and almost always falls asleep during the ride.
• Snuggles with his mom and dad when he is tired or doesn't feel good.
• Loves to pull glasses off your face and play with them.
• Has made it through his first ear infection after two rounds of antibiotics - hopefully no tubes in his future.
• He likes to crawl over to London when he is on his dog bed, London will usually ignore him. He will crawl over to London if he is sitting in the middle of the floor (probably going after his tail) and London will usually walk away. London will hover around Reed's high chair during a meal, hoping for a fallen morsel.
• He has a fondness for balls, he will push it then crawl after it and when he gets to it, will push it again and keep crawling after it. Almost dog like...
• He has the best laugh in the world.
• His favorite book is "That's Not My Teddy...", he will turn the pages and feel all of the textures for quite some time.
• Loves to knock over things.
• Loves cords or strings of any kind.
• Enjoys splashing a lot in the bath, kicking his feet and smacking the water with his hands.
• Just learned to clap.
• Has discovered opening and closing doors, he will spend 20 minutes just pushing and pulling.
• Learned the concept of cause and effect. Example: you wiggle your fingers than tickle him, the next time he sees your fingers wiggle he will start to laugh, anticipating the tickle.
  

He has made great progress in the past 9 months, even losing a pound of weight as soon as he really started crawling, you can't stop the boy. We love our little dude and couldn't ask for a better child. We are truly lucky to have him in our lives.

Cheers~