New Year's

We made it for a short trip to Entiat for New Year's again this year. Tom got to see some more snow. He did go out a little bit and check things out. He also went out for quite a while and hung out by the campfire on New Year's Eve. But he went to bed as soon as the fireworks started. He was not too impressed with them.

Thanks to the Wheelers for having us over!

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Tom's First Christmas

 We had plans to go to Vashon for Christmas so we decided to do our own little Christmas at home on Christmas Eve so we didn't have to take all of our presents with us. We only really bought Tom one present since he has so many toys already. He loves the little activity table we bought him. And of course he loved playing with all the wrapping and especially the bows and ribbons.

We went to the Roberts Christmas Eve Dinner and had a great time seeing everyone. Then we went over to my parents house on Vashon to stay the night. Christmas morning we opened presents with my family. He loved playing around with his cousin Lena and loved all his new toys.

Tom even got to try some Christmas dinner. I blended his roast potatoes and asparagus together. He sort of liked it once I put some bananas in there. Next year he will get to try the real deal.

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Happy Holidays

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9 Month Checkup

Thomas had his 9 month checkup today. The doctor said all is looking good. Here are his stats. His weight didn't go up as much, but they said that is normal when babies start to become more active. He is still pretty high on the weight percentile though.

Date	Weight	Length	Head Circumfrance
Birth	8 lbs. 11 oz.	19.7"	14"
2 Wks	9 lbs. 5 oz. 69th percentile	22" 91st percentile	15.25" 85th percentile
2 Month	12 lbs. 14.8 oz. 61st percentile	23.5" 68th percentile	16" 87th percentile
4 Month	16 lbs. 15.6 oz. 85th percentile	26.5" 92nd percentile	16.75" 55th percentile
6 Month	19 lbs. 15.8 oz. 86th percentile	29" 99th percentile	17.5" 70th percentile
9 Month	21 lbs. 9.6 oz. 68th percentile	30" 94th percentile	18" 63.5th percentile

Tom no gets to become a meat eater. I don't think Dean's ribs will be the first thing he will try like Eric wanted, but he will get some eventually.

9 Months Old

Tom is 9 months old today.

He has had a lot of firsts this month. He had his first Thanksgiving. 

 

He ate his first fresh fruit in one of those little mesh pops. He loved pineapple and cantaloupe, but he wasn't too sure about watermelon. It is really nice because I he can eat while I do the dishes or something in the kitchen. His first two teeth finally popped through on the bottom and I think the top two are just starting to pop through because he is getting all fussy and snotty again. He saw his first snow on the ground. He still hasn't seen it falling yet so I am not sure he knows what it was really.

  

He saw Santa for the first time. We went to the Santa in Wenatchee. When we went out to do a little day after Thanksgiving shopping at the mall we noticed there was a Santa and no line at all. So we went back the next day and got a picture. We wish that they had waited a second till we could get him to smile, but at least he didn't cry.

Sort of helped pick out his first Christmas Tree. We went to our favorite Christmas Tree farm near out house and Tom got to look at a bunch of trees. Then we went in and looked at all the pretty ornaments. But Eric decided he didn't want to cut down a tree this year so we bought a little tree in a pot. It is small but cute. And Tom loves it. The nice thing is that I didn't have to spend a lot of time decorating this year.

Tom had been trying to say Da Da. I can see him make the movements with his mouth after I say it but nothing comes out. Then he gives up and then says Ma Ma. He has figured out how to click his tongue. I think he is also sort of figuring out or at least attempting how to say all done in sign because we do that at the end of every meal.

He has become a lot more interactive while playing. He can roll a ball around. He also shakes his little noise makers to music. He also loves the tickle monster. He can clap his hands.

Tom is still working on crawling. He can hold up his stomach for a little while now, but he still hasn't figured out how to move forward. He can crawl backwards but that only makes him more frustrated because he is moving in the opposite direction from his goal. I guess he will figure it out eventually.

Tom has also abandoned his jumper. He no longer likes being confined. His favorite thing now is walking. He still needs lots of help, so you have to hold him with two hands, but he absolutely loves it. He will pull up on your hands to stand up and then off he goes. He even sort of runs. Eric and I both have a sore back from bending over so much, but he is so demanding that he wants to walk more that it is hard to get him to focus on anything else. I guess before you know it he will be walking on his own.

We are now trying to get play area ready for him that is baby proofed. We are getting rid of our pool table, and Tony is taking the Foosball table, and that is going to be Tom's play area. We have lots of work to do still before he really gets moving around, but he is doing pretty good sitting on his little play mats and playing with his toys. Or at least until he wants to start walking again.

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