Nine Months of Jonathan

It is still a little crazy to think back this time a year ago I was just realizing I was pregnant and now Jonathan is already nine months old. If there is one word to describe Jonathan these days it would be HAPPY. Everywhere we go people always comment on how happy he is. It is always ironic to hear because as an infant it was such a daily struggle to get him happy and then keep him content for longer than five minutes. However, things have changed and he is full of smiles and loves life from his surroundings to the people he encounters.

A few things to know about Jonathan:

• At his nine month well check appointment this week Jonathan was in the 75th percentile in height and weight. He weighs 22 lbs which is pretty much the same as Parker if not a little more. On a side note, this was the first time we went from one well check appointment to the next without having to see the doctor in between for some sort of sickness. This made the doctor very HAPPY to see him doing so well.
• He is constantly on the move usually crawling after Parker to see what he is up to He is so much HAPPIER now that he is mobile and can get to where the people and the action is taking place. He gets so excited about moving from room to room he usually laughs while he is crawling.
• He has seven teeth - 4 on the top and 3 on the bottom and is always HAPPY to show them off to anyone who gives him attention.
• We have started table food with him. So far he has liked everything we have offered him. The only problem is, he grabs his food with both hands in a fist and puts it up to his mouth so some ends up in his mouth and a lot ends up on the floor which makes the dogs very HAPPY.
• He is getting so much better about putting himself to sleep. He was quite spoiled as an infant because since he was so hard to get comfortable we would usually rock him until he was sound asleep before putting him down. Then when he was sick during most of the winter we continued with the same pattern. Now we still rock him for a little bit but then put him in his bed with his music on and more times than not he is able to put himself to sleep. This makes his mom VERY HAPPY when this happens. He takes 2 naps a day and is sleeping through the night.
• Jonathan is HAPPIEST when: he is pulling up on an object or a person, he has something in his mouth to chew on, a person talks to him, Parker plays with him, his dad wrestles with him, he is riding in the front of the grocery cart, or when he is in the swing at the park.