Billy at 9 months

Billy is learning to walk at 9 months! I need to look back in the babybooks to see when the girls were shuffling behind their push toys, but I think my little motor skills boy is ahead of the girls on this one. I hate to say it's all gender related, but I have heard boys are more motor skills and girls are more language at earlier ages. We will see!

The girls had cute sturdy things to push around, but here is my little man, pushing around Sasha's food in a P'Sghetti's mostacciolii tub. Ah, the poor deprived third child! :)



Other fun Billy facts are.....

He is getting 2 more bottom teeth (one on each side of those center 2). One side cut through and the other is close behind. This is a big change from all our 3 bottomed teeth toddlers of last winter. He might go for an even 4! :)

He is standing alone, but not for very long. He can walk while holding on to our hands. He can clap, wave, sign "all done", and show you How Big is Billy? He says ma ma, da da, and ba ba. We think they are for his parents and bottle, but he says them pretty much all the time, so it's hard to say if he really knows their meanings or not! :) AND he is in to EVERYTHING. All toilet paper rolls are pre-unrolled for you (such a host, hey?), all cabinets are emptied daily, poor Sasha gets no food or water (except during nap time) because Billy empties it the moment it's set down, all toilets MUST be kept closed, AND any paper item will be consumed.




His FAVORITE thing in the world (besides mommy of course) is this Snuggle Puppy. I'm trying to think of a manly name for his "lovie". Any suggestions before the kid starts to talk? Holding Howie? Bruce? Snuggly Wittle Lovie? Causes him to immediately suck his thumb. Other cute Billy-isms is that anything kind of soft causes the thumb sucking too... he'll grab your hair and suck thumb, maddilyn's slipper with a tiny silk age AND thumb, a random sock on the floor + thumb..... makes me smile every time! :)

He is growing like a weed and is half a pound away from being OUT of that pumpkin seat. I remember wondering if Maddilyn would make it to 20 lbs by 1 year for the big girl seat.... and here is the little man at 22 already at 9 months!

And just for kicks, this week he peed ON this doll house. SIGH! Changing his diaper is like wrestling an alligator. It usually involves 2 hands and elbows or feet pinning him down. At one point, he was standing at this house pantsless and peed on it! Ah, the joy of boys!

PS.... pants are back on and the house has been sanitized!