three quarters

My little guy is 9 months old!  I took a few (dozen) pics of him on the day he hit 3/4 of a year, and I put a couple above.  I honestly could've posted every single one of them, because that's how cute this kid is.  I mean, those dimples... Oh his mommy's heart can hardly stand it.

At 9 months, Cade still doesn't crawl.  He sort of (and only barely, really) scoots around the floor after things, but he's not at all mobile.  Some mom's might freak out about that.  This mom is grateful.  Being able to put him down somewhere and know that he'll stay there is something I'm in no hurry to move beyond.

What he apparently lacks in motor skills, he makes up for in verbal skills.  He says mama, dada, hi, bye-bye, bite and spoon (which sounds like "poo") and knows what they mean.  He also says, ahem, boob.  Yes, seriously.  And he knows what he means when he says it.  He'll repeat (or try to) just about anything you say to him.  Quite the parrot.  

He's still tiny.  He weighed 17 lbs. and 4 oz. at his 9-month checkup.  By comparison, Kellen, who weighed less at birth, weighed more than that at 4 months.  He still has just 2 teeth - also strange since my other kiddos had 6 by this age.  He doesn't sleep great, and usually wakes up somewhere between 4 and 6 times a night.  In other words, he's pretty much the same as he's always been: a tiny little non-sleeper who has his mommy wrapped around his tiny pinky! We love you, Cade!