Jackson's 9 Months!!

Jackson turned 9 months today!!! He had is well visit check up with the Dr. and he is 18 lbs and 27 in. Since he has been cruising, crawling and pulling up on most everything (my pants legs are his favorite to pull up on) his weight is starting to slowdown.

We started the day by going to Gymboree and then celebrated his birthday with our first trip to the Ft. Worth Zoo. We enjoyed the day seeing all the animals and reptiles. Jackson was a little intrigued by the animals but not as engaged as I hoped. There was a lot of “Jackson look over here, look over here, see the Zebra?,” to which he glanced and then kept chewing on his sunglasses. I guess we’ll wait a few more months before going back.

Although we miss every stage that we leave, the new stages are getting more exciting. Jackson is so mobile now it is truly entertaining. He will follow you around the house crawling like a mad man. He has two different crawling styles… the one-legged crawl- when he needs to get somewhere fast he uses one leg to push off of while he’s crawling on the other leg and the traditional crawl, when he gets close to something or first begins his journey this is his preferred crawling style.

As for teeth, well those are still non-existant. We keep thinking they’re coming and then we look and there is no sign of them in sight. The Dr. assured us this is perfectly normal, and some babies don’t get their first teeth until around 12-15 months. I guess the good thing is we haven’t had any fussy nights

The vocabulary is still a lot of constant sounds with the occasional, ba ba, ma ma, da da and uh oh. We are still signing to him but he has yet to return the sign, hopefully he’ll make some progress by next month.