Texas Gailey's: Karson is 9 months!

That's right...9 months old!!! The time has just FLOWN by! At his check-up today he weighed 2o lbs. 13 oz. (50th percentile) and was 29 1/2 in. long (85th percentile). He only gained a tiny bit since his 6 month visit but grew 2 inches! The Dr. said to start him on table foods to get him some more calories and since it doesn't seem like he is very interested in baby food. I gave him some grilled cheese with peaches and pears yesterday and he just gobbled it right up:) He definitely wants more people food. He also has had peas, bananas, and a little bit of pasta with sauce and he liked them all!

Karson still doesn't have any teeth, but continues to chew on ANYTHING he can get into his mouth! He chews on his fingers a lot nowadays and really loves the strings from my zip-up sweatshirt.

Here's Karson's first taste of solid food (last month). We started with Gerber puffs which we had to put in his mouth for him. He quickly learned how to pick them up and put in his mouth all by himself:) Here's some pics of him figuring that one out...

Grabbing...

Holding in hand...

In his mouth:)

We are trying to practice crawling, but every time we put him on his tummy his rolls right over! I've managed a few times to keep him on his tummy and prop him up on his hands and knees and he'll bounce back and forth a little bit. It's a work in progress! This next pic is what he's started doing lately...big reaches and a little bit of a turn to grab his toys. He even got into the crawl position all by himself this morning for Daddy:)

Just this past week Karson has started to stand up. He definitely has to lean or hold onto something but can stay standing up for quite some time! Having cool toys to play with always helps:)

He can use the walker only to stand so far, so we put it up against the ottoman to help hold his balance. Kassidy loves helping him stand and 'catches' him when he falls.

Yesterday he even showed off and stood up leaning against the ottoman:)

Big brother is always trying to help with Karson...it's so cute:) Kaleb asked if he could give Karson some puffs and I said Yes, but just a few...he dumped out the whole container on Karson's tray!

Overall, Karson is a very easy-going, happy little guy. He fits into our family so nicely and just LOVES his big brother and sister:) He smiles anytime you even look at him! He has started to say Da and Ba and waves his arms up and down when he gets excited. He also will kick his legs in and out real fast when he's excited, and mad!

Karson is down to just 2 naps/day...10-12 and 2:30-4:30. As soon as you lay him in his crib he grabs his paci and his little dog blanket and chews on them both. At night he goes to bed around 8 and usually sleeps until 7 or 8 in the morning.

Oh almost forgot! He started waving!!! He puts his arm straight out and turns his hand side to side. TOO CUTE:) I'll try to get a pic or video of that once he starts doing it more frequently.