9 Months Old

For Devin's 9 month birthday, we flew to Arizona so he could meet his great grandmother, Alice, who celebrated her 90th birthday in February. Doesn't she look great! Here's a few precious pictures from the weekend.

Devin is a busy boy these days pulling himself up on any and all furniture he can find. He also is crawling everywhere in search of new things to explore. His latest trick is to smack his lips. When you give him a piece of fruit, he smacks his lips after each bite. It's hilarious. He also will do it without food if you prompt him with doing it first.

Devin's other favorite thing to do lately is brush his teeth. Or maybe I should say that he likes to chew on his toothbrush. But it does keep him busy long enough so I can change his diaper. Otherwise he is a complete wiggle worm making diaper changes a struggle. And Devin is a strong and determined little guy.

Last week, Devin ran another low grade fever. I'm thinking it was the tail end of those last two teeth coming in, or maybe there are more on the way. It is hard to tell...it seems like endless teething in Devin's world lately. As a result, his naps have been off lately. But thankfully, he seems to be back on his good night time sleep schedule.

This weekend, Devin had his first food allergy rash. We gave him too many new things at once so I'm not sure what caused the problem. He hadn't had a food reaction until now, so I didn't worry too much about introducing pesto and cheese at the same time. So, something in there didn't agree with Devin. I'll have to reintroduce them one at a time to find the culprit.

Devin is very close to waving. We haven't really practiced, but I notice him waving (or rolling his fingers) at me. I'll laugh if he officially waves before he signs (which we do practice all the time).