Sullivan at 9 Months

Here we are, already at 9 months. Three-quarters of the way through Sullivan's first year of life. I say it every time I post an update, but oh my, where do the days go? And yet, some days are just so, so long. And yet, the years are way too short. Nine months is a great age. I kind of want to pack Sully up in a shoebox and keep him this way forever.

He is so perfect, this little man. With his red hair and chubby cheeks, he can turn on the charm in an instant. His smiles are as endless as his tubby thunder thighs and he has a way about him that can turn your day around the instant you get ahold of him. He almost makes me want more babies...almost. But, let's be honest, there's only one Sully in this world and there's no chance in heck I'll get another one just as mild as he is. So we are done. DONE. Did you hear that, Nana? Done.

But back to Sullivan. He's kind of the best baby ever. I know what you're going to say, and yes, I AM biased, but it only takes 5 minutes of hanging with the dude to see he's pretty spectacular. He is always smiling. He can entertain himself. His favorite thing to do these days is to wave "bye, bye." He has the most beautiful hair and those eyes...those eyes. Someone commented that he should be a Gap baby. I can't honestly argue with that one. He'd kill it with his on demand smiles and perfect attitude.

The only thing he doesn't get an A+ on is sleeping through the night. He's holding strong at 4-5 hour stretches and I'm pretty used to it at this point, but I sure wouldn't complain if I happened to get a few 7 hour nights in here or there. It will come, eventually. The lack of solid sleep hasn't taken anything from his personality though so I'm hardly complaining.

At 9 months Sullivan:

- weighs ___ and is ___ long. (I will fill in the blanks after his 9 month check up) Wears 12-18 month clothing. 
- is crawling everywhere, pulling up to a stand and gracefully sitting back down, climbing one stair at a time and loves to explore. I often find him by himself in some random corner of the house, playing with something inappropriate (he loves cables, cords and plugs)
- eats like a horse. Typically eats twice as much as his big sister at every meal. Enjoys everything we've ever given him (which is a lot) and especially enjoyed the pierogis we gave him last week. Other favorites include pancakes, waffles, eggs, avocado, meatballs, pasta, peas, blueberries and corn.
- loves to wave hello and goodbye. Says bye bye and dada.
- has 1/4 of his two lower front teeth visible and buds on his upper two.
- falls asleep as soon as he's in the car seat. every time.
- loves his little wooden zebra clapper. I mean loves it.
- loves Summit.
- tolerates a lot from his big sister. She crawls on him, knocks him over, drags him across the floor and takes all of his toys away from him in a way that most older siblings do and he generally smiles through all of it. Payback is coming though.
- started drinking water out of a sippy cup.
- speaking of water, he loves it! Bath tubs, lakes, pools, he's a little water bug and loves to splash and play.
- like his sister, loves to put everything in his mouth. he pooped out a small elastic band the other day.
- has a two and a half year old sister. he's definitely the "easy" child.
- nicknames include Sully, Sully burger, Sully boy, Sully baby, baby Sully, little bug and baby smelly

It's not always rainbows though, sometimes these two gang up on us. It's a good thing they are cute.

 Looking for a flashback? Here's Cece at 9 months.