9 months and counting

The little guy is now 9 months old!! 9 months old people!! What is happening?! So many amazing things. Little man is now climbing on every thing (from the dishwasher to the baby gate), standing by himself without support for a few seconds at a time, pulling himself up in a heartbeat, getting his sixth tooth in, eating us out of house and home, loving books and flash cards and enjoying hanging out with his poppa now that he is home for the summer. He is already worrying us since he doesn't want help with anything anymore. He wants to stand on his own, not with anyone holding his hands. He likes to feed himself more than he likes to be fed, and he likes to turn the pages of his books wihtout assistance. All I can say is that we are going to be in serious trouble when that little dude really starts walking. He wants to be on the go as it is, ALL THE TIME!

BIG NEWS: Levi just found out that he got his job back at Foothill Farms Junior High for the 2009-2010 school year. He is beyond excited and I am so happy for him. It all turned out in the best possible way and we are all looking forward to his return to teaching. I too am returning to work--back at River Oak starting the 14th of this month. I am really excited to return to work. It has been an amazing nine months, but I really am ready to be around a bunch of adults and use my 'MFT' brain again. The cobwebs are thick in that brain of mine at this point, so it is going to take me a while to get back into the swing of things. Levi and I are both very thankful to be working and starting new chapters in our lives. I know that I will miss the little man like crazy during the day, but he has his poppa until the beginning of August and then he will have a few days a week with grandma and a few days in daycare. I know that it will be really great for him as well-he will be able to spend some one-on-one time with this grandma and go to daycare and hang with some other little ones.

I absolutely cannot believe that so much time as passed already. He has grown so much in this past month and has learned so many new things. He has hit up two very important vacation spots for both Levi and I--Maui and Capitola--this summer and he loved every minute of them both. He definitely is a beach baby. He hardly even ate any sand in Capitola!! A huge change from Maui, that is for sure. I just love every inch of that little man--from his laugh, to his silly faces, to his 'mad boy' face to his squeals and happy yells. He truly is such a wonderfully beautiful and delicious baby :)


So many positive changes are occuring, and I am looking forward to the rest of this year and the beginning of next. Soon we will be celebrating his 1st birthday. I can't really think about that too much right now without crying a little bit....okay, crying a lot :)