Nine Months Old

Happy August 9th--Levi turned nine months old today! He had his routine check up, and all is well. Here are his stats: 

Height: 30 inches, 94%

Weight: 19.12 pounds, 38%

Head: 47 cm, 90%

So, we have us a tall, skinny boy! We always say that it seems like 95% of each day, Levi is one happy boy. He is so generous with his smiles, he always gets lots of attention from strangers, especially women who oooh and aaahh over him--he just bursts with coy smiles when he is fawned over! Levi loves to explore--he no longer is content to just sit on a blanket on the grass in the yard and watch us, now he just gets right out into the dirt and gravel and scratchy grass and investigates it all. The only downside of his mobility and inquisitiveness is the fact that his first instinct is still to put everything in his mouth, so we have to keep a real close eye on him and his shenanigans. He seems to be starting to try to wave and to point at things and hold things up to show us. We've also caught him "dancing" in his chair a few times, and sometimes he loves to just bounce up and down while you hold him. Levi finally has caught on to the whole eating thing, and can be quite the piglet sometimes, patiently packing away pretty much anything you put on his tray, one little finger-pinch full at a time. Now, all we need is to conquer this whole "sleeping through the night" and "taking consistent and fulfilling naps" thing, and we're set!