Cody at 9 months

Man alive, Cody is dead set on pushing me to my limits! He is SUCH a stinkin cute little guy but easy he is not! He is a "High Needs" baby that is majorly keeping me on my sleep deprived toes 24/7 but is so full of so much darn personality that we can't help but just love him like crazy. He is determined, stubborn and opinionated. He knows what he wants and can already throw a dramatic fit when he doesn't get it. He is easily over stimulated and high strung but loves to be around people. His favorite time is at 3 when Colin and Brannon come home from school. He loves loves loves to be played with and laugh! He has only slept thru the night (meaning from bedtime until 4 or 5am) three times...in NINE MONTHS! He is up often and wants to nurse. His naps are very inconsistent, I think mostly because he doesn't need a ton of sleep. If he gets good naps one day, he won't take any the next. I can usually get him down for a good morning nap but many days he goes from noon until bedtime with no nap!

*He is 19lbs 10 ounces and 28" long which is perfectly average.
*His Head is big :)
*Still no teeth
*He is HUNGRY and loves to eat table food. Doesn't like any "easy" food-crackers, bread, cereal, puffs-very much. He loves fruits and veggies. I bought a bag of frozen berries (blueberries, blackberries, raspberries) and he loves to eat those frozen but they sure make a huge mess! He loves "meal" food. We ate chili with noodles one night and he could not shovel it fast enough into his mouth. Casseroles and soups are a favorite too.
*He can clap and play patty cake
*He pulls himself into a kneeing position.
*He loves to get up on the treadmil, then crawls back and forth pivoting around and looking over the edge. *He tried crawling down-face first- only once and got hurt, so he just hangsout up on it.
*He always tries to get into the "Room of Wonders" as the boys started calling it (the bathroom) He will see the door open and crawl full speed toward it. We usually get there just before he does to close the door, poor kid gets so upset.
*loves playing with anything that isn't a toy. Wooden spoons, pens, nerf darts, etc.
*plays catch
*loves loves loves his brothers. They get the best smiles out of him!
*gets excited when dad comes home and is warming up to him more. for awhile he didn't ever want to leave mom's arms, but he will now lean towards being held by ben.
*when he is tired he wants to nurse in his quite bedroom. not the basement while I watch TV.
*Has the softest sweetest head of peach fuzz ever. I love to rub it and he loves me to. Sometimes he starts groaning when I do it.
*Has only eaten one lego to date (that we know of) a poor lego guy head was found in a poopy diaper!


These last nine months have been busy hard ones but full of so much joy at the same time. I never thought it'd be possible to be crying tears of JOY! and utter exhaustion/frustration at the same time but I do. Sometimes the harder things are the more you also appreciate the good you have. We love Cody!!

 One day he latched onto this wooden spoon and would. not. let. go. When I tried to take it he just SCREAMED! He even wanted to nurse with it. This is how the poor kid gets when he is over stimulated...which happens most days. Too many crazy exciting brothers in this house!

 We went to a museum to excape this horrible chicago winter and he loved playing with himself in this mirror. He gave himself hi-fives and kisses. It was adorable.

 His new trick is climbing up on the treadmil. He does it all the time and looks so proud of himself when he gets up there! I guess maybe because he sees me doing it?? He knows he is kinda stuck once up there thought, so he sits and yells/screams for help when he is done. (update: at 10 months hold he is still doing this but we've put a big rice bag at the end of it so he can crawl off himself now)