Evan at 9 Months

Already 9 months have gone by since I got to hold our little boy for the first time.  His little newborn face is forever etched in my memory, but I just LOVE getting to see him grow, learn, and discover new things every month.  Some months seem like definite growing and changing months, and this past one has been one.  It feels like the past four weeks have gone by sooooo slowly and I realized its probably because Evan has been changing so very much.

In the last month he has learned to scoot and then crawl, to pull himself up to standing, to "cruise" a little along furniture, to stand unassisted, to eat more finger foods, dropped his late afternoon nap altogether, and to recognize his name.  Though he isn't walking yet, I feel like it won't be long! We had a couple weeks where everyday we had at least one new bruise on his little head from falling or slipping.  He's a little steadier on his feet and bruises are farther between, but I'm sure that walking will bring more!

His 9 month check up is this coming week and I'm curious to see where he falls in his percentiles.  In his first 6 months he was outgrowing clothes every month, but his growing has certainly plateaued since then.  He's actually a nine month old wearing nine month clothing now :)

I've been having fun breaking out my SLR camera this last month in an effort to hone my skills, and Evan and Abe have been my chief subjects.  So I thought I'd share some of what we've been up to picture wise. Hope you enjoy!