Landon At Nine Months

Wow.  Here I am again, and another month has come and gone.  I can't believe how much faster everything goes with the second kid.  I still feel like Landon should be somewhere around 4 or 5 months, but here we are at 9 months old. 

The past month has been full of new discoveries for the little mister.  All of a sudden I am having to be even more on my toes, as Landon has dicovered how to climb the stairs, play in the water in toilet (ewwwww), and unroll full rolls of toilet paper.  He is into things that I have never even given a second thought, because Miley never got into them.  But here we are, having to take on a whole new level of baby-proofing that is unfamiliar territory for us. 

Landon also sprouted his second tiny toothy on November 10th, at 8 months, 3 weeks and 3 days old.  No sign of any other teeth yet, but I am sure they are coming.

We are starting to hear a little more babbling coming from him.  We are sure that he has given us the always oh-so-exciting "Da da" and "Ma ma," although you can't ever be too sure if they know exactly what that means.  But we will take it anyway.  He is also loving to walk around holding onto someone's hands, but has not yet stood on his own or taken his first steps (phew!). 

Landon takes two pretty decent naps a day, and goes to bed at about 6:30 or 7:00 every night, but has yet to sleep through the night.  The past few weeks have been particularly rough, as he has been sick, teething, and consistently waking himself up with a dirty diaper at least 2 times a night.  We are hoping that this can get straightened out soon and we can work on getting him to sleep all the way through the night!

Miley is still as smitten with Landon as usual, and the feeling is definitely mutual.  These two just love being around each other.  And even though there is often some hair pulling or scratching (on Landon's end to Miley) and tumbling and pushing over, or just dragging around or trying to hold (on Miley's end to Landon) they are quick to get over it and get back to laughing and playing.

Our little boy is still as sweet as ever, although he will definitely let you know if he wants something or is not happy.  We are loving watching his little personality emerge, and are just hoping we can keep up with him as he is sure to only get faster, and more rambunctious!

Oh, and in case you are wondering, all of these pictures are a little sneak peek of the family photo session we did with my incredibly talented friend, Darci.  We love how she captured Landon perfectly, and have more great pictures to share later!