He's 9 Months Old!

So, where on earth have the past 9 months gone? I can't believe my little man is already on his way to being a year old. He's grown and changed so much in the past 3/4 of a year that it just seems like a blink of an eye and here we are. I love him so much more every day and just every day is a new adventure and time to laugh with him. He's getting so silly! He truly charms everyone who meets him. Just tonight we were eating dinner out with my dad and sister and he was turning around and giving the ladies behind us the biggest grins he could muster up. He's been learning and exploring so much in the past few weeks. Since we've gotten here in Minnesota (a whole month ago! I can't believe it's been a month already either, time is going by so quickly...) he's done and learned so much!

~ He's developed his pincher-grip and he's able to pick up things with his pointer finger and thumbs.
~ He's started pulling himself up on furniture.
~ He's started walking around while holding on to your fingers, being adorable with his little waddle but killing your back at the same time.
~ He is sitting himself back up after having a good crawl around the room.
~ He started clapping his hands.
~ He's started reaching for people he wants to hold him.
~ He can hold onto his own bottle.
~ He is currently growing 4 teeth on the top all at the same time.
~ He's started saying "rarararara" "babababa" and "mamama" as well as trying to talk with his pacifier in his mouth and saying crazy things like "lagel lagel" and "oiygo oiygo".
~ He started blowing raspberries again and now he can smack his lips together and make popping noises.
~ He's been doing well with his inventive military style crawl, but he's started practicing the more tradional type of crawling and is starting to coordinate his arms and legs working together.


Just typing out that list has really shocked me at how much he's learned in the past month. Pretty soon he's going to be walking around on his own and talking! My little guy is growing up so quickly, it's just amazing to be able to watch all of this. I'm really sad that Kev hasn't been able to be here in the past month to wittness all these changes but....

He's here on SATURDAY!!

I'm so so so very excited that my hubby is finally able to move to the States! It's been such a long time coming and we've been waiting forever, it seems. We've finally made it this far and it's so exciting to know that we don't ever have to say 'goodbye' to eachother at an airport again. I've missed him so incredibly much and now we can finally be a family again and just start getting on with life instead of having to juggle things and put things on hold. It's just such a great feeling!

Big Milestone Day

Today is the day that James first pulled himself up on the furniture! My mom has a small foot stool that James managed to pull himself up to standing, and then on top of! I was so happy to have my camera on the table to catch him doing it!

Ta Da!