9 months

Happy 9 months to Gus Gus!! In some ways it seems like it has flown by, but in other ways, I can't even remember what it was like before him!

Gus has started "scooting"! He doesn't really crawl, because his belly never comes off the floor, but I guess you can call it an army crawl. And he's not really all that happy that I make him crawl to me sometimes. He gets so put out with me....he will start crying and then lay his head down in his arms as if the world is coming to an end! He is definitely our more dramatic child! But he eventually decides that he might as well do it, because that's the only way he is going to get what he wants. I thought that once he started to become mobile, that he would be a much more content baby, but as Jason predicted, he just crawls along behind where ever I'm going and cries at my feet until I pick him up! He's definitely a Momma's boy!

Gus is teething again. So far, he has the three teeth on the bottom that came in in April, but he is working on three more on top now. Two of them have already broken the gum line, and I can tell there is one more coming. This round of teething has been a little easier as far as fussiness, but man this kid has had some dirty diapers! I'm not really sure why, but man this kid poops alot! Couple that with the fact that he has started eating solid foods, Jason and I are drawing straws to determine who is IT!

Gus loves to eat! He never was that crazy about baby food. In fact, the only things I could get him to eat willingly were sweet potatoes and most kinds of fruit. But now that he can eat real food, he has turned into quite a good eater. His favorites are creamed corn, watermelon, carrots, cheese, butter bread, green beans, squash and puffs. He could seriously eat his weight in corn and watermelon!! He even likes to just chew a corn cob! We've joked about attaching a corn cob to a pacifier clip for him!


The two things that we get the most comments about with Gus are on his size (he is rather big for his age) and his blue eyes. The boy has got some eyes! We're not really sure where he gets them from, but they are so crystal clear blue! I never would have guessed we would have a blue eyed baby, but I sure do love looking at them!!

We love you Gus Gus!!

 You can tell by his shirt that he is teething....it's soaking wet!!