Jack turns 9 months

Jack turned 9 months on April 12th.. and I'm late getting this updated! He changes so fast and his development is incredible. He is all over the place. He took his first steps at 8 1/2 months and hasn't stopped moving since. We quickly learned that he's not too into his toys anymore... he'd much rather check out a bathtub, cabinet, toilet, paper, closet door.. anything new he can explore.. so we quickly figured out that we needed to babyproof/jackproof all of the things that could be dangerous..   If he's ever upset or bored:) his favorite thing is for us to open the refrigerator or dishwasher and then he proceeds to pull things off the shelves in the door, and pull things out of the dishwasher (don't worry- he can't reach the knives).  He has figured out peek a boo, is a little bit ticklish and has an adorable laugh.  He got a singing chicken/duck (i'm not sure which one it is:) for Easter from G&G Krus and tries to dance like it.. check out the video below).  He had his 9 month check up and weighed 22 1/2 lbs (75th percentile), was 29 inches long (80th percentile) and I can't remember his head measurement but it was in the 40th percentile..  Poor guy has had recurrent ear infections and in the past 4 months has been on 7 different antibiotics. He was referred to a pediatric ENT- but they can't get him in until May 30th (I wish I had pull in pediatrics!!). So I'm sure he will be getting tubes placed shortly after that appointment.  Somehow he's still a super happy little guy during the day.. it mainly bothers him at night when he's sleeping/laying down. 

and check out the video at the very bottom.. jack's first attempt at dancing.. to whitney houston while it was on Glee

Hunt for a Cure with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. We went with the Flath's

in the pic: elyse, anna and jack

Sean Wuller came in for a visit and Jack was able to meet him for the first time

Aunt KK had a few days off for Spring Break and spent a day with Jack. She took him

to the zoo, then they picked me up for lunch, and spent the afternoon at her apartment in Brentwood. He

loved the day and attention from her!

lunch on a workday.. fun surprise

i know he's constantly smiling.. but on a rare occasion when we don't let him into a cabinet or he can't do something he wants to do.. he has learned the "fake cry".. here's a pic:) 

shopping at target.. he loves to shop (aka pull everything off any shelf he can reach)

he just finished up swim lessons with cousin Livi... they'll resume this summer at an outdoor pool

how fun- climbing into the shower while mom gets ready for work

Jack met his new friend Grace (my friend mary from work's little girl) and they

had a great time playing at dinner and afterwards getting ice cream:)

Grace, Shannon, Jack and Mary

Cousin Mike Renaud came in from California.. no thats not a Cardinals Pujol's jersey- its

an Angels jersey.. he was trying to rub it in a little:) 

Jack and Mike

this is what has happened to the blocks we were using to take

pics of jack's age milestones.. gone are the days of him laying or sitting by

the blocks:) i'm lucky to get him in the picture with the blocks!

trying to get a shot of him with the blocks

this pic cracks me up.. he was standing and is losing his balance in this pic.. but it almost

looks like he's posing!

walking

jack trying to dance like the easter duck (or is it a chicken?)

dancing to whitney houston on glee

ice cream at oberweis

jack and nicole

dinner for andrew's birthday

(sorry for the bad quality of the pic)