9 months old!

These last few week have gone by in a blur and I am making myself sit down and do some blogging so I do not forget!  Max turned 9mo old on May 3rd.  I am so amazed in what a little stinker he is becoming.  Now that he is crawling  scooting, he is everywhere!  He hasn't pulled himself all the way up yet but will pull himself up to his knee's. 

Max loves to open and close anything, cabinets, drawers, doors.  So far he hasn't gotten into what is inside the drawers, but it is coming!  He also loves a string or cord(and has for a while now), however now that he is mobile- lamps beware!!  We have for the most part baby proofed, meaning there are still a few places he can get into that we don't want him to.  For example the China cabinet- I do not want to put the door stopper things on the bottom cabinets so we have pushed the dining room chairs up to it to deter him.  We have been telling him no when he goes where he isn't supposed to and for the most part it is working.  I like to say to him "Max are you sure you are supposed to be doing that??" and he will sit there for a moment and then scoot off.  I realize that will not always happen, but am enjoying it for now.  We will also say to Max come on, follow us, or we are in the kitchen....and a few minutes later here he comes.  We also get a laugh when the oven beeper goes off, no matter where Max is he yells.  He will keep yelling until we go to the oven.  I like to think he is telling us the oven is done---or he is imitating the sound.  Oh and the newspaper...I think that is his favorite toy!  Ripping up the paper makes his day!

We have been doing a few words in sign language for a while now and Max has finally started doing some of them back.  The one he is best at is "all done".  He even is trying to say all done(well he makes a noise that we think sounds like it).  We need to start doing a few more signs.

Max has also become a self-feeder!! Well not his baby food, but puffs, yogurt melts, and other little pieces of food we give him.  We have really been working with the sippy cup and he has finally started to drink from the take and toss kind.  They are not leak proof and he can't hold it and drink from it by himself but it is a step in the right direction.  We have tried 3 other types of sippy cups and he just will not suck from them.  We will try again once he has this kind down pat.  The only thing he will drink from his cup is water(he loves it!)....rarely can we get him to drink any milk from it.

Not sure if I mentioned in his 8mo post or not but Max's fav word is da da da da da da da....he will say it all day long.  I try and say ma ma ma ma ma...but no luck yet.