Getting so big

Joel lets us know he is awake by banging on his wall behind his crib.

He really enjoys standing in his crib...monkey! We go in and lie him down when it's time for him to sleep and our happy, silly boy smiles and laughs at us, LOL!

Well, tonight I removed his crib mobile. It is so sad that he is already past that stage...though he is so much fun right now. He is just getting so big so fast!! I know it's time to remove his bumper pads as well, but believe it or not I'm having a hard time doing it.

He has his 9 month well check next Thursday and we can't wait to see just how much he's grown.
Right now he wears size 12 month clothing, size 3 diapers and size 4 night time diapers, he's eating mostly table foods, drinking water out of his sippy, though he still loves his "milk" (formula) bottles cuddled up with Mama. He's been saying Dada a lot lately and a few hi's, he's waving, clapping, pulling to stand and crawling like a little speed racer as we like to call him.

I just can not believe he is going to be 9 months old soon...he's getting so big!