9 months

Today my sweet baby is 9 months old...its hard to believe! but then again, its hard to remember life without him. He is such a joy! He is the happiest baby....he hardly EVER cries and spends most of his time smiling and laughing. We feel so blessed! i love him more everyday..if thats at all possible! i thought id write down some of my favorites that have to do with Brody.
- his laugh (the deep belly laughs:))
- his slobbery open mouth kisses on my cheek
- when he reaches his arms out for me
- his twinkley eyes when he smiles
- his dimples
- when he "claps"
- when he gives "fives"
- how he concentrates so hard when he feeds himself
- how he's such a momma's boy!
- watching him sleep
I LOVE MY BABY BOY!!!

First 2 teeth!

So Brody is FINALLY getting some teeth! i have been wondering when they were finally going to pop through. hes almost 9 months old and ive been thinking that he was never going to get teeth! he thankfully hasnt been fussy at all...i was a little worried about that...ive heard horror stories! i will try to post some pictures if he will ever open his mouth long enough for me to take a picture of them:)

Eating all by myself:)

Brody has been refusing to feed himself. He would pick up just about any food in his hands but he never would connect that with putting it up to his mouth. Hes been putting EVERYTHING in his mouth since he was just a few months old...but not food!The funniest thing...i would put cereal on the floor in front of him to see if he would eat it and he would bend all the way down with his mouth to the floor and eat it off the floor!! finally last week i just put a bunch of cereal all over his exersaucer and just left him alone with it...he wasnt going to get any help from mommy! sure enough...being the very hungry boy that he is, it didnt take him long to figure it out!

so many new things....

You would think after having a baby for 8 months now that i wouldnt be surprised at how fast they learn things and develop! But Brody still amazes me everytime her learns something new! this week has been full of new things for Brody. He can now go from laying down to sitting up on his own....which definitely causes a problem for naptime. When i lay him down in his crib, its not 30 seconds before hes sitting up, looking around and playing! He's been sitting up by himself for almost 3 months now, but he hasnt been able to get there on his own..i always had to sit him up.

He also started PULLING UP this week! Hes very good at pulling up in his crib and loves to stand at the baby gate to the laundry room where the dog stays:) He cant pull up on everything yet...but if its the perfect height he knows what to do!

Hes definitely getting the hang of CRAWLING. Hes still doing alot of "army crawling". But he does get up on his hands a knees and picks up his arms and legs...he just doesnt get very far that way:)

Brody has always loved playing PATTYCAKE. he gets this goofy smile on his face everytime we start to clap his hands together. He started clapping by himself this week though! he pats his hands more on top of each other than together, but nevertheless...its a clap:)

Its so amazing to see how babies know whats next on the list of developements. normally, its not anything you have to teach him...he just starts doing it on his own! It love seeing Brody learn new things...its one of the best feelings as a mommy!

House pics

so after people asking for months now for me to post pictures of the new house..i finally have! theres a link over to the right of all of the pics. I feel so blessed. if i even began writing about all of the blessings that came when we were building this house, i would be writing all day. in every room there is a story of something that was given to us or somebody gave us a great deal on! the Lord definitely showed his hand as we were building our dream home! our horses love the new place and i love having them there!

Crawling....Thats what we call it

Brody is on the move!! hes not up on all fours crawling yet...but he definitely can get where he wants to go! it is the funniest thing!!! he puts his arms straight out in front of him and lays his head on the floor and pushes himself around. his poor little face gets carpet burns! when he wants something, he will definitely go and get it now!

First Ride on Zoe

Brody has been around the horses since he was just a few days old. He has sat on their backs for a few minutes, but weve never put the saddle on and let him "ride". this weekend we took him for his first little ride! you could definitely tell horseback riding was bred into him! he sat up there so straight and tall and immediately grabbed onto the saddle horn and held on while we led him around the yard! he LOVED it!