9 months in, 9 months out

After living in bliss for the first nine months of my life, I can now say that living out in this concrete world of air and gravity is growing on me. Things really got great when I became mobile at 6 3/4mos while visiting my grandparents. Gramma made my red ball so enticing that I took off after it, not really knowing what I was doing. This led to sitting up fully on my own and a whole new world of entertainment. At first, I didn't really understand my new power of mobility, so I mainly used it to follow mom around. Then I discovered how I was actually in control of my toys and that I could manipulate them for my own pleasure. I thought that it would be nice of me to ease Mom into this transition, so I stayed out of a lot of stuff, ignoring everything above eye level. Mom loved it! But one day I noticed the other world, the one above two feet high, and ever since I've been trying to join it. I pull up on most everything now a days, especially if it gets me closer to mom, I even go up on my tippy toes when I'm trying to reach interesting objects like the Ipod dock and tissue box. I'm also cruising slowly and switching back and forth between close objects. Mom recently hid my new favorite, the coffee table runner. It has these things called "choking hazards" that dangle off both ends and Mom says they are a no-no. That's also so a new word I've been hearing a lot more of lately, "No". I hear it when I try to go into the kitchen, when I try to roll during diaper changes, when I try to play with all of the cords under Daddy's desk, and when trash cans are irresistible. One of these days I'll figure out what it means... I am sharing my piece of mind all the time now, and Mom and I love having yelling competitions. I use dada a lot when I'm with daddy to make them think I know what that means, but I also use it randomly throughout the day. I use mama when I'm sad, waking up in the night, or hungry... so I obviously know what that means. Mom seems to think that I might even be getting her word, "more," but I say it more like "mmmmo!" I have four teeth that I use to chomp into Mom and Dad, I think that's what they're for. I also have discovered my favorite cereal thus far, oatmeal! I can eat a ton of it! I also eat peas, broccoli, chicken, carrots, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, tofu, blueberries, brown rice and millet cereals. Mom's gonna get me weighed on the first to see how hefty my britches are getting, I'm wearing 18mos clothes the best, 12's are a little tight and 24's are too long. Ya'll know what comes next... walking! I'll keep you updated...