9 months

Wow... can it REALLY have been 9 months since this little man was born?  Where has the time gone?  People really aren't kidding when they say that time flies by!

Emmett had his 9 month wellcheck on Thursday.  He has gained an ounce in the past month so he now weighs in at  25 lbs, 4 oz (96%), and he is 29 inches (75%).

While we were at the doctor's, we found out that the little man has an ear infection.  We were surprised, because although he's been a little more goobey than usual, he hasn't been NEARLY as bad as last time he had an ear infection.  Luckily though, he was up-to-date on his shots, so he didn't need any of those.  =)

• Emmett now has 5 teeth (3 on top, 2 on bottom).  
• He has FINALLY figured out how to use a sippy cup!! We were so excited about that one!
• He makes the CUTEST little scrunchy-eyed smile.  He is such a ham! Although, I think he thinks that he can get away with ANYTHING if he makes that face, lol.
• He has mastered the art of feeding himself finger foods.  He loves Cheerios, fruit puffs, banana chunks (covered in baby oatmeal so he can actually get a grip on them), small pieces of green beans and cheese...pretty much whatever we give him
• He has started to move his hands and feet a lot when he's in his high chair - I keep asking him if he's going to be a conductor someday lol
• He enjoys standing up against furniture and has started to creep along it a little.  He has also become able to turn himself around if he's got stuff to hold on to.
• He can get from a sitting position to his stomach, but not back into a sitting position on his own.
• He really enjoys books; yesterday he let me read to him for at least 10 minutes and he just looked at the pictures and enjoyed it.
• He is beginning to grow out of his 18 month pants (Good thing I've been stocking up the bigger sizes when I can get them for super cheap!!)
• He LOVES bathtime.  He will lay on his stomach and play in the water as it's filling the tub, and he also enjoys sitting/laying and splashing.
• He definitely knows who mommy and daddy are; if anyone except us or grandma/grandpa try to hold him, his face melts and he starts crying.  Hopefully we'll get over this stage fairly soon.  

I've been waiting to post this until I had some recent pictures, but I keep forgetting to take some.  So here's the post and I'll put up some pictures in a couple days.

Chocolate Wonderfall

So yesterday Jeremy and I went out to Olive Garden for lunch for our super-late Valentines Day celebration.  We were having a wonderful time; good food, good service (yay!! our service track record at Olive Garden hasn't been spectacular, so we were super excited about that) and good company.  Emmett was sitting in a high chair next to me.  He starts grunting and we laugh a little about his lack of shame.  Then....it happens.

I happened to look over at Emmett and realize he's blown out of his diaper.  And not just a little, oh no.  It's all over his back, there's a pile on the high chair right behind his bum, and a baseball-sized mound on the floor underneath him.  It was awful, and it reeked!  So I start cleaning up the excess on the high chair and floor, while Jeremy tries to find something to put all the soiled wipes in.  (It's a super good thing I made sure there was an extra set of clothes and re-stocked the wipes container before we went!  I went through ALL of the wipes I put in the case!)  Our server brings us our food, and we gather things together and run to the bathroom to change Emmett's clothes and diaper, leaving our steaming hot pasta on the table.  Oh, it was a MESS!

But, we were able to get everything cleaned up and enjoy the rest of our meal.  And Emmett remained blissfully ignorant of the trouble he caused lol.  Now if we could only get him to have 2 poopy diapers/day instead of one ginormous blowout!  (This wasn't the first time this has happened!)  Oh well, such is life.  =)  We still love this little dude and think the world of him.