9 Months Old (Well 9.5 at this point)

Sorry I am a little behind on my blogging recently.  I know there has not been a post for Christmas and the truth of the matter is we didn't take that many pictures (oh the horror...I know) we took a ton of video and I have been trying to figure out how to cut it all down into a complete package that I can post for all of you.  But despite all of that John David turned 9 months old on Christmas day and I wanted to make sure I posted because I want to be able to look back and see his progress from month to month throughout his first year.

So this past month John David has really taken to crawling and is all over the place.  He started "cruising" from the coffee table to the couch and so forth but as yet to get the courage up to try to stand on his own.  He is getting more adventurous with his diet and as started eating yogurt with homemade blueberry and cherry purees mixed in that his mom lovingly makes for him.  I have started making more and more of his baby food just so he gets a little more variety because the commissary's selection is kind of limited (though we are certainly grateful to have it).  John is as happy as ever and loves all of his toys. The only present he received from us was a ball popper which we gave to him before Christmas and it has been a huge hit.  He figured out pretty quickly how to turn it on and put the balls back in when they pop a little too high and out of the machine.  This was a big step I think because it is the first time he was really figured something out on his own just by watching us a few times and that is such a rewarding milestone for both John David and mom and dad.

Below are a few pictures from the past month.