Day 278 - 9/26

Eating my dinner

Day 280 - 9/28 9-Month Dr Appointment

Zane spent part of his morning at the Dr. today.  He weighed 17 lbs 13 oz - 10th percentile, 29.5 inches (just under the 90th percentile) - yep, he's tall! and his head measured in at 17 inches around.  He didn't get any shots but got poked for iron testing - and found that he needs a little more iron, so he needs to take iron supplement drops for the next two weeks.

Other milestones/notables I want to remember:
- he likes to tackle Maddie and kiss her all over her face (more like drool all over).
- he likes to stand up by my tub and turn the water on.  Pretty soon I will have to take the handles off so he won't burn himself.
- he likes buttered toast and fruit yogurt for breakfast, and fresh banana chunks too.
- he likes spaghetti, pizza, avocado and any yellow or orange vegetable for lunch and dinner.
- he still takes 2 long naps during the day.

Day 273 - 9/21

Collin loves to get Zane out of his crib in the morning before he leaves for school.  The minute he hears him, he asks if he could go get the baby.  So early that morning, Collin got him out as usual and "walked" him in to my room.  Then he stopped and let go of Zane.  I was waiting for Zane to drop to the floor and start crawling towards me but instead he kept standing.  Collin dangled his socks in front of Zane's face, and of course my room was not even ready to take bright photos (the blinds were still shut).  I hurried and opened the one closest to me, and grabbed my camera on the nightstand.  Luckily Zane was still standing there, laughing at the dangling socks for one minute!  Then he was done.

Day 274 - 9/22 9 Months Old!

Look who's 9 months old today!

Day 257 - 9/5

How small are his feet compared to Collin's and Kevin's?

Day 258 - 9/6

Day 259 - 9/7

Day 260 - 9/8 The Law of Gravity

Zane got scared after a minute or two beforehand.  He was so worried about falling he just held on tight and had this look on his face:

 He finally let himself fall into my lap (I was right in front of him). A couple of days before today I saw that a couple of his toys were on the floor and thought nothing of it.  As soon as I put him in his little saucer he experimented with gravity :) :

Day 261- 9/9

 Zane's unhappy little face in Snowflake.  I got him to sit on the grass but he was still quite unsure of it.  From the following series of photos I gather he didn't like the feel of the grass on his feet and legs.  He sat there like that for quite some time.:

 feeling it...

 "I just can't get my feet off this little piece of burp rag Mom put on the grass." 

 "Nope!  I am not setting this leg down."

After 1 few minutes, he got tired of his little patch of soft and started to crawl away but not on his knees. He just didn't want to get his knees on the grass.  Funny baby!

Day 262 - 9/10

Taken at the Pettit's house.  We were glad to catch up with friends the Pettits and their bunch of 6 today.  On our way to their house (at the stoplight), I saw that the temple construction had progressed since the last time I took a photo. 

 And random photo of the girls playing dress-up that night: