We took Jett for his 9 month checkup yesterday. He's tall and skinny. His weight has slowly been leveling out, as is common for breastfed babies. It was in the 79th percentile at 4 months, 54th at 6 months and now in the 32nd percentile at 9 months (meaning 78% of boys his age weigh more than him). What he's lacking in weight he's made up for in height. He's in the 93rd percentile for height, so only 7% of boys are taller. The pediatrician says he looks good and we don't have to go back until he's one year (sigh...it's going to come too quickly I'm sure).
I was looking at old pictures of Lila and trying to compare her and Jett at the same age. Thought it would be fun to share...
It's obvious that I'm not doing very with my intention to update the blog more frequently. Hence, once again, I have lots of pictures to share. Most are from Christmas, but a few are from the weeks before. Here's the latest...
Not a whole lot new with Lila since I lasted wrote. She's been doing really well with her potty training. She's still only had a handful of accidents and is even using the potty first thing in the morning instead of going in her night time diaper. School continues to be a source of great joy and excitement for her. This year she particpated in the Christmas program. She and all the other young Mother's Day Out kids sang Ring Your Bells. It was really sweet. We were really far back in the church, so we couldn't get any decent pictures, but the video I posted here is of her singing the song.
She continues to be very sweet to Jett, but they definitely have their moments. The more mobile he gets the more conflict there seems to be. You see, she's not so keen on sharing her things.
Lila loved Christmas this year. We went to see Santa and Lila told him what she wanted for xmas, both of which she got, plus a couple other things. She really got a lot of great gifts!
Baby Jett is nine months old already (GASP!, where did the time go??) and is army crawling all over the house. It's become increasing difficult to get things done as we have to watch him all the time to make sure he's not getting into things. He's been having a bit of teething difficulty this month. At first we thought he was getting two top teeth. Then we figured out it was all four top teeth and just the other day we noticed two more coming on the bottom. Yes, that's six teeth coming at one time. Talk about cranky! Otherwise he's really interested in everything he can get to--everything but his toys of course.
Jett could really have cared less about Christmas, but that's pretty much how it goes when you're a baby. Just like Lila at this age, all he wanted to do was chew on the bows and paper.
Below are a whole slew of photos. Some were taken with my phone, so not the best quality.
Christmas morning Grana Nan and Grandpa Kent came over to open gifts with us.
This was Jett's big gifts from Santa. It's a baby swing for the swingset in the backyard.
She loves this little piano.
Uncle Max let Lila play his guitar
This was an awsome gift from Grana Nan. It's a nap mat that she made for him. It has a lightweight blanket and a pillow built in. It rolls up and buttons closed, and she even attached a carrying strap. It's so awesome! Lila has already tried to claim it as her own.
We tried to get some photos of the kids. Didn't turn out so well.
Lila screaming....
...and Jett wondering what the heck is the matter with her
These are just random pictures from the month
Decorating the tree
At Lila's Christmas program
My friend Becky and her kids, Isabel and Dominick, came over to play
Jett and Dom
No crying on Santa's lap. No smiles either, but no crying.
First things first, Lila is potty trained! We have been trying for sometime to persuade her to go on the potty. A week ago Monday she just decided she was ready and has done exceptionally well since. She's had a couple accidents, but I think it's just because she got too involved in playing and forgot to go to the potty. We've still got her in a diaper to sleep, but she's been waking up dry from her naps at least.
Jett took his sweet time sitting up on his own, but now he's on the verge of crawling. He's moving himself around on his stomach, pushing, and rolling himself all over the place. Life is surely going to get more hectic once he figures out how to really crawl.
Today was a fun day here in Houston. It SNOWED!! And it snowed a lot for this neck of the woods, though none of it stuck around. Jett was unimpressed, but Lila really enjoyed running around outside. The high temperature today certainly wasn't much of a high--37 degrees. Until yesterday poor Jett had nothing more than a hat and a jean jacket for warmth, but his new coat was delivered yesterday, just in time for the cold.
We got our Christmas tree tonight and Lila is more than a little interested in all the decorations. She has been asking to go see Santa as well. I've asked her on several different occassions what she wants for xmas and she keeps telling me a puppy dog, and a Disney princess DVD. Oh boy! She's going to have to settle for a stuffed puppy dog this year as we're not quite ready for a real one yet.
Video at the bottom of the kids in the snow.
Decorating (and eating) xmas cookies
Grandpa Kent has his hands full
Jett and Auntie Meredith
Thanksgiving
Roman and I painted a mural above Jett's crib, to match his bedding.
