9 months is going to be a big month for us, I can tell. Over the weekend that he turned 9 months, he had his first big accident (see previous post), started mimicking while playing, and became mobile (see forthcoming post). The mimicking is really fun. He has decided that when we sit down to eat, he will feed me too, so we now take turns eating banana or bread. Our new favorite fun game is to make noise in cardboard tubes--taking turns. He has always loved the tubes, but this weekend was the first time he figured out he could talk in it too.
He will consistently respond to his name now and will tap you or pull at you to get your attention. His new favorite thing to say is "good-good" when he really likes something. And he's decided that before he can walk (nevermind crawling...that is obviously for babies), he is going to work on running. He likes to run (with help) every time someone new comes into the room.
And yes, every day he confirms his disdain for crawling. He pushes up on all 4s ala downward dog and then puts one arm up in the air and starts grunting. We are spending many back-aching hours walking around the house with him...around the coffee table, to the doors to look outside, and his favorite--to go see what Bailey is doing.
Gideon has moved to 12 hour shifts and with me not working Fridays anymore, we spent a very fun Friday at the Aquarium of the Pacific. It's so nice to be a member and drop in and out as we like. Joaquin loves it there and when you can drop in on a Friday at 2, it gives him plenty of opportunity to walk around and talk to the fish. We went to dim sum before this, which he also loved...it was such a great family day, just what I used to daydream of when we would talk about having a baby...perfect!
