Nine Months

Where did nine months go?  It's incredible how fast it has all gone. Everyone tells you that, but when you're "in it", you're "in it"... and those long sleepless days and nights feel anything but fast.  But looking back now, and watching this little guy change by the day, it really is incredible how he has grown and changed each month.

So so so fast. And we really have loved every minute.

But let's be honest, it's way easier to love those hard days in retrospect, isn't it. :)

 (Thanks Sarah and Chad for the awesome shirt and jeans! They fit now!)

Rory has had a record week. He has started doing FIVE new things. It's blowing our minds.

He now can get into a sitting position from crawling, then he learned to pull himself up onto his knees, then to standing, and when the toy he was using for support started to slide across the floor, he took four steps while pushing it.

And then this morning when Peter and I went to get him, he was STANDING in his crib.  We lowered it before Peter left for work.

Thank goodness for these mats.