9 Month Appointment

Jonathan had his 9-month appointment today and according to his Czech doctor, "he is pairrrrfect!"

Here are the stats - 20 lbs, 14 oz (50th%) and 28.5 inches (75th%).

I know Jeremy is happy he appears to be getting taller, so that in spite of my less than stellar athletic prowess he still has a chance to play basketball.

He's not crawling or pulling up yet, but the doctor says he has great muscle tone and probably just doesn't feel like doing those things. Great - we have a stubborn one over here!

And, it sounds like we are feeding him all the right things and he is right on track with learning to feed himself - i.e. bringing bits to the vicinity of his face, dropping them into his lap and proceeding to chew distractedly as if the piece had actually made it in there.

The cutest thing is that when he does make it into his mouth he looks at us wide-eyed, giggles, bounces and flaps his arms in joy, so proud of his accomplishment. Sadly, because of this demonstration, the food particles sometimes fall back out of his mouth, and we begin anew.

The best part was when we got clearance to switch out breastmilk for Diet Mountain Dew*. Jonathan is thrilled.























*I kid, I kid.