Austin update

Austin is 9 months and 3 weeks old, and 21 pounds. He loves to chew on fabric, and is known for pretending to want to cuddle and nuzzle his face in your shirt and then biting you.

He also loves to be around people. Translation- he follows you around the house, no matter where you go. Which means you have to be careful not to step on him.

His favorite baby food is banana. If it's anything else, he usually puts up a fight, making faces and spitting it out at you. He also eats little rice puffs in large quantities. If you leave him to feed himself, you'll nearly always turn around to a blank tray at the high chair. And when you eat dinner in the kitchen, he stands at the baby gate and yells at you for not letting him in.

Austin can pull himself up on the couch and walk around. He also crawls really well now. He can wave (with both hands), and he frequently says ma ma and da da though we doubt he actually associates the words with us yet. He loves playing peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake, and enjoys when I sing the itsty bitsy spider and the wise man built his house upon a rock.

He's very ticklish, when he wants to be. The best spots to get him are under her arms, around his neck, and his thighs. He laughs and laughs and laughs, and his smile is so beautiful. He's got 4 teeth now, two on top, two on bottom.

He enjoys bath time and likes to splash around while playing with his bath toys. His favorite bath toys are the blow fish (because it's a bright orange ball), and the star fish (because it's nice a pink and easy to spot). He's really squirmy when you try and put his clothes back on him now though. Mommy usually has to make him a bottle to get him to calm down enough. He does try and help every now and then, by pushing his arms through the holes for you.

He likes to chew on anything on the floor so mommy is constantly taking things away from him. He especially loves shiny things he knows he shouldn't have- like the remote or the phone.

Austin gets really excited when daddy comes home. The other night he was playing quietly with toys on the floor, when Aaron walked in the door. He lit up, said "Da Da!" and started laughing and booking it to pat on daddy's feet. He was all smiles as daddy picked him and gave him cuddles.

We love our little boy. He is an angel. <3