{9 months}

Out beautiful boy is NINE months old! He weighed in at 21 lbs.13 oz. and measured 27.5 in. Good thing we put him in the big boy car seat a few weeks ago!

He is sitting independently with such ease at this point. He had to work harder than most babies to reach this big milestone, but he reached it!

He is feeding himself puffs at snack-time, using the Pincer grasp perfectly. We started with a new OT and PT this week through the Easter Seals Early Intervention program and the OT thought his arms and hands looked really good! That has never really been an area if concern for us.

The main area of concern are the tight muscles in his legs. Because of the spasisity, he stands on his toes, so we are working daily, helping him stand more flat footed through assisted weight baring. Thankfully, he is not so tight that he can't do it. But he does have to work for it. We'll get there!

We were having a great family moment today playing on the floor with a new toy John brought in from the garage storage-- it was an old favorite of Lola's. Anyways, we are all sitting there playing and out of nowhere, Johnny starts trying to pull himself up on the toy!!! This boy's potential is limitless. Do I expect him to pull himself up tomorrow? No. But whenever he's given us a glimpse at the next milestone, he's always reached it.

9 months in, this perfect boy has already established an awesome track record...