Evan at 9 months

Clapping has to be my favorite baby trick, and Evan seems to enjoy it too!

At 9 months Evan has two teeth, one on bottom and one on top, both on his left. He is still a terrible napper in the morning, but afternoon naps are usually longer than an hour now. He's been such a happy guy. He says Mama now, and means it. He is letting go and standing up for a while. He is wearing 18 month clothes and 24 month pajamas. His favorite foods are black beans, chicken, toast, baby goldfish and little crunchies. He'll eat anything pureed though! I love to feed him spinach!

TOOTH!

Yesterday Evan's first tooth broke through the gums, today he fell and caught his chin on a toy and had his first ever gushing-blood-from-his-mouth-tongue-biting incident. Ugh.

Evan at 8 months.

Evan, you are a crazy baby. You wave whenever someone says, "Bye!" You slap your thighs with both hands when anyone is clapping. You love to give kisses to the mirror, other babies, pictures of other babies in books, or anything that you think looks like it might need a kiss. You are fearless and love to climb. You are a horrible napper; I'm lucky if you sleep for an hour in a row. You do pretty good most nights now though. Your first tooth is about to appear any day, and you are dealing with that like a champ. You have been flicking your tongue against your bottom gums pretty much constantly for a few days, so I know that you are at least aware of it's arrival. But it doesn't seem to be bothering you. You have started crawling over to your brother for snuggles sometimes. (Talk about heartwarming for Mommy!) But you also have learned to start crying FAST if he is doing something you don't want him to do! I can't wait until your 9 month appointment to see just how big you are!
I LOVE YOU!
(Here's some proof of how crazy you are!)

Sometimes the pictures without smiles are good too!

Each morning is like a reunion for these two!

And look at what Braden is doing instead of fencing lessons now.

And this picture will always make me laugh because you can see the shadow of my mom clapping and trying to get these babies to smile, and the result is a riot!