9 Month -- Crawl, Crawl, Crawl!

Samuel's 9th Month: All about crawling! And standing! And biting Mommy's shoulder! He actually lost weight (only a few ounces) this month due to all the moving -- down to 19 lbs.

Samuel loves, loves, loves being a part of the action. Crawling means he never gets left behind. For the first part of the month, I kept finding him crying and slowly crawling down the hallway in a desperate attempt to keep up when I abandoned him to do crazy things like switch a load of laundry with two hands.

It was a good month of two naps a day in his own bed; mama's bed ceased to be a napping option due to mobility.

Food: two teeth on top and two on the bottom. He likes sitting up at the table and feeding himself soft finger foods.

Claire has found a buddy to help her get out all the things. He likes to crawl around and pull everything off of the low shelves.

We went on a weekend trip to San Diego; poor 4th born only got one picture at Sea World, but lots of beach pictures!

Dustin took the big boys at the San Diego Science Center and I took the littles. Samuel loves the balls!

Samuel adores his siblings and wishes they would be less conscientious about shutting doors both inside and out. He lights up whether they play with him. When the three older ones spent the night at Grandpa and Grandma's, they ran up to greet me (I thought) the next morning, but was really Samuel they wanted.