Miles turned 9 Months Old- last month

Our little boy is growing up so fast.  He turned 9 months old on September 30th and started showing us his true personality.  He's become mobile; he climbs on anything, pulls up, reaches, & grabs for what he can get to, and is basically into EVERYTHING!   Part of Miles new personality that is showing is how funny he is.  This kid makes us laugh all the time.  He's just goofy.  He makes funny faces and random noises.  He loves picking things up, looking at them, then throwing them over his shoulder.  His new favorite spot is the dishwasher door- NOT his changing table, which he can't stand now.  Miles has learned how to lift the toilet seat up and enjoys playing in toilet water.  Ugh- gross.  We now have to keep the bathroom doors closed at all times.  He also has found the brushes that are used for cleaning the toilet bowls (which are attached to the walls behind every toilet in our house)- those are now put up.  

We've been exploring more table food with Miles, something I never would have done this early with Gavin, but I guess that's the 2nd kid for ya.  Miles is loving the food we've been letting him try.  He loves mashed potatoes, crackers, tuna, baked chicken, and rice.  He tends to be finicky with some foods, but for the most part, he hasn't turned down too many things.  Oh yea, he loves french fries... I wonder if it has something to do with how many french fries I ate while pregnant with him.  He's already had a taste of chocolate from the Chocolate Chip Banana Bread I made for breakfast and he devoured it.  He's also sneaky and put his fingers in the bowl while I was mixing the batter.  

Miles is still laid back as ever, but has started expressing his opinion when it comes to foods & eating meals.  He still eats homemade baby food, but would almost rather feed himself.  He takes a bottle every 4 hours and every evening we never know if he's going to take a dinner time bottle or if his 3pm bottle is enough for him.  He sleeps in until 7:30/8am daily and can make it to 9:00am on occasions.  

We've started working on baby signs just to see if he can pick any of it up and so far he can successfully sign "out" when in his high chair by raising his arms above his head.  We're trying really hard to teach him the sign "more" since he has started screeching when he wants more food.  Oh, I'm so ready for that stage to be over with already.  

Miles tries very hard to keep up with Gavin and is exploring the ability to stand on his own and has attempted to take a few steps here and there.  He chases after Gavin and they do great playing together.  We love listening to the two of them giggle and goof off with each other!