We have a crawler!

Happy Monday morning to you all!

It hurt getting up this morning. Funny how Mondays still feel like Mondays even when you are a stay at home and never get to sleep in anyways. But I had my coffee, listened to an uplifting podcast on my apple TV from Focus on the Family and already got some cleaning done. Great start to the day!

I totally forgot to mention a milestone in our little Noah's life last week. He is crawling! My parents were babysitting him last Tuesday and when we came to pick him up they said, 'So hes crawling eh?' and we were a bit surprised. Sure enough, next morning he was all over the place. Its nice having him able to get to all his toys on his own but oh man is the word 'no' being used alot! He is into everything now and although our house is fairly baby proofed we still have some things to secure better.

Here's a little video of some of his first crawling moments.

Mommy moments

It's not very often that I get to be in pictures with Noah, because I am always the one behind the camera. It literally takes me shoving the camera in my husbands hands and saying, 'click away please!' or else actually getting someone to do a 'photoshoot' of sorts in order to get some shots.

My husband got some pretty good ones over the weekend. Sadly, a few are a bit blurry, but its better then nothing!

Sunny day fun

The Bechards had a GREAT day today.

It started out very well (at least for me.) I was treated to a bit of extra time lounging in bed while my husband got up with Noah, fed him and prepared me breakfast. Felt like Mothers Day all over again. But nope, my husband is just that awesome.

But Noah had an extra great day. He experienced several firsts due to the beautiful hot weather we had.

His first Popsicle! Daddy was kind enough to share his with him. After one lick, Noah was hooked.

We had Noah outside playing on our deck and decided to let him check out his new splash pool. There isn't much Noah loves more then splashing water all over the place. And bonus, the pool cost us $2.00!

It didn't take long before Noah decided that simply splashing wasn't enough. So we stripped him down and in he went for a good half an hour. He had a blast!

At the end of the day, Daddy and Noah did some playing under a blanket tent. He wasn't totally sure what to think about it - but his musical toys sure lit up brightly under there!

Another first? Hes got a new word. Yesterday after reading a book that had a picture of Winnie the Pooh eating honey and saying 'Yum Yum' Noah started saying 'Um um um' when he eats something he likes. What a cutie pie!

Transition to table foods?

I have a question for other mommies out there. I cant seem to find a real concrete answer on when is a good time to start giving your child table foods. My doctor suggests to waiting until almost a year - but I am not exactly sure what his definition of 'almost' is.

Noah is over 9 months now and I'm wondering if I should be giving him something other then strained foods and formula. I know formula/breast milk should be his main source of nourishment still, but shouldn't he be practising how to pick up foods and feed himself at this point? I guess I have a fear of my child being behind just because I as a mommy screwed up haha. I am also terrified of him choking! Oh, and he does have 6 teeth at this point if that factors in at all.

Its just hard because I have read a million different things. No table foods til actively crawling. No table foods til teeth. Table foods at 6 months. Table foods at a year.

HELP! What did you do/are you doing? What kind of foods did you start with? What has your experience been at 9 months of age?

... I just really want Noah to be able to dive into his birthday cupcake in 3 months...

Musical Noah

I have mentioned before that Noah loves music. Even when he was in my belly he would respond to music with kicks and jabs.

Now he just loves to get his hands on something to make noise. It started with my salad bowl being used as a drum, but now he also loves to bang on the piano, clap his hands and sings.

We managed to catch a bit of evidence so I thought I would share :)

And... video footage!

Hello, 9 month old

My little sweetheart is officially 9 months old now (as of yesterday.) I have noticed huge changes in him over the past week. Not physically, I never seem to notice those ones likes everybody else because I see him everyday, but his personality is just becoming more and more obvious to me.

He is great at independent play. I can actually leave him on the carpet with a bunch of toys and he will be quite happy for a good half an hour, sometimes more.

He does not like goodbyes. When certain people go to leave him now he will start crying and hold his arms out for them. Its sweet but heartbreaking at the same time.

He loves to be the centre of attention. Nothing makes him happier then having a whole group of people focused on him while he demonstrates his 'patty cake' skills, points out different things in the room or blows raspberries in their faces.

He does not like to have a dirty diaper. He can be in the middle of drinking his bottle or eating his food, but if he poops it is all over. He will not eat another bite until he has been changed. I am hoping this means he will be an easy one to potty train!

His favorite things are music, Mickey Mouse, kicking a ball, hitting his 'drum' with blocks and splashing in the bath.
In just three short months my baby boy will be a year old. I get misty eyed just thinking about it!
Why do they have to grow up so fast!?