Sleep, Sleep, Where are you?

Troy did a great job sleeping at the beach. I was worried that not being in his bed, not being at home, and the time change would really mess him up. It didn't though...he slept all three nights at the beach all night long and even slept until about 7:30 each morning.

However, when we got home Monday, he had a very hard time sleeping Monday night. Then Tuesday, then Wednesday, then oh my goodness, he was having a hard time EVERY night. Brian and I took turns all week getting up with him. The only way Troy would sleep was when one of us held him. This went on for EIGHT nights.

Finally, Brian and I had had enough. I figured at this point, we were just spoiling Troy. He knew we would come and get him and he knew we would hold him and he could sleep with us. So this past Tuesdsay night, we let him "cry it out". That is the first time we have ever let him cry it out with out us coming to get him. 35 minutes later, he was asleep. It worked...he slept all night. Last night, same thing, he woke up in the middle of the night, and I let him cry. 15 minutes later, he was back asleep. Let's hope he's back in his routine now.

St Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Spring Break Beach Trip

Brian's aunt and uncle rented two condos in Destin for a long weekend. It was a lot of fun spending time with the family and Troy loved playing peek a boo with his cousins. They could really get him laughing and it was cute to watch.


We enjoyed a fun morning at the park, and an afternoon at the beach. It was a little too cold to play in the water, but we did enjoy sitting outside. Troy didn't have a reaction to the beach, you would have thought he was just sitting at home.

9 months

Troy is still scooting everywhere...he leads with his right hand and drags his body along. He'll get up on his knees a good bit, but then when he's ready to move, he goes back to the army crawl. He's pretty quick this way though, so it's working for him. He LOVES to stand up now. I think he has more fun holding on to me and pulling up than he does playing with his toys. He just smiles. He does still play with his toys and Brian and I enjoy those few minutes we get by ourselves while Troy independently plays.

Troy is still a good eater, and in addition to baby food, he also eats table food. He's not afraid to try anything, including dog food (poor Max can only eat at certain times now).

He still babbles a good bit...can't quite make out anything he says for sure, but he does babble to himself often.

Diaper changes are impossible now. Troy does NOT sit still long enough for us to change his diaper. We are lucky if we get one on straight. He is wearing a size 4 diaper now.

At his 9 month check up, he weighed 21 pounds and 14 ounces. When they measured his head, it was off the charts (literally), so they re-measured it to get it on the charts. Babies who have big heads turn out smart, right?

Things I love about my baby this month:
I love how happy he is...he really is a good natured baby
I love how often he smiles.
I love watching him play and discover things

Moving up

Troy has been the youngest in his class since he started daycare. Lately though, they have gotten several new babies...when I say babies, I mean babies....6 week old babies and 8 week old babies. Lately, as they get a new baby, an older one moves up. Troy quickly went from being the youngest baby in his class to the oldest.

When I picked Troy up from daycare today, they had moved him up to the next class! I knew it was coming, I was told two weeks ago that the next new baby would mean that Troy would move up. I was ready for him to move up and be back with his "friends". However, when I picked him up today and he had a cubby in his new room, it broke my heart. How can my baby not be a baby anymore? I actually had tears in my eyes....and to top it off, he cried when I picked him up because he didn't want to leave the toy he was playing with.

Bath Time

Troy Crawling