It is unbelievable to already start thinking about what we are going to do for Quinten's 1st birthday, but the big day will be here before we know it!!!
We can not believe that he is already 9 months old!
His personality is growing more and more each day, it is so much fun to watch him grow and play. Quinten continues to be such a happy baby, although this month brought new frustrations for him. He is at the stage where he wants to get to something, but hasn't figured out quite how to get there. We definitely think he will skip crawling and move right on to walking! He has started pulling himself up to a standing position and will even move around a little once he is up. Of course this gives me huge anxiety...I know he will get his share of bumps and bruises over the next few years, but for now this new mommy will continue to surround him with pillows:)
Quinten LOVES music and somehow already has a favorite tv show!
We are not huge tv people, however, we have caught Bubble Guppies a few times and every time it comes on Quinn starts his "I'm excited dance." We have even used the song to help on long car rides, even when he is upset he will stop crying and smile when Bubble Guppies comes on.
Notice how he gets excited and starts dancing because he thinks the song is going to start and then he stops and waits...so cute!!!
Apparently, he earned his first nickname at school the other day, "DJ Skull Baby!"
We dress him in a lot of baby surf/punk clothes with skull and bones on everything.
Well, his teachers put some music on and all of a sudden Q started showing off his moves to the other babies. They said they were cracking up! Quinn truly was having a great time dancing. His favorite move is fist pumping:)
We got to use it again, this time on a high chair...
Q was trying to get in on the senior discount.
While we were at the beach for spring break, Quinn decided he was tired of the usual vowel sounds and started babbling "dadada" it was AMAZING!!!
Now when he "talks" it seems like there is some sort of meaning behind what he is babbling. Super cool!
I can't wait to spend everyday home with my little monkey:)
Loving the ball pit at school!
Happy Family:)
The photographer forgot to load our favorite family pic on the cd...
he is sending it, so hopefully I'll get it posted in a few days.
Like father, like son!
Unplanned...Jason and Quinn have a very similar shirt:p
Don't you just want to eat him up!?!
Walking??? This guy is ready to run!
He now weighs 17 1/2 lbs. more than three times his birth weight!
Quinten's head is 45cm.
and
He is 27 1/2 inches tall!
1. Sleeps in his crib...FINALLY!
Quinn has slept in his own room since about the time he came home, but because of issues with reflux he slept in his inclined cradle...with his new found independence and moving skills increasing this worried us and he has finally adjusted to sleeping all night in his crib! (although he still gets up at least 2 times to eat, Mommy certainly looks forward to the day when he sleeps through the night!)
2. Kneels, Quinten started trying to pull himself up and kneels when he is playing with his bigger toys.
3. Eating puffs!
4. Getting ready to crawl...up on all fours he is started to realize he can move...often gets frustrated that he can't figure it out yet!
5. Conquered consonant sounds! We were laying around playing at the beach house one evening and all of a sudden Quinten started babbling like crazy "dadada mmmmm" he has been nonstop ever since!
6. Dancing! This kid definitely loves music...so far the Bubble Guppies theme song and jazz are his favorites!
7. Waving...we are still working on this but Quinn will randomly wave goodbye.
8. Smacks his lips to make a sound.
9. Getting to be a pro at using his pincer grasp (picking small things up with his thumb and index finger).
5. Conquered consonant sounds! We were laying around playing at the beach house one evening and all of a sudden Quinten started babbling like crazy "dadada mmmmm" he has been nonstop ever since!
6. Dancing! This kid definitely loves music...so far the Bubble Guppies theme song and jazz are his favorites!
7. Waving...we are still working on this but Quinn will randomly wave goodbye.
8. Smacks his lips to make a sound.
9. Getting to be a pro at using his pincer grasp (picking small things up with his thumb and index finger).
9 Things Quinten Loves at 9 Months...
1. Table toys, he loves these new toys that are a little off the ground.
He has even started to pull himself up to standing with them.
He has even started to pull himself up to standing with them.
2. Clapping, he gets very excited when you clap and then help him clap!
3. Theme song to the show Bubble Guppies!
4. Ball pit! At school they filled up a pool with plastic balls...one of Q's favorite new things to do at school.
5. Cinnamin:p
We started sprinkling some in his apples and sweet potatoes and he can't gobble them up fast enough.
6. Zebra book...taking a big interest in books in general, but Zebra definitely his favorite! Quinn and I bought this on our very first trip to Nordstroms when he was only a little over 1 month:)
7. Playing with his ears...he plays with them so much we thought he had an ear infection.
8. Drinking water out of a cup...although he dumps half of it on himself.
9. Rolling his tongue:p
3. Theme song to the show Bubble Guppies!
4. Ball pit! At school they filled up a pool with plastic balls...one of Q's favorite new things to do at school.
5. Cinnamin:p
We started sprinkling some in his apples and sweet potatoes and he can't gobble them up fast enough.
6. Zebra book...taking a big interest in books in general, but Zebra definitely his favorite! Quinn and I bought this on our very first trip to Nordstroms when he was only a little over 1 month:)
7. Playing with his ears...he plays with them so much we thought he had an ear infection.
8. Drinking water out of a cup...although he dumps half of it on himself.
9. Rolling his tongue:p
