A Walk Down Memory Lane

As you all have probably noticed I'm being slow as cold tar on the posting! The last post that has me stuck is all of Aaron's little milestones so I'm going to try and get all caught up on him with his growing and growing. Last I wrote he was standing by himself and cruising around our house.This was May 5. He did such a good job walking around with various things such as the rocket, baby stroller, chairs, etc. We find him absolutely adorable in everything he does. When he started crawling he would sit without noticing where he was and after a couple of times doing that too close to the stairs we figured we better break down and get a baby gate. We lived with the baby gate for awhile before I thought I better try him out on the stairs under supervision instead of live with the gate inconvenience. The very first try he was going like a pro on April 8 at 8 months. It didn't take too long, maybe only a month, of having the gate up. Aaron learned way faster than Miriam how to go down the stairs too. She always insisted on walking down, but Aaron turned around and crawled down. Way to go Aaron!
He went up the stairs several times that night scaling them in 2 1/2 min!
Aaron had his 9 month checkup on May 24. He weighed in at 19.82 lbs putting him in the 33% gaining 1.87 lbs in 3 mon. He is 29 in long putting him in the 69% growing roughly 2 in. Finally, his head is 18.5 in around putting him in the 88% and it grew an inch (big head compared to the rest!).The doctor found his first ear infection so we got to try out the antibiotics. The iron count looked good (which was nice after struggling with Miriam). One of the big disadvantages of getting so far behind is I forget the little details. I was trying to remember 4 mon ago how Aaron was to give a little description of his personality and its hard to remember. I know his mobility was going up with him climbing everything and still not saying much (partially because he still isn't saying much now). He was starting to wear shoes for the first time, little size 3 sandals and could still wear a few 0-3 clothes though mostly wearing 3-6 and getting into 6-9 shirts/one pieces. Aaron's torso is definitely longer than his legs he grows out of shirts very quickly yet stays in same pants for a long time. He had caught up to Miriam in diaper size 4 (very nice to be able to buy just one size!)One of the many examples of his climbing everything. I find it very interesting watching him climb. He always looks soo pleased once he gets up too. He also was climbing the kid picnic table outside, up on a #10- can to get in the bath, Miriam's toddler bed, to name just a few of his climbing repertoire!Aaron is also a fabulous eater. He will eat most anything, though can go in stages with the different foods. The picture on the left is the first time he ate with a spoon on May 23 and he did a really good job of controlling and didn't get excessively messy. He absolutely loves spoons, forks and other kitchen utensils he always has to be carrying one around with him. The pictures on the right were taken June 24. Poor guy with an older sister he uses a lot of pink blankets, bibs, spoons, etc! He also eats a lot!

One of his favorite foods is yogurt and here on May 20 he is taking advantage of the open refrigerator to grab a yogurt. He is definitely at that stage where every opportunity that comes he is hanging out in the fridge and howling when I drag him out to close it!

This is a little better idea of where he is though there is definitely more updates to come! We love you Aaron! You are such a cute boy!