February 2010 - 8 months old update

2/8/10 - Christopher is growing and ‘exploring’ by leaps and bounds! Hello to all of our friends and family missing those blog updates. All is well but it’s been very busy. Lots of changes are happening. As of today, Feb. 8^th, Christopher weighs 17 pounds, 9 ounces and is 28 inches tall! He makes lots of motor boat and sputter sounds and laughs all the time. He is quite the active, nearly 9 month old, cute-as-a-button baby of ours. Just this past week, he was with my mom at home and was looking at a magazine. When he saw one of those hair care ads with a young woman with flowing dark hair, he exclaimed ‘Mama!’ and proceeded to kiss the page, how cute is that??!! He said mama in the middle of the night this week too when he woke up, ‘Mama, mama!’ Of course I come running, Christopher says jump, I jump. It’s been a lot of fun lately to see his personality really coming out.

The last I wrote, Christopher had just begun eating solids and sitting in his high chair. What a difference between then and now. He gives kisses now too, not prompted or asked to do so. He’ll get up close to your cheek and his little mouth is open like a baby bird beak waiting for food and then he puts his lips against your check and nuzzles into your face for a few seconds. Is it slobbery sometimes, wet, but it doesn’t matter because it is so sweet.

He has some words now too. My best Christmas present ever, was when he said ‘mama!’ over Christmas break, Dec. 31^st to be exact. He was in the Pack n’play and stood there (yes standing up, believe it or not) and let it out, as clear, precise, and purposeful as he could, ‘Mama, mama!’ I’ll always remember that moment. Now back to the standing thing…Christopher is crawling backwards, not so much forwards but he can do that too. He stands strong and can pull himself up from laying down position to standing. Standing supported by the pack n’play railing, he puts one foot in front of the other and makes his way around. He likes to stand there, and be a part of whatever you are doing right next to him. Before long this one is going to be running! Other words include da-da (his papa), ta-ta (his grand dad Christopher), neh neh (his pacifier), ma-ma nah nah (his abuelita Lucia), the latter remains to be confirmed.