9 months old!

Braden is 9 months old! He is as busy as ever, exploring everything and crawling around everywhere. I am constantly amazed at what he can pull himself up to (like the wall - there's not even anything to hold onto there!). He is a little short for his age right now, but a solid little guy for sure. Some of Braden's favorite things: His stick horse, little soccer ball, stuffed animals, the piano, books, and his daily rough-housing time with daddy! He still eats like a little champ and loves spaghetti.

Guitar Time!
(one of Braden's favorite activities is when Justin pulls out the guitar and plays and sings to him)

Laundry Time - Braden was playing in the laundry while I was folding it the other day and loving playing peek-a-boo with me and the clothes. I was all done folding so I put everything inside our tall laundry basket. I left out the socks for him to play with and what did he do? He crawled up to the laundry basket, with a sock in his hand, pulled himself up, reached as high as he could and dropped the sock in. Then he did his excited little giggle about his new game. He's really good at pulling things out, but this was the first time I had seen him put something in! It was way too cute - and helpful at the same time! Although, he was disappointed when he realized that he had put all the socks in the basket, but could no longer reach them to pull them back out and play with them. :) So we had to pull some of the socks back out so he could take them somewhere else. He's such a fun little boy!