Little Man

I've been hesitant to share these photos because he's looking like such a kid lately!  It's scary and so darn cute at the same time!

From this photo I get a clear sense of what he's going to look like as 5 year old.  (But hopefully with more hair....)

This outfit is way too small for him but I still cram him into because it's adorable.  It's reminiscent of that green hooded fleece get up he wore as an infant.

And this was taken today.  I've been desperately trying to photograph his fish face that he's been doing lately but I can never catch it.  He sucks in his cheeks and moves his lips like a fish.  It makes me laugh every time!  Oh well, I got this cute picture instead.  Look!  He has jaw definition!  

Aquarium

Last Saturday we took the boy to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  For those of you who don't know, it's a Bay Area institution and famous for having one of the the largest panes of glass in the world in the tuna and shark tank.  I have never been a fish fan and sea creatures really creep me out!  But I'm coming around.  I still cringe in horror at the lobster tank and fish eyes are some of the creepiest things ever.  My preferred attractions are the jellyfish, leopard sharks (though they don't hold a candle to to the leopard shark in my favorite movie), penguins and hammerhead sharks.  I could watch the hammerhead sharks chasing the schools of fish for hours!  Enzo really like the tide pools because there you can use your hands and grab stuff!  Like starfish!  

I really love this next picture because it is so ethereal!  Plus, I really like the teeny little jellyfish.

One of our dreams for Enzo is that he translates whale song.  I couldn't resist putting the thought in his head at the interactive kids part of the museum.  He probably just loved pressing those buttons...

Original link here: http://youtu.be/Avs4IIed-gQ

42 Weeks

Enzo is 42 weeks old today - 9 1/2 months.  He's been out in the world the same amount of time he gestated.  He went from this:

To this:

To this in 84 weeks.

9 Month Stats

For all of you who are dying to know!

As of today, he's 20lb 14oz (66th percentile), 29 inches (69th percentile) and his head circumference is 18 inches (65th percentile).  He is now one inch away from being half as tall as me!

He also got his flu shot today and we have to get a booster in one month.  Hopefully the flu shot isn't bad this year.  I haven't even received mine yet so I don't know.

And He's 9 Months

Lately:

Enzo turned 9 months on the 10th!  He's doctor appointment is on the 20th so we'll see what his weight and height are then.  My guess he's now 20+ pounds!  His growth has been a little slower lately - most of his 6 months clothes still fit, if not snugly - but I was reading this is common with breastfed babies.  I'm encouraging slow growth!  My bicep strength needs to catch up with his weight!

He is becoming quite the bean enthusiast!  He really liked the black bean veggie soup I made last week and today was licking off the hummus I put on his toast.  He's still a very independent eater and we don't have a lot of luck feeding him from a spoon.  At mealtimes we just put out a wide variety of different finger foods for him to try - broccoli, green beans, toast, melon, beans, rice noodles with a light sauce.  It is so so messy.

New video!  Enzo on his skoot-skoot.  Once again, this video is terribly shot by me and you see way too much of Jake's butt in it.  However, you can see Enzo has the need for speed and is balancing on the seat.  He looks so happy on his little trike!

He is signing milk regularly and within the correct context.  He's a genius.  Cute story - the other day he signed milk so I picked him up to feed him.  Once he started nursing I looked at him, smiled and signed milk for reinforcement.  He then unlatched, gave me a big smile and signed milk back!  It was incredibly sweet.

Enzo can now play ball with us - he throws it at us and we roll it back to him.  It's our first game together!

His fifth tooth has popped out, on the bottom right.

And I can't not write a post without a picture....