And baby makes three...: 9 month check up & stats

Today Wyatt had his 9 month well-baby check. It's interesting because he's not been well for several weeks. He's had an ear infection for a little over 3 weeks at this point. We are on the 3rd set of antibiotics at this point and I'm hoping it will clear his little ear. He came in at 16 lbs, 9 oz. which is a 2lb loss from when he first got sick. He's 27 1/2 inches long and his head is 44 cm around. He's got a big noggin. :) He is at the bottom of the scale for babies his age all around. The doctor isn't concerned yet. He said, "well, he's a small baby." That was his only commentary.

Wyatt has 3 words now. He's got up, uh-oh, and hot. I don't know if I can technically count "hot" because I am not sure he knows what it means. He does like the way it sounds though! The words "mama" and "daddy" aren't even on the horizon! He also plays "pat-a-cake" and waves all the time. He's still a happy boy and a huge flirt! He eats a ton of food! I wish I had this kid's metabolism! He is definitely taking after his daddy in that area. He is not crawling yet, but he does a pretty speedy low-crawl. He gets up on his hands and knees, but can't figure out how to get his arms moving to crawl. He's got the legs figured out, but not the hands. It's fun to watch.

Yesterday (Sunday, Jan 3), his first tooth finally cut through! He has his bottom left tooth and the bottom right is hot on it's tail! It should pop through any moment now. He's also got some top teeth trying to show up all at once.

We had a fantastic Christmas! Wyatt enjoyed all the presents. He opened a few, but I did most of the work. The day after Christmas we took a trip up to Colorado to see BamBam & Grandpa. We got lucky and got to visit with Aunt Susan too (who lives in Georgia!). Wyatt fell in love with all 3 of them and he ate up a