Joel is 9 months

Hard to believe Joel is now 9 months old! He was 9 months on the 10th but just had his check up today. The changes between 8-9 months were mind blowing! He dropped the bottle and is now using a training sippy cup! He's done with baby food and loves all the table food better. He's crawling around (half army crawling and half the time regular crawling on his hands/knees). He can pull up on anything and stand and now get himself safely back down. He's almost mastered climbing up our stairs without much help. He laughs and babbles a lot. He loves to swing a door open and closed. He now weighs 18# 5 oz (15%) and is 27.5 inches long (25%) and he recovered well from his immunizations. We are proud and thankful and can't wait to celebrate his first Christmas with him. Here's a picture and a little clip of him moving around and already learning to pick on Claire! Pretty funny!