full term

george is nine months today.

And, I thought I'd cover what george has learned in nine months. the same short, never ending, fleeting, ruthless amount of time it took me to grow this big boy in my belly.  so, like frau maria sings on the Austrian hills..."lets start at the very beginning"...

you may recall when I looked like this!

wow mama!! scary I know! I thought for sure I'd carry on my mothers petite genes when I conceived a child in my loins, but no, the onlybigand scary thing about my mom's pregnancy was her hair.

that is me at two with my mom waiting the arrival of my little brother. yes, my mother is 9 months pregnant, she is about as big as I was at 4 months.

 I think I would have preferred the crazy hair.

Amazing what can change just shy of a year. just like that my infant is no more.

 the ginormous belly has now become a huge kid with the stats to prove it, as per his 9 month check up stats george weighed in at a wooping 23.5 pounds and 30.5 inches tall! george tips the scales and lands in the 90% for weight and 97% for height.

 yes that hefty 8 pound 2 ounce baby boy just keeps on growing.

so what can george do? crawl, stand, smack his head on a miriade of hard surfaces, pull himself up in his crib (we already dropped it to it's lowest level, sheesh), grunt like no ones business,be slightly annoying at nap and bed time,stand in the bathtub (couldn't leave out that new slippery hard surface to fall on),clap, smile, laugh, tease, become more awesome...

 and of course chunk out!

he's right on track, who knew how much could be done in 9 months. and on that note, it is definitely not time for the next one. unless, of course someone could promise me this time I'll just have really poofy hair!