9 Months 1 Week Old

Christopher turned 9 months old last Friday. I know I keep saying it, but I can't believe time has gone by SO fast! We've got a birthday party to start planning soon! Especially since December's such a busy month for us! Not only do we have Christopher's birthday, but our 6th anniversary is December 2. Plus, there's Christmas! Whew! An expensive month for us!

Christopher had his 9 month check-up this past Tuesday (September 19). Here's his stats:

Weight: 16 lbs 12 oz (less than 3rd %)
Length: 27" (7th %)
Head Circumference: 44.5 cm (17.5") (21st %)

He only gained 1 lb 2 oz between his 6 month and 9 month visits. We're increasing the solids and adding a vitamin w/fluoride and going back for a 6 week follow-up weight check on October 31...Halloween.

We've been keeping busy with football games on Saturdays. There have been 3 home games so far and the 4th is tomorrow. I went to the first game, but stayed home with Christopher for the 2nd and 3rd games. I'll be going again tomorrow and dropping Christopher off at my dad's.

I've also been keeping busy with co-ed softball. We've been playing games on Tuesdays and Thursdays, for the most part. So far, out of 6 games, we're undefeated! We do really well when we keep the bats going! We had an interesting game last night. We were short 1 guy when the game started, but had 9 players. Our 10th guy showed up while we were on the field. The other team argued that if we started with 9 players, we ended with 9 players, which is incorrect. The rule says that the 10th player can be added, but not in the middle of an inning. Later in the game, the coach of the other team was STILL arguing about that call. It got pretty heated, so the umpire threw the guy out...quite dramatically, I might add! Nothing else was said about it until we had about 5 minutes left in the game. We were ahead 13-3 when it was the other team's turn to bat. THEY QUIT...just walked out!!! Such a wonderful example they set for their church and for Christians in general!

I had a crappy game, though. First of all, my coach put me in as catcher instead of the outfield. I am NOT a catcher! I'm scared to death of being that close to the batter without any protection! I ended up doing okay, though...no foul tips or exciting plays for me. However, as far as batting goes...I got walked once and had 1 single. I actually STRUCK OUT once, too, and hit a blooper to the infield and was thrown out. I haven't struck out in AGES! That pitcher figured out that I don't like outside pitches, though, so she had my number from the start. Thankfully, it was a guy pitching when I got my single.

Christopher's crawling around like crazy now. He's doing this one-legged crawl most of the time, but will crawl "normally" while on carpet. I'm pretty sure that hardwood/tile is not fun for him since it probably hurts his knees. I moved him up from the Babies to the Crawlers in church last week. I work in there during the 2nd session, so it's interesting to have him in there with me. He's definitely a Momma's boy and doesn't really want to get down and play much. That's something we have to work on. Hopefully it'll get better after I wean him off the breast.

Speaking of crawling...Christopher's just made his way to me and is fussing, so it must be naptime! Time to go! I'll update again later.