Quinton's Adventures

Quinton is developing quite a few interesting new tricks. He is still working on crawling. He can get one knee and a hand forward and then he either belly flops, scoots backward, or sits up. We think he is now getting 4 teeth instead of just 2!! He has been horribly fussy for a couple of weeks now.

We had to lower his mattress this last week in order to keep him from A) falling out of his bed & B)playing with his baby monitor. Today I put him down for a nap (I was home from school for lunch) and a few minutes later I heard banging on the monitor. I assumed that Quinton had figured out how to get the monitor off of his dresser again and was banging it on the dresser or crib. I went in to check on him and found him standing up in his bed near the end where his dresser is. He was grinning from ear to ear with a look that said, "I am up to no good." He, however, did not have the monitor in his hand. Instead I noticed that something large was missing from the dresser. I looked down and saw his ceramic piggy bank on the floor on the opposite end of the bed from his dresser!!! Somehow he either pushed it off the dresser or threw it, not sure which since we didn't see him do it. We have since moved anything that could potentially hurt him due to its weight or breakability and anything small enough to swallow off of his dresser as he has proven that he can get to it even when we think he can't. My child is way to smart/sneaky for his own good. I have a feeling he is going to get himself into lots of trouble in the years to come!

Quinton Sat Up On His Own!!

My sweet little boy just went from laying on the floor to sitting up all by himself!!!! He was rolling on the floor playing, and decided to get up on all floors. From there, he went to a sitting position!! He is growing up way too fast!!

Lots of Updates and a Good Laugh

Quinton had his 9 month check up yesterday. He weighed in at approximately 17 pounds putting him in only the 5th percentile for his weight. The doctor really isn't concerned because he has been in the 10-25 percentile for the most part since he was born. He was 28 inches tall. This dropped him from the 95 percentile down to the 50th. The doctor said he was perfectly healthy and developmentally right where he should be!! He also got his first polio vaccine and got blood drawn for an anemia/lead screen.

Quinton now has both of his bottom teeth and is apparantly working on getting a couple more. The first 2 came through with little pain. The one (or ones) coming in now have caused him to be really fussy most of the last week. He finally seems to be back to his normal self today! I love having my smiling, laughing, happy baby back!!

Now for the good laugh. As I was typing this post, Quinton was playing on his quilt on the floor next to me. I looked over and Hamlet had started to lick Quinton's hand and face. Quinton was rolling around on the floor and trying to pet Hamlet which was driving Hamlet crazy. On top of that Quinton had his little toy basketball between his knees as he was rolling around. The funniest part of the whole thing was that Quinton was growling at Hamlet, not the other way around!! I tried to get it on video, but naturally they both stopped before I could get the camera. I have such a sweet, funny little boy!!

It is hard to believe that Quinton turns 9 months old today. Time has gone by so fast! I can't believe that it is almost time to start planning his first birthday. I am so blessed that God chose me to be his mommy!