9 Months Old

It's about time! I know, I know.... we are terrible at keeping up with posting the blog. What can I say? I feels like there are 6 hours in a day and 3 days in a week. Well, our little Nick now weighs in at 20 pounds and is 29 inches long. He's wearing 12-18 month size clothing right now and a size 4 or 5 shoe. I look back at his little zebra outfit we brought him home in and I don't know how he ever fit in something so small.
Nick has 4 teeth and is about to get two more. We are still giving him one haircut a month! Oh and the really big news - he started walking at 9 1/2 months old! He has totally skipped crawling and has decided he wants to walk. Since he doesn't crawl over to furniture to pull himself up, we aren't to the point of having to keep him away from anything yet.
Here are some photos of Nick at 9 Months old taken in our front yard. He's 10 months old now, so I'm sorry for the "old" photos.

Nick at 8 months old in his baseball jammies.
We signed up Nick for Water Babies classes at the local pool. He likes splashing and watching the other babies. He does not like AT ALL to be dunked! No way! Daddy and Grandpa Edwards have also participated in the swimming class with The Nick. He looks so cute in his swim trunks!

Getting ready for a walk. Nicholas loves going to walks! He'd spend all day outside if he could. Since it's been nice out, he helps me water the plants and we search for lizards.
What else is he up to? Well, when we get home Mashka is waiting for us and meowing like crazy. We'll say "Hi Mashk" and Nick says "Hi Ma". Now when he sees Grandma and Grandpa Edwards cats, Mewsette and Piper, he says "Hi Ma" to them also. And "Hi Ma" to very small catlike dogs. I guess we should have started with "kitty" so as not to confuse him. But now I think "Hi Mashk" may be his first words other that Momma and Dadda.

Last week Nick decided he wanted to try to drink out of a straw and he did it! He's getting really good at it too. He'll also drink out of a glass, it's too cute. It's the simple stuff that makes us laugh everyday.