The Zorio Family: 9 Month Report Card

9 MONTH CHECK UP

On Sunday, February 14th, Dawson turned 9 months old! It is so hard for us to believe that he's so big, but we are having a lot of fun with him at this age. Yesterday we took Dawson to his 9 month check up, and he got a great report! :) He now weighs 20 lbs 13 oz which puts him in the 50-75th percentile for weight, and he stands a handsome 2 feet 6 inches tall. Being 30 inches long puts him in the 90-95th percentile for height. His doctor said he's growing well and is doing well developmentally. This appointment was fun because no shots were involved and there were so many questions as to what Dawson can do like crawl, pull up, cruise the furniture, clap, play peek-a-boo, wave, and put food in his hand to his mouth. We, like every other first-time parent, of course, think Dawson is a genius. :) He did show off his ability to wave when half-way through the appointment he started waving bye-bye to the doctor which we all got a kick out of.

Now that we have introduced Dawson to such a large number of foods, which has been what I've put a ton of energy into in the past 3 months, he can start having a lot more things. We can even start giving him bites of food off our plates which is weird to me because I still think he's a little baby! We're on track for him at a year (goodness, just three months away) to be able to eat pretty much what we eat just cut in smaller pieces or mashed up a little more. Although, I can't believe it's possible for my little baby to be so big, I am excited about the idea of being done with making Dawson's baby food in three months or less. Also, at a year we will start him on whole milk out of a sippy cup, so the doctor encouraged us to really work with him on the sippy cup so when it comes time for him to drink milk out of it, it will be easier for him. Dawson got a good report card for his 9 month check up, and we don't have to take him back to the doctor until May for his 1 year check up (is it possible he could be so big?!)!

PLAYDATE

Last week Dawson and I were invited to a playdate with one of his friends from church, Matthew. Matthew's mom, Stephanie, was pregnant at the same time I was, and our boys are just three weeks apart (Dawson in May and Matthew in June). I got a few pictures which I've put below of them playing, but for the most part they didn't interact too much. We had a good time though, and we're trying to plan another playdate for the two again soon!

BUNNY

The other night our friends Steven and Kelly had us and some of our other friends over for a tasty chili dinner, and after dinner they got out their bunny, Fern, to show to Dawson and Connor (16 months old). The boys LOVED the bunny. Fern hopped around the living room while Dawson crawled full-speed trying to catch the fast bunny. We got a few pictures of Dawson with the bunny, and I've already made plans to take Dawson to have his picture made with Fern for Easter! :)

Valentine's Day

Our Valentine's Day gift was our ski trip and we went out on a date while we were there too, so we didn't plan to do too much for Valentine's Day. Our Sunday School class had a Valentine's Day banquet at Cantino Laredo at Bridge Street on Friday night which we attended though. It was a lot of fun to get dressed up, go out to dinner with all our friends, and play a few games while we were there.

Other that these few things, we've been spending our time at home crawling around the house with Dawson, and watching some of the Winter Olympics. We've also had snow a couple more times here in Alabama. Enjoy the pictures below...