9 and a half months

Jase is really showing off his skills lately. He loves to practice standing by himself but no steps alone just yet. He picks up food with his fingers and feeds himself. I still make his baby food and I feed that to him, I am not ready to deal with all the mess that comes with them feeding themselves. He has three new teeth coming through, two on the top and one on bottom next to the two that he already has. He has been sleeping without waking me up for the past few nights (which is 13 or more hours at a time). Of course I still wake up in a panic and I also know that this sleeping thing will change without any warning. He loves to have books read to him and gets very angry if you stop. He also loves to "read" his books and turns the pages all by himself. He still enjoys jumping in his jumperoo but not for too long because he is always on the move with crawling and cruising around. With all this activity he takes two naps a day and goes to bed at 7pm. Enjoy the photos!
My handsome fellow ready to party.
He insists on standing up by himself and will push your hands off of him.
Don't you just want to squeeze and bite those arms.

Just hanging out with Abuelito
So cool in the shirt Titi Maria gave him from Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Always smiling!
Maybe the Offensive Lineman on a football team one day. Go Irish and Dawgs!!!!!!
They have me caged up in here.

So Sweet

Beach Time

My sister flew down for Boston for the weekend. Friday we headed to Charleston for the weekend. This was Jase's second time at the beach and he had a great time. Here are a few pics from the trip.
Tea time!

Daddy and I having fun in the ocean

It was really tiring.

Me and my cousin Elektra. Gotta watch out for her she likes to squeeze me real hard.
They had this playground in the backyard of the beach house. Abuelita enjoyed pushing me in the swing but not as much as I enjoyed her doing it.
Check out Daddy and Chopper in the golf cart. This made mommy laugh really hard.
Me, mommy and Titi Maria just relaxing in the sun.
One big happy family!

Nine Months Old

Jase had his nine month check up yesterday and he weighs 24.6 lbs and is 28 1/2 which to me equals...BUTTERBALL! He only got one shot which was so much better than the four he had gotten all the other times. When the doctor looked in his mouth at his gums all she could say was "oh wow"...which to meant..."holy cow he has a lot of teeth trying to come down and out!" Here is a little video that I took so you could see him crawl and stand, the rest was not part of the plan.