Landon at 9 months

Landon turned 9 months old this week.  When I went in to get him from his late afternoon nap I saw that he had figured out how to reach up to the crib rail and pull himself up to stand.  Looks like its time to lower the crib!

How I found him after nap on Tuesday... (crib still raised)

The next day... (Crib lowered!) 

He was so excited and proud of himself that he was doing this all by himself!

Caleb loves it when Landon loves on him

Landon has taken just a couple of 'steps' crawling (in the traditional form, not scooting like Caleb did :)). He definitely has that frustration of wanting to go.  He does know how to go left and right, and sometimes can inch his way forward a bit on his belly, enough to reach a toy, but other than that we have only seen two steps at a time before plopping on his belly again.

He is loving chewing table food now, and has started to figure out how to do the pincher fingers to pick  little pieces up.  Some new additions include bread, plums, cheese, pieces of banana (wouldn't do the real thing mashed up), diced carrots, and of course, the beloved Cheerios.  Great for keeping him entertained for a few minutes so we can eat, too!

Still no teeth...  Although it seems he might crawl and walk sooner than Caleb, he seems to be on track to be late with the teeth like big brother was (11 months).

Landon used his first sign last week!  I have only been teaching him 'more' and 'all done', which I started around 6 months.  He has started to use the sign for more, tapping his two fists together with his thumbs on top.  It took me a few times before I realized what he was doing, but I was so excited to see him doing it at this age since we didn't start teaching Caleb any signs until he was older.

This was a couple of weeks ago... Sturdy enough to hold himself there briefly.

This afternoon Landon crawled about 7 steps all by himself, and has done it several times now since then.... More pictures and video to follow.... :)