Joe is 9 Months!

Joe had his 9 month checkup yesterday so I thought I'd post the stats. He weighed 22 1/2 lbs (90th percentile), he was 30 1/2 inches long (98th percentile), and his head was 18 1/2 inches around (90th percentile). He is meeting all his milestones and exceeding a couple as well. He is crawling like a madman, pulling up on everything he can and starting to cruise very cautiously. He is babbling some consonants (bababa, dadada, gheegheeghee, ttttttttt,), he clicks his tongue, squeals, laughs, and changes his tone to match ours. He has 6 teeth, he drinks through a straw, feeds himself a bottle (in the car or in his highchair), eats many foods (no finger foods yet - taking that very slow), and can stick out his tongue and smack his lips together. His biggest accomplishment is that he points at EVERYTHING! He constantly has his right index finger extended and points at everyone and everything all day. I have nicknamed him "permapoint". According to our pediatrician this is a 1 year milestone. Go Joe! The picture below shows his first facial bruise under his right eye. He lost his balance in the kitchen the other day and fell face first on the tile. This is a sort of long video of Joe pulling up, cruising, playing and talking a little. It's so long because I kept trying to capture what he was doing when I wasn't filming him. He stopped whatever he had been doing every time I turned on the camera. Typical!