The Tidwells: New Discoveries

So, my son has discovered his penis and it really took me by surprise at first. For every diaper change and every bath, he immediately reaches for it! I knew it started, early but I had no idea it happened at 9 months of age!

I have also discovered his first tooth and made the mistake of letting him bite my finger. Nope, never again. We bumped him up to 3rd level foods and his 9 mo check-up went great. He passed the developmental test, which the doc said was pretty hard to do at this age. He has evened back out and is rocking 50% in both height and weight. He weighs almost 20 pounds.

Trip is growing up so fast and I cannot believe he started crawling a couple of weeks ago. At first he would only scoot backwards, but he got the hang of it in no time. He loves wires, which makes me a nervous wreck. He gets bored really easily, but I like to tell myself that means he's going to be super smart :)

He recently started pulling himself up on our furniture, toy bin, and bath tub and he gets so proud of himself when he does it on his own. I could just eat him up!

At the moment, he isn't in daycare (his new one starts Aug 20th), so my sweet cousin Michelle is watching him a few hours during the day so I can get some work done (which I'm supposed to be doing now :))

I went on my first-ever weekend away and we both did great. My patience has getting ever-so-thin these days, so I definitely needed to see my friends and get away. Of course I missed him like crazy and I really missed him in the mornings. I stayed up until 3:00 Friday night, but my internal clock had me wide awake at 8:00 the next day. I just can't hang like I used to. There's so much more, but I gotta run! Here are some pics!