A busy 2 1/2 weeks for Kai

I can't believe I let time keep getting away from me, but I do, so here's a recap of Kai's busy last couple of weeks ... On Wednesday, he turned 9 months old. He is now 19 lbs, 9 oz and 28.5 inches long (the girls and I liked the repetitive 9's and thought he should have stretched to reach 29 inches ...). =) He started crawling a week and a half ago on Wednesday. Although sometimes he still prefers to stay put, if he's interested in something, he goes. His favorite things are all things electrical. If it's plugged into a wall, he wants to touch it. Seriously. Yesterday, on two separate occasions, he almost pulled a radio on his head and a laptop on his head by pulling on their cords. And he tries to unplug anything and everything. The girls never did this and I obviously need to get my act together to make our house a bit safer for this little adventurer. It has been so warm here this week and we ate dinner outside in the front yard a few nights. The first time, I put our plates on the ground for the picnic. After Kai had beef and noodles and sour cream everywhere in about 10 seconds, Audrey went in and brought him back a jar of baby food, a spoon and a bib. =) And the next night, I got smarter and we ate our dinner on the little table outside while Kai looked on from the grass. =) Kai also now has 4 little teeth poking through and he is quickly becoming a big eater! And yesterday, he learned to clap, and today it seemed that he was just randomly clapping all the time. Very cute (& smart) he is! And for recording other cute things, Audrey's new word is "attackle" ... as in, "Mom, Avery just attackled my baby but my baby just came out of my tummy and she's too little for Avery to be rough." Anyway, Iain and I think the word makes perfect sense so instead of correcting her, we may just submit it to Webster's for inclusion in the next edition. Pictures will be forthcoming ....... =)