Growing up

Tj had his 9 month apt a couple weeks ago.  The Dr. said he is doing great!  He is 18 lbs. 12 oz. and 27 inches long.  He is in the 25th percentile for height and weight.  I can hardly beleive it has been 9 months.  He is such a fun little guy, we love him so much!  He is really close on walking.  He walks along furniture and can now let go and stand in place for quite a while. 

He loves to play the various little toy pianos we have. Also whenever he hears singing he stops and listens and starts trying to sing along.

Tj has recently discovered the dog door, heat vents, cupboards and draweres and the dog dish. He loves to play and explore and really keeps us on our toes!

(update:  He actually crawled out the dog door and we found him crying on the back porch, he was only out there for a few seconds but now we have to keep the dog door closed when he is playing.  First one of the four kids to attempt this trick this young!  12/5/2011)

A few nights ago the girls decided they wanted to sleep in the same bed.  When I looked in on them before going to bed myself I noticed that "fat oinky" had joined them.  Silly kids!

Brennen has been playing the violin for the last few months.  He is doing really well!  They had a little mini concert in the hall for parent-teacher conference.  They will be having a Christmas concert soon.  After the concert his orchestra teacher came up to me and told me that she thought he was doing really well and was a natural at the violin.  So proud of you Brennen!