9 months old, almost 10.

I'm bad. Doran turns 10 months old next week, and I'm just barely blogging about him turning 9 months old. And you know what's the worst? I already forgot all the little details of what he was doing at 9 months old! He is growing so fast! I have a document on my phone where I write down all of his milestones and "firsts". The list used to be periodical and infrequent, but now it seems every day I am writing something down. But, I'll save those details for the next post.

At 9 months old, Doran discovered his appetite for people food, and meat! He had his first full meal the day of his 9 month old appointment: Creamy, Cheesy, Chicken soup. A couple days later he had spaghetti! He loves eating. At 9 months old he had 4 teeth!

Luckily, I did take 9 month old pictures at the right time. The first day I tried taking Doran's 9 month old pictures, he was not cooperating. He didn't want to stay on his back, or show his face.

He has been trying to crawl, but gives up after a step or two. Army man method his preferred method!

The next day, he was much more smiley!

Nine Month Old Check Up Statistics:

Height: 29 in

Weight: 18 lb 10 oz

Head Circumference:45.5 cm

I also captured this video, which perfectly demonstrates Doran right now. You can even see food remnants on his face. He's a messy eater.

The Zoo and a Troll

 It was buy one get one free at the Zoo for Boeing employees, so we thought it would be fun to take Doran.

The baby Giraffe was just born last week. How cute. Doran liked watching the Giraffes because they were actually close enough to see.

Little man watching the Elephants, they were also close enough to see.

The Leopards were the funnest to watch! There were 3 cubs and they were playing with their Mama!

On the way home we finally stopped at the famous troll under the bridge!

Spaghetti

 Mmm... This is good. 

It was fun letting Doran eat what we were eating, but it sure was messy!

Hanging out at the park.

My family came to visit 2 weeks ago. According to Stephen, they have been making a sibling tour. In one month, the visited Matt in Idaho, Jeff in Utah, and us up here!

We went to the park with them, and it was a lot of fun! My Dad took all the group pictures, I only have pictures of us. 

Twin Falls - Washington

A couple of weeks ago we went hiking with some friends to see Twin Falls. The first fall was beautiful! I wasn't expecting it to be as large as it was. The second fall was not as impressive, but still beautiful.

It was a nice way to stay cool on a hot, sunny day. Doran fell asleep for most of the hike. It's a hard life being a baby.

I thought these trees that grew on other fallen down trees were pretty cool, so I made Devin take a picture.

Happy Grandparents Day!

My parents became grandparents on grandparents day last year, when Cordin was born. They love being grandparents and they are so good to Doran. Devin's parents have 13 grand-kids and love every one of them! Doran is also blessed to have all of his great grandparents living! We are so grateful for all of our family and the support they give us. Happy Grandparents Day.

Since grandparents love pictures, I posted a lot of them. Doran is so curious these days that it is difficult to take pictures of him outside. Good thing we took our family pictures before he got so curious.

Everday Doran

I know that most kids sleep like this at one point in time, but this was the first time Doran did and it was too cute not to take a picture. Love this kid.

This is his favorite toy in the whole house. I know I shouldn't let him play with this, but I do. I leave the strings just long enough he can play with them but can't strangle himself.

This is how I found him the other day while I was taking care of some housework. Just reading his books. They were both touch and feel books. All those toys and he chooses his books. So proud.