Joel is 9 months!

This kid cracks me up! Joel is such a big boy in so many ways. Crawling around getting into everything, cruising around on furniture, eating everything that he's not supposed to (his current favorite is magazines), saying "da-da," "ba-ba," and most recently "ma-ma," and he just had his 7th tooth pop through yesterday. Whenever we turn on Mickey Mouse, we know we have a good half an hour until we hear from him again. He LOVES Mickey. It's like he's completely mesmerized by him. He crawls up to the tv and stands up and dances during the songs. So cute!

At the same time, he's such a baby! He is completely dependent on me, still wakes up at least twice a night to eat, and cries when I leave him with anyone outside of the family. Our favorite way to tease him is to say, "stop being such a baby." At least we think it's funny!

Joel's model pose