9 month check up

Hello! Eric went for his 9 month check up today! He is 20.9 pounds and 29.5 inches long. His ears are completely clear and hes healthy as a horse! I am so happy!
He has 3 teeth and is just a bundle of love! He has been loving the pool every day and he is so cute to watch! He kicks his legs and flaps his arms like hes swimming so I am hopeful that he will be an easy one to teach to swim. I am going to try and start lessons with him soon! A group of us want to do them together with all of the little ones!

We had our first fall that drew blood on Monday....my MIL was getting him ready for his bath and he pulled up on the side of the bath tub and fell and knocked his gum where his top tooth is coming in and it bled a lot. He was sooo upset but got over it pretty quickly and is just fine now. I know that this will be one of many and that he is all boy and will be into everything. I have to get some tough skin.

We go to our last physical therapy appointment on Friday. The pedi told me today that she thought I should keep going to them because he still leans a little SOMETIMES. Our $4,000.00 deductible starts over Sunday and at $900 to $1,400 per visit to PT I will just do the stretches at home. That may make me a bad parent but she literally shows me how to do ALL of the stretches AT home....so why should we pay to have her do them for an hour twice a month?? If I feel like his lean is getting worse then I will start him back on the therapy..but I think that I am capable of knowing when its to that point and keeping up with the stretches myself. It wont be any good for any of us if we are broke from spending 2,000.00 a month on PT Visits until our deductible is met....don't get me wrong...I will spend it if it is needed but I just feel like I do the same things at home...

I am getting so stressed excited about his birthday party! We are doing a Choo Choo train theme and I found exactly what I was looking for on Etsy.com today. la petite party shoppe. Its a package that she personalizes and emails to me to download and I can just put it on a flash drive and go get it all printed out. Its the invitations, napkin wrappers, cupcake wrappers and topperss, cake toppers, decorative signs, thank you notes, "Happy Birthday Eric" banner, a high chair banner, party hats, and more! She customized it for me because I didnt want some of the things in the origional package so she cut the price down $5 and for $20 I am done after I print and cut! Thats what Im talkin about...one stop shop!!

OH oh oh!!! Eric got his first hair cut last Friday! He got an inch off and he looks like such a little man now!!! ahhhh....My little dude is growing up and I can not even stand it!

one whole inch gone!!


He has started to shake his head and say "no" or "doh" or "ooh" LOL whatever comes out. But its really cute for now. And "hello" is "Hewohh" or "haarrroooh" its just awesome....even though I usually have to say hello like a million times before he will repeat it its still awesome.

We have Lylas first birthday party on Saturday. I can not believe that all of the babies are turning ONE in the next few months. Time has literally FLOWN by. Lauren and I had Rilynn and Eric at the pool this past weekend and we were saying how this time last year we were at the pool big and pregnant and now our little ones are floating around splashing and Ri is walking! Its just incredible how adorable these little ones are. And I am so proud of all of us for becoming such great parents and loving every single minute of it. I am truely blessed to have such great friends to support me and keep me company, and that Eric is going to grow up with these sweet and smart little people and they will hopefully develope life long friendships as I have with their mommies.

Anyhow....He will officially be 9 months on Monday and I will post pictures at some point! Ok oK....so it will probably be when he is almost 10 months that I finally post...but whos keeping track?! LOL