The Lawson Family Expansion Project: Flying in on cloud 9!

Another new mom said the following and it could be any truer: "The days may be short but the months sure do fly by!"

Every time I look at our little guy, I realize he's not so little anymore!

He's 9 months old and coming in at a whopping 30 inches tall, and 20.4 lbs. (dad says 23 lbs 32 inches) (mom say 31 inches, 22 lbs) - we'll find out on Wednesday and I will update this with the real numbers.

Kabir enjoys picking out clothes by grabbing them and eating them. This is how he picked out his Halloween costume. In fact all kinds of things get eaten now! Our favorite things to teeth on are pieces of bread (pizza crust is a must!), rubber spatulas, cold carrots, and his mesh fruit thingy. Who needs traditional teethers?

Speaking of teeth, little man is sporting two little teeth on his bottom front row. He doesn't realize the damage they can do when chewing on toes, and mommy's or daddy's fingers.

And with teeth we have to talk about eating. Bottles are still a battle. It doesn't help that he's getting stronger and will bat the bottle away and twist and writhe until you let go. He's getting better with solid food and is up to about 3/4 cup a day. For reference, when he first started eating he ate 1 -2 tablespoons a day! He has had lots of veggies and fruits. His grains have been mostly rice and oatmeal. I need to make granola and learn about barley. In terms of protein, he eats chicken, beef, fish, beans and lentils. He loves yogurt. He's also had dhaal rice and cutlets, idlis and dosas. And Mr. Independent needs his own spoon and sippy cup at meals.

All this eating has helped him grow so strong! He's crawling around the apartment now. He can get from the living room to anywhere he wants pretty easily. He's still mostly army crawling but he gets in a standard crawl here and there. He can pull himself up on people, and slide off the couch.

He loves his toys! He knows how to knock down blocks and punch through the big foam puzzle pieces. He has this one toy that push balls through these holes and they roll down the ramp he knows how to do that all by himself. He loves his sit and stand activity table. He has a prayer lamb that we use to say our morning and evening prayers. He also has a snow globe that we use to calm him down when he's upset.

Kabir has also inherited our love for books. No matter how distressed or upset he is, if you start pulling down books and reading he calms down. He listens so intently at story time and smiles and laughs at all the right places.

And just like his mom, Kabir is quite the chatty Charlie! From what we made up he can say: dada/dad, mama/mom, yesh, I did it, I drank juice, nigh nigh, and all kinds of other lovely gibberish. My favorite is when he wakes up and smiles seeing our faces, sits in our laps and says yesh, as if all the world is right just in this moment. And then with his sweet little hands, he grabs our faces to bring us close and gives kisses. There is no way to describe how these small moments make my hear overflow with the truest happiness.

We watch kiddo shows sometimes. Some of his favorites are: Any of Mo Willems read aloud movies, Thomas the Tank Engine, Dinosaur Train, Curious George, Arthur, and The Magic School Bus. We have play dates with other little ones. He has a little girl friend named Emily and a little boy friend named Demetirus and our playgroup has another little boy on the way. Kabir also enjoy hanging out at the park and playing with cousin Zachy and watching baby cousin Amy. At the park Kabir enjoys playing in the wood chips, crawling through tunnels, sliding down the slide, and swinging.

Our trip to Denver was pretty good. He was great on the plane, only stealing one pair of glasses, and patting one person's head. He napped for one hour and needed to be entertained for two hours. All in all the flight was great. He traveled well too! He took naps while on walks and slept through the nights at the hotel. He did so well, that we've booked another trip.

I hope you LA folk are sitting down while reading this because Kabir and I are coming to LA! We'll be there from Nov. 7th - Nov. 18th. Jay will be joining us from Nov. 14th - 18th. We're coming to celebrate Shilpa Akka's wedding and to spend time with our LA family. So let me know when you want to hang out! You'll have to check with my mom because I'm sure she has tons of plans for Kabir!

And finally pictures, in no real order!