The boys at 9 months

I just read my post of when the boys turned 8 months. They have changed so much in the past month! Every day the boys are making leaps and bounds in their development. It has been so fun to see them do a new skill one day and see them improve and expand on the skill the next day.

This month, the boys have:

• Improved on sitting up. Last month, the boys could both sit up for awhile and then topple over. Now, they can sit for as long as they want to.
• Brandt has learned to crawl! I have witnessed him do it with his tummy off the ground, but for the most part, he does it "army" style.
• Brandt has also learned how to stand up!! This has been so exciting. One day, he learned how to stand in his crib. Then he learned how using pieces of furniture. This has certainly affected his naps, though. It has been so difficult to get him to take naps because all he wants to do is stand.
• Carter has become our little talking guy. It is so much fun to hear him babble on and it seems like each day he tries out a new sound. Eric's has been saying this his first word was "alli babba." I didn't hear this, but Eric says he did say it! He makes sounds like: ah, bah, eh, ayaya. He likes to "talk" and if you make an "eh" sound to him, he'll talk back. Love it!!
• Carter hasn't quite mastered crawling yet, but he is scooting forward now. If he follows in his brother's footsteps, it'll be any day now.

This picture was taken of the boys this past week. They were helping make dinner with me.