Hi. YAY on all the teeth and moving aboutness. Teeth suck, eh.

Lisa, what is your facebook name? I spend my little online time there usually.

Ci is walking. He is very very wobbly, and is mostly just standing and bouncing, but he is taking the odd steps here and there, usually if we're on the grass where he knows he can count on a soft landing. I can't believe it. He started recently squatting and then just pushing up with his legs from that into standing without holding on to anything, and it kinda snowballed from there. He barely crawled! He was in a mad rush to walk though, it was all he focused on, it was driving him bananas that he couldn't just get up and walk.

One day when he was 8 months old, DD and I were playing on the floor and DS was playing nearby also and I turned to see where he was and gasped in shock. It actually gave me a real fright... he was standing just behind me, stock still with his legs apart like a cowboy, arms by his side, with this calm look on his face. I heard DD quietly say, "Oh my God..." I can't convey how spooky that moment was, and I don't even know why it was spooky; I think it was the calm look on his face to be honest, like for a moment it wasn't my son but this old soul looking through me. Plus the fact that an 8 month old was standing, that is spooky on its own. Something tells me he is on a mission, this young lad, and I'm in for some trouble. (like he hasn't already given me loads of that!) I'll either find three 6's on his scalp or he'll sprout a halo but I don't think he's neatly in the middle.

Today was really cute cos he figured out how to clap, so I'm sitting on the toilet, (heh, it's all in the details, eh?) and he's in the hall in front of me and stands and starts clapping himself. I cracked up and he kept looking at his hands like they were working on their own.

Nine months is a great age. I love it, it's so much fun. I HATED the first six months, boyoboy, so glad that's gone and I'm NEVER doing it again. Got the husband nutered anyway so it's rather impossible. Woot.

Has six teeth through, those top middle two were complete hell, but once they were through, he started sleeping again. They have been giving him grief for over two months! He has gotten restless again though, as those last two bottom ones are on their way. The second year of teething is much easier as I recall. It doesn't mess the sleep up as much.

He is really clingy at the moment, and makes me want to buy that book "the wonder weeks", to see if this stage is a wonder week with the three C's of crying, clingy and whatever the heck the last one is.

Is anyone else having screaming problems? Happy screams, but ear piercingingly horrific, and they go on and on. Can't wait until he moves past that little discovery.

Much love and happy new year... since I hadn't written since then.