Nine Months!

We went for Maddox's nine month check-up on Friday and he is still growing like a weed! He is up to 19 lbs 11 oz. and is 28 inches long. What a big boy!! Everything checked out okay and he was up to date on all of his shots (which he and I were both pleased to find out). He did get his flu shot though since he hadn't had one yet, but one is certainly better than the four we're used to getting at these appointments. He was a very brave boy though. His sweet little sad face and cries break my heart every time he gets a shot, but fortunately he gets over it pretty quickly. We also finished up his antibiotic today that he has been on for a sinus infection and Blake has gotten over his walking pneumonia so I think we are finally all well (cross your fingers).

Dr. Harmon also told me that Maddox could eat from the table now so we are going to be starting that pretty soon. I still can't believe my little man is big enough to start eating real food...it just doesn't seem right! Tonight he did eat some banana that I smashed up into little pieces and he ate one of those Gerber wagon wheel things so he is off to a good start. He wasn't too sure about it at first though. It was funny because every time I tried to stick a little bite of banana in his mouth he would shudder and make these awful faces. I figured it was his way of telling me he wanted to eat from a jar and take a bottle for the rest of his life....haha! But after a few attempts he seemed to enjoy it. One thing I can tell already though is that meal time is about to get a whole lot messier! I can't wait!

Maddox also went to his first basketball game on Friday night. We went Birmingham-Southern to cheer on Huntingdon's women's basketball team that Uncle Andrew coaches. It ended up being an exciting game--they only lost by one point in overtime. Maddox really watched a lot of the game too. He was pretty captivated by all of the movement on the court. He was proud of his Uncle Andrew too! As always, he provided a good bit of entertainment to the crowd as well.

We are headed to Mobile on Tuesday for Thanksgiving and are excited to get to see a lot of family we haven't seen in a while. And I know that they are excited about getting to see Madddox again. I'm sure they will be happy to see us too, but let's face it, Maddox is the star of the show now!

And what good would a post be without a sweet picture?