Mom and I had a fun day celebrating my nine months. Dad has been at a wrestling tournament for a couple days so I’ve been the man of the house. I spent the day skyping with family members, crawling, walking with my truck, climbing up and down from my chair, practicing waving, trying some pasta, playing peek-a-boo and tickle games with mom, and turning my toys on and off. I’ve been interested in how things work lately and I can turn a couple of my toys on, but there are a few that are a little harder to figure out. I’ve also had exposure the word “no” a lot lately, I think mom defintely has the “teacher look” down, she still has to work on that “mom look” though, but I’m getting better. I got my first bruise today too, I fell while driving my walker and mom didn’t quite catch me, you can see it on my forehead. I recovered quickly though.

We winded down the day with my favorite book The Pout-Pout Fish. Since about Christmas I have been pointing to the fish on each page, mom decided she should finally get some pictures of this, it is just hard to do at bedtime.

Mom is amazed every day at the big man I have become. She knows that her happiness is in large part to Dad, she tells me that he is a kind, patient, funny, smart guy and she hopes I’ll be a lot like him one day. She is so blessed to have such a loving husband, wonderful friends and family, and an incredible son that amazes her each and every day! 🙂

9 Months from Mike Murphy on Vimeo.

Well buddy, did I change this week! I’m getting a lot better at crawling, I’ve learned to maneuver my walker, I’ve learned to climb down from chairs (mom is going to post a video in a bit), and my tooth FINALLY came through today! Man, what hard work! Even though mom hasn’t worked this whole week I still didn’t have enough mom time today and made sure we had a whole day of fun by not taking a nap. Mom and Dad just cannot believe what I big man I have become!

Climbing Down from Mike Murphy on Vimeo.

Baby at the Wheel! from Mike Murphy on Vimeo.

I’ve been keeping mom and dad up the last few nights because I’m standing up in my crib now. Then, this morning, mom went to wash my bottle and she thought I was just a little too quiet, so she walked back to check on me and found me on the stairs!

Canton of course has his own adaptation to crawling–but it works! Excuse mom for the shaky camera work, she was quite excited!

Almost Crawling! from Mike Murphy on Vimeo.

Mom and I have had a lot of fun together, even though she’s making me work hard, she hasn’t had to work this whole week! She’ll go to work tomorrow I’m betting so she was in a “mom mood”, wanting lots of pictures of me today, especially close-ups.

I’ve been getting SOOOO close to crawling, I can do the army crawl, and I moved one arm and leg motion yesterday but then I splatted out.

I’ve also been pulling myself up in all kinds of things and making Mom nervous! Today, I almost pulled myself all the way up in Dad’s desk chair (mom helped me) but I definitely problem-solved enough to get back down! Mom didn’t like that too much…she thinks I’m going to get into trouble.

I’m being a big helper too helping Mom and Dad dress me, that’s why mom has a picture of dad taking off my shirt.

She wanted to get some close-up pictures of my hands and feet to show how big I have gotten, she also got my head to show all the blonde/brown hair I’ve been getting. Mom and Dad always argue over my hair color, Dad says blonde with brown eyes and Mom says brown with blue eyes…let us know what you think!

I decided to move to the sleeker and faster model of my walkers in attempts to move about the house even faster!

Life in the Fast Lane from Mike Murphy on Vimeo.

Dad didn’t have to go to his wrestling match today, he got snowed in with me and mom! Yay! So he made us a nice breakfast and I had some pancakes, Isaac’s mom told her babies just love them, and I definitely do! I’ve gotten so good at feeding myself, now if only these stubborn teeth would come in!

Then mom said since dad was here to help she would let me attempt going on the hardwood floor, and boy did I move!

Hardwood Racing from Mike Murphy on Vimeo.

Well, in the last couple days I have moved from cruising to navigating (moving from object to object).  This video doesn’t show it, but I’m definitely using my truck to get to the window.  Mom will have to try to capture me doing that, she is just too scared to video me and not be there to catch me.  When will she learn I’m such a big man, I don’t need her fussing over me!

Truckin’ It from Mike Murphy on Vimeo.

Mom and dad decided since I’m cruising everywhere now it was time to cover those outlets.  But, I might just be smart enough to figure them out!  I’m still learning what “no” means, I’m definitely hearing it enough with these outlet covers!  I’m still working on crawling, I’m tempted to move around at Gayle’s house just to take everyones socks off (I hate socks), any little thing helps.  Won’t be long, today mom put me in my crib after she changed me to go wash her hands and when she came back I was standing up in my crib–another shock for mom!  I’m just making them change everything around here!

Dad was at a wrestling tournament all day yesterday (and today) so mom and I have had some good quality time together.  I spent the day trying to crawl, but to no avail.  I did however pull-up on my tub on toys, let go, and stand for almost five seconds all by myself!  Mom wasn’t able to get a picture of it without dad here to catch me.  I’ve had my pincer grasp down for a while, but I’m starting to use and point with my index more.

Mom also had to thrown in a picture of me sleeping because I didn’t nap yesterday!  Just call me No Nap Murphy!