Keoni waves and sleeps in his crib.

My little man turned 9 months yesterday and he is such a great little guy! He had his check up yesterday and he now weighs 18.5lbs and is 29 inches long. Healthy and happy! (except for at bedtime, a whole other story)

He now says Mom and Dad, on occasion he says hi and he definitely knows bye-bye! He waves his little hand and says bye-bye! It is the sweetest thing I ever saw. He now has 3 upper teeth with a fourth coming in on his right. He also has two on the bottom. He loves to eat! He is definitely his Daddy's (and Mommy's for that matter) kid. Loves beef, cheese, squash, bananas and a whole lot more. He is still working on crawling but loves to pull himself up to a standing position. He is a big flirt, making all the girls of any age goo and ga at him. His little sweet smile and big green, hazely eyes.

Now for the craziness. Keoni has slept in our bed since he was born but I felt it was time for him to sleep in his crib. I tried to have him in his crib at 3 months but it broke my heart, I couldn't do it. So tonight is the 4th night and he went to sleep within minutes. Thank goodness! It doesn't always go that way. The first night he cried for hours but this is something I think will be good for all of us in the long run. My mom said it's hard for them to be in their own bed wether 9 months or 2 years. That helped with my feeling of guilt and terribleness. He was teething last night and woke up every two hours. I didn't lose much sleep when he was born because he slept with us but I am making up for it now!