Niko's 9 month well visit

Today we had Nikolai's 9 month well visit. Let's just ignore that fact that he is 4 days away from being 10 months old.

Here are his stats:
Height: 30.5 inches (77.47 cm) -  94th%
Weight: 23 pounds 10 ounces (10.716 kg) -  83rd %
Coconut (aka head circumference): 18.5 inches (47cm) -   86th%

Niko's newest trick - flushing the toilet! Now he hadn't used the toilet. In fact no one had. He just saw that shiny silver lever and had to get his hands on it. He is also reaching for things on the desks, counters, and tables. He isn't quite tall enough to see what is on them, so he just searches with his hands until he finds something and then clings to it until he can figure out how to pull it down. Yesterday, the keyboard put up a good fight until I intervened!

Backpack

We had a wonderful weekend!

Friday night we started out date night doubling with Mom and Dad at Esparza's in Grapevine.  Mom spilled her water, and Niko put his hand on the hot plate. What an adventurous night!

On Saturday we hit up Costco and took Niko in the BabyHawk Oh Snap! backpack style. He loved it! Niko was so happy all throughout our shopping and even while we were eating our lunch! After we got home and put away our groceries we went for a lovely long walk to the Park. Again I carried Niko backpack style. Again he loved it! And I loved it! Sometimes we make Niko earn his keep on the walks by carrying Buster's poop bag. Just kidding!!! Stas just thought it would make for a funny photo op!

Sunday we were able to go listen to Jenn and Shayne speak in sacrament meeting in their ward. They did an awesome job on two very difficult subjects. Jenn spoke on judging; Shayne on hypocrisy. They were excellent and I learned some new things. It was fun to sit with their kiddos. Nolan kept Pops busy, Ava was busy entertaining Niko, and Coco was spreading her love between all of us.

Our life right now

Here we have Niko playing with the shutters and chewing on Buster's bone. Both activities are not allowed. But that doesn't really seem to be stopping him.

It could be a full time job keeping dog toys away from Niko and baby toys away from Buster. Right now Buster is more obedient on the matter than Niko. I just think Niko is big on sharing. Sharing in caring, right?

I would think that Buster would be better about guarding his toys. But the truth is that he is more scared of Niko. We are still working on teaching Niko how to "be soft" when touching certain things/people/animals such as my face, Buster, other children. :) But he sure is sweet! I love this boy!!!!