9 months

Tank is a very healthy 9 month old!! Thankgoodness Chip was with me at his appointment because I talked with the Ped and he kept Tank occupied. He weighed in at 19 lbs. 11 oz. and 29 inches long. He has been standing on his own for 4-5 seconds straight. I told the Ped about his accomplishments and she said he'll be walking in 4 weeks!! Whoa!!

We tried to get some pictures outside since it was a nice day for once. The grass was a bit itchy but he did very well for the first time:)

I started giving Tank the YoBaby yogurt!! He absolutely loves it!! I am thrilled not to pump anymore and just mix his cereal in with that! He loves blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries! As you can see he wears a lot of it!!

I bought a potty chair at the April consignment sale and sat him on it at 9 months. He has been eliminating #2 on a consistent basis:) It's called elimination communication. I can tell when he needs to go, so I take the diaper off real quick and set him on it. We had success 5 days straight!! whoohoo! My goal is once a day:)

Tank experienced his first Nascar Race. We took him to the vendors before the actual race. Its way too loud for him to sit through the roar of the cars so Betsy and Kathy were so kind to babysit while we went. Tank loved the Sprint Cup girl. He also got a Digger stuffed animal, which is the groundhog on the Nascar cameras they always show on tv.

He loves Alvin more and more! He even copies Alvin carrying around the toy in his mouth. Alvin usually heads the other direction when Tank is coming his way. Tank seems more and more interested in him, laughing when he sees him and they even played tug a war with one of Alvin's toys.

Just got a babysitter for Tank on Monday mornings while I go to the kickboxing class and run errands, etc. She is a great girl from our church, who also is a mom of a boy. That is really helpful because she has already been through a lot of these stages already and gives me pointers! Its been nice to get some time to myself and also feel like I am being productive while checking things off my to-do-list!