9 months old!

Alright, just kidding that's not really Nate for all you slow folks out there.  I was checking out people.com before I posted this blog, saw this monkey and kept showing it to Nate who would squeal like crazy!  Maybe it's his brother from another mother.  You have to admit the big eyes are similar to Nate :) It's quite the likeness if you ask me.

Nate went to the doctor today for his 9 month check up.  I lied to him and told him it would be shot free but apparently you are supposed to give babies flu shots so he got one today.  The nurse gave him the shot and he didn't make a peep or seem to notice, it was kind of bizarre.  Joe, myself, and the nurse all looked back and forth at each other shocked that he made no noise, but oh well!

As you can tell, Nate has a bit of an obsession with grabbing his diaper.  When the diaper is off he has also found stuff to grab down there and he's quite fascinated...what a boy :)
Nate's weight was 18 pounds 13 ounces------Joe and I continued our betting and I said 19 lbs. 1 ounce. Joe said 22 lbs........obviously I win!
Height- 27.5 inches
Head - 17.5 inches
Everything was around the 25th percentile for 9 month olds so he is now solidly on that chart. 

Nate failed to qualify for any early intervention programs when the ladies came out last week....woo hoo!!  Two ladies came to the house, one was a teacher in the district and the other was a motor skills person.  After she was done evaluating Nate she exclaimed, "well congrats he failed to qualify!"  Confusing I know.  Basically, he is up to par on everything for his age and they don't have major concerns. The only concern was that he isn't so accurate with putting food in his mouth but that's it.  The sitting and crawling is all good stuff!  What he did qualify for was a program called the Follow Along Program.  Basically a public nurse calls every 3 months to see how he's doing and if there are concerns they send people out so we signed up for that one.  It'll be nice to have that resource around.