Cheese!!

I know I've said it before, but Ruston is a huge cheeseball for the camera. This day he was eating and started to get fussy... and as soon as I pulled out the camera, I got these faces:

It's just so hard for me to not post all the pictures of this smiley kid!!!

9 Months Old and won't sit still!!

On June 25th, Ruston turned 9 months old! It's getting harder and harder each month to get him to hold still for this bear picture!!

At 9 months, Ruston is getting really really close to walking. He LOVES to crawl (for real now, not just army crawl), and babbles when he is doing anything. Babbling includes lots of dada, baba, mama, and nana. He knows what mama, dada, and nana mean, but will also just say them whenever he wants something to come out of his mouth. Ruston's got a pretty good sleep schedule now... sleeping usually from 9 or 10 pm to about 6 am... sometimes waking up once at about 330am. I can handle that! Ruston's 9 month stats were:

height: 28 inches (38th percentile) He has short legs... maybe he'll have a growth spurt!

weight: 23.6 pounds (88th percentile)... I think he was heavier, but since he's been crawling a lot, he's not gained much either.

head circumference: 18.75 cm (95th percentile) Kid has a big head!

The doctors are very impressed with his growth and development, especially since he was almost walking already.

Learning to Share

Ruston and Taco have started to take more of an interest in each other lately. Well, I should clarify... Ruston has taken an interest in taking Taco's toys... and Taco mostly puts up with it.

Ruston and Taco were actually playing a bit here... Taco was waiting for his toy to be thrown.
But instead of throwing the toy, Ruston decides it's better to chew on it. This particular toy is his favorite to chew on because it has little feet on it, and I think it squeaks when he chews on it.
Again, Taco was really waiting for his ring to be thrown....
...and Ruston was keeping his block away from Taco. They really will be best friends when Ruston gets older!
See what I mean by best friends? Taco's waiting VERY patiently for some Cheerios...
...and he's getting some too.