On the Move!

These pictures are from Grant's 9 month photo shoot. He did such a great job and was happy and smiley the whole time! Also, here are a few more updates and videos of how Grant is playing and moving these days. Since the last post on his 9 month birthday, he has come a long way! That afternoon, he army-crawled for the first time across the room to get the remote. Over the next few days he did it more and more, and he started doing it faster each time. Now, he gets up on his hands and knees and rocks back and forth, and he may take one stride that way, but then he ends up going back to army crawling. Then, a few days later, he got himself back to a sitting position for the first time on his own. He has become quite the pro now at lying down, moving, then getting back up. We're sure he will be completely crawling very soon! He is also starting to sit up on his own in the crib, and we had to take the mobile out of there since he found his way to it and pushed it to the side.

Grant is also having so much more fun playing now that he can get to his toys a little easier. And of course, he finds ways to get to things he shouldn't be playing with as well. One cute thing he does is play with a musical Fisher Price train. He will get himself to it, touch it so it starts playing music, then he sits back up and claps. He does this every time he touches the train! He always seems so proud of himself when he does certain things, and has seen us clap and get excited for what he accomplishes, so he has learned to cheer for himself. Another cute thing is he loves playing ball! We started rolling a big, bouncy ball back and forth with him, and he just cracks up every time.

Finally, it turns out the doctor and I did jinx it at his appointment when we talked about how healthy Grant has been. Four days later, he developed a fever and cold symptoms that eventually turned into croup. He started barking like a seal and had trouble catching his breath. It was really scary, but we got him to the doctor, and he was put on steroids. They started working immediately, and the horrible barking cough and heavy breathing went away within 24 hours. He continued to have cold symptoms after that, but we were glad he got past the croup pretty easily. It sounded way worse than it actually was. Now he has all his energy back and nothing can stop him now!