Visit to the Doctor

Grant made his 9 month visit to the doctor today, and I am happy to report that our baby boy is back on the height and weight charts. He lunged off the charts last visit, but he's back on board. He actually weighs less now than he did at his last visit (a few months ago), so I guess all that diet baby food is paying off (just kidding).

Every time we visit the doctor's office, we get a sheet of "what your baby should be doing" kind of things. This paper makes me squirm. First on the list of "should be doing": crawling. Nope, not Grant. He's not real fond of those gross motor skills like crawling, rolling, pulling up. He's more of a cerebral type of kid. So, what is the latest update?

His fourth tooth is coming in (you can see a few in the pic above)
He claps (or plays patty cake)
He waves when he feels like it
He knows and uses the sign language sign for "please" (thank you is next)
He tries animal sounds (without much success)
Eats and loves Cheerios

He is trying to crawl, so we aren't too worried. Plus, as most parents out there already know, crawling ups the parenting ante. He'll be a wrecking crew. Bret and I are not fast people. We aren't in shape people. The time has come. I better dig out that blasted Tae Bo dvd (vhs really).