Doom.

Crawling
Originally uploaded by samiratou

Yup. He's crawling. He's been able to for awhile, but has preferred to either stretch out on his belly, crawl a couple steps then flop down and pump his legs and cry until we took him where he wanted to go or work his way over to whatever he needs by going back and forth between hands and knees and sitting up. Still not sure how he managed it, but he did. But, as you can see, we now have actual crawling. Good thing we have gates.

In other news, he had his 9 month checkup last week. Other than The Cold That Never Ends (or series of colds), he's doing fine. 20 lb, 14oz. 29 inches. He's eating a variety of foods now, and can feed himself finger foods. I think he's starting to prefer chunks over purees (which is inconvenient given all of the pureed stuff I have in the freezer), but that's hit or miss. He's apparently decided carrots are the Devil's own food, which is a bummer as those used to be his OMG FAVORITE! Again, lots of those in the freezer. *sigh* He has, however, decided that cheerios are the best thing EVAR. I swear, this kid will be 90% cheerio in a few months.

Baby+Kitty=Adorable

Baby+Kitty=Adorable
Originally uploaded by samiratou

I don't think we need to worry about Nicolai and the cats getting along. At least one cat, anyway.