9 Months Old!

My maniac Mason is now 9 months old today. Today is also moving day for us :) I'm going to take his pictures over at our new house tonight. At nine months Mason is all personality. He thinks he's really funny...and usually is. He thinks everything is really funny actually. He has such a funny little laugh. No one can get him tickled quite like his Daddy though. While running errands, he just laughs and makes friends with everyone. It's really fun. He is not taking his bottle nearly as much as he used to. I try to only do it twice a day. It depends on how much milk he actually drinks out of his sippy cup though. He eats anything. He is a growing little boy. He has had an ear infection for a month now...ridiculous. We are trying one more medication and if it doesn't work we will go see an ear, nose and throat specialist. I'm ready for him to start sleeping better. He has also been on medication that he has to have a lot of fluid on, so that's why sometimes I just give him a bottle because I know he'll drink up! He doesn't have any teeth yet, but I feel it's anyday now because his gums are soooo swollen and white. He loves to stick his tongue out and make funny faces at me. He doesn't feed himself with a spoon yet, but I also haven't tried since we are still with the inlaws. I'd rather baby food get splattered on my walls rather than theirs :) So we will try later. He feeds himself everything else though. He climbs on everything and remembers where everything is...all the "fun" stuff to get into of course. As far as clothes sizes go he's so random. If it's a one piece he's in 18 months, but he has the smallest waist ever so he'll wear anything from 6 months to 12 months. He weighs a little over 18 pounds as of last week. He is on the smaller side "percentage" wise. I kinda just think he works all his food off too fast for it to stick :) Most people that watch him eat and then watch him play make the comment of "no wonder he's skinny!" He is just so funny. Right now he's in the high chair eating cherrios and drinking juice and he threw his cup across the room. I looked back, he looked at me, and then just started laughing. He finds joy in everything. I only pray he is always like this. I love hanging out with him all day :)