9 months

• You sleep through the night finally.  Yay!  I finally just started refusing to feed you at night and giving you your binky instead.  I knew you weren't hungry, it was just a sleep crutch.  It only took a few days for you to adjust and now that you can put your own binky in well then when you lose it in the night most of the time you just feel around for it, put it back in your mouth, and go back to sleep!
• We moved your crib into Bennett's room, so you two are temporarily roommates.  We had two different house guests this past month and the downstairs den is too cold in the winter (aunt Ayisha is living with us right now in the guest room) so we moved you to B's room and put the guest bed in your room so that they could be upstairs where it's warmer.  You both do surprisingly well.  We usually let you fall asleep first, then sneak Bennett in.  Or if you both are going to bed at the same time then if you're fussing we'll let Bennett fall asleep in our bed and move him into his later.  Bennett loves sleeping with someone else in his room and it's made it so that he never comes out of his room anymore after being tucked in.
• I finally moved the straps up on your carseat.  Everything was still on the newborn settings but it seemed like suddenly one day I looked at you and you were too tall now for it.
• You crawl well now, fast and smooth.  You have also figured out how to transition from crawling to a sitting position (instead of only the reverse).
• You love to be held.  You are very content to just be held as I go about my day and just watch what I'm doing.  You really don't like the jumper much and have to be in the mood to sit and play on your own or crawl around and explore.  The rest of the time you'd really rather be in our arms!
• You are becoming very expressive with your facial expressions and sounds and actions.  It's so fun!