All Things Austin

Not a lot of new happenings in the Ball household as of late. Nate is currently working a schedule that allows him to be home at night with Austin and mama, which has been wonderful. I forget how much fun it is to watch him and Austin interact. Or how nice it is to not be the bad guy who puts Austin to bed when all he wants to do is still hang out. Sadly come Monday life will be back as usual. Nate being a single parent in the morning and I at night.

Austin had defiantly been sir grouch a lot the past couple days. With a low grade fever and the numerous messy diapers either we have a little bug or a new little tooth waiting to emerge. I believe the later. He has taken to biting down on his spoon again as he did with the first two teeth, only this time he cries afterward. Last night we allowed to be "naughty" and play in his basket of bibs and burp clothes. Normally this basket is off limits but it seemed to keep him happy and content last night and mama and dada were all for that.

Still no more additional progress on the crawling front. He does get on all fours and Grampa has seen him move a couple inches, but he is far more adept at rolling and scooting on his back to his desired location. He is standing now and will do so for quite a long time if there is something to play with or keep his attention. He was trying to reach dada on the other end of the couch the other night, but couldn't quite figure out how to get there. I cannot believe our little guy is nine months old. I was going though our "No other baby will ever wear these clothes but Austin" box the other day due to moving it upstairs after the multi-floods in the basement and cannot believe how small those clothes seemed. I remember thinking what a big baby he was, and now looking back he was so small. We have our nine month appointment coming up and I will be sure to update with stats.