Official 9 month stats

Well, at 9.75 months we finally had our 9 month appointment so here are the official growth stats:
length: 29.75" (95%)
weight: 18lb 4oz (25%)
head: 44.1cm (25%)
weight to length: still at the 5% - he's my little string bean!

Here are some highlights from the past week or so!

Owen is pulling himself up on everything these days!

but those darn slippery socks still land him
on his bum on occasion!

Owen continues to be enthralled with the kitties and chase them everywhere!

   I took this mostly to compare with the
bumbo pics when he was little.  He's grown so much!

But he has learned that the "baby back arch" is a
 key maneuver for escaping the bumbo prison

As you can see from the above pics, he's also become my duster.  Who needs to sweep the floor when you have a baby with static-y fleece pants crawling around?  (just kidding Mom...I still vaccuum).
On a side note, nice pants, eh?  (They were my recent sewing project - I also made a super cute pair of overalls...I'll try to get a pic soon!)

This is Owen's newest face!  It's so funny!  He uses when he is concentrating!

moisturizing is very important...

On Saturday we headed to Aaron and Allison's for a Halloween party.  Owen is in full stranger anxiety mode, and was not too happy if he got more than 2 feet from me...unless of course it was under his own power and he crawled his way across the room...then it was fine!

Little monkey!!

so sweet! with MJ and Greta - MJ takes such good care of him!