9 Months Old!

Today, Braden is nine months old! We went out shopping (since it's a flex day for me at work) and got stuff for the house, dropped my pants off to be taken up, went to Babies R Us and got some goodies, then went to see Dr. Gmoser.

Braden weighed in at 18 pounds, 12 ounces. (only 1/4 pound more than November 15th...)
Braden measured 26 1/8 inch tall. (only 1/8 inch taller than November 15th...)
Braden's head circumference is now 47 cm. (1.25 cm more than November 15th.)
Hemoglobin level (measure of iron in the blood)- 11.8 g/dl ( >11 is good)
The results of this last measurement just means that we don't need to use iron supplements. (which is good, considering that I'm not giving him any supplemental vitamins right now anyway)

Overall, Braden's head circumference is in the 90th-95th percentile; weight is in the 10th-25th percentile; height is below the 3rd percentile; weight-for-height is in the 90th-95th percentile.

Dr. Gmoser said that we'll wait and see how he measures at his 1-year check-up. He's hoping there's a lag in growth due to increased activity. Once he adjusts to this new activity level, his growth should catch up.

Last night, Daniel and I managed to take down our old TV unit and put together our new entertainment center! Surprisingly, even though it's a fairly large wall unit, it seems to make the room look bigger... Now, we've just got to figure out what to do with the old TV and stand.

Time to go check on my Braden Cai. (He's been napping for the last hour. I guess he decided to let me update his blog for a change.) I'll try and get pics posted soon.

More Teeth!

On January 9th, two more teeth popped through! Braden's now got the two upper left incisors to go with his bottom central incisors. The upper right central and lateral incisors are working their way through too though. We'll just have to give them another week or so.

Happy Birthday to Uncle Britt tomorrow! (we probably won't have time to post again tomorrow...)

We'll be going to music class tomorrow morning! Hopefully Mommy and Daddy are up to it. I'm sure Braden will be ready to make some noise and dance!

Month 8

Today's the last day of school for 2009!

Braden got to meet Santa on Wednesday. He didn't start crying until the 1-year-olds and 2-year-olds started freaking out... Braden's daycare party yesterday went well. All the kids had their share of wrapping paper to munch on!

I'm going to try and scan in the pictures they gave me from daycare and get them posted this weekend. Until then, these will have to do:

Braden Cai - Month 8

1st Snow!

Braden got to experience his first snowfall on Friday, December 4th, 2009, in Houston - of all places... It started snowing about 8am and continued throughout the evening. I've got pictures that I'll try to get posted before Christmas.