9 months old

They say it takes nine months to put on the weight, so it should take nine months to lose it.

This time, "they" were right. You may commence with the hate mail.

My baby has been out here in the world longer than it took to grow him. He becomes more and more determined and frustrated every day, eager to be walking and getting into things.

He weighs a little more than 18 pounds, which puts him in only the 13th percentile. In an effort to get him to bulk up, we'll be trying to feed him more real food. He loves bread, so much so that he ate it with wild abandon this morning and then threw it up all over himself, me, his chair, the floor...

official nine month photo

 Here are the runner-up photos:

monkey baby