9 months old!

i am now 9 months old. i don't know how much i weigh, exactly, because i don't go for my check-up until next week, but i have grown a lot and learned so many new tricks! as you can see, i am super strong and can even do 'push-ups' now. my mom and dad finally got a 'gate' up in our living room to help define my super-awesome playroom (the living room). i have 4 teeth (2 up/2 down) and am eating all sorts of foods and have started to show signs of trying to communicate myself with sounds and and physical gestures. i am SUPER happy and love to laugh, flap my arms when i am excited to see someone i know, and can wave hello and goodbye. i'm talking up a storm (especially on my very own cell phone {mama's old one} that i am fully aware does not work) and have a full vocabularly of consonant sounds: dadada, mamamama, bububububu, gugugugu - as well as unique sounds like my abrupt "uuuugh" when i am trying to make something happen (like peas and cheerios jump on my highchair tray), and the sucking-in squeel-laugh...and perhaps most fitting-> a toungue-clicking sound. my parents are convinced that i will be walking early, because i love to try letting go, but we'll see if i can master the whole balance-thing. i love my mama and papa - but will chose my mama over anyone at any time. i am a mama's boy!