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Last Saturday was the official 9 month mark…and on Wednesday, Megan (our fearless nanny) and I took the boys to the pediatrician for their well-baby check-up.  The doctor actually laughed at how big the boys are, and the nurse told us to be careful picking them up so we don’t hurt our backs.  Fortunately, they are both tall for their age, too, so they’re not just fat.  But seriously – they are enormous.  I’m so proud.

In celebration of the 9-month mark, we have been giving them some new foods to try out, finger foods, especially.  They LOVE raisins, cheerios, pasta and biscuits, and aren’t so fond of rice cake and craisins.  We’ve also introduced egg yolks, and lots of herbs and spices, as well as making their food really chunky.  Even though they don’t have very many teeth yet, they are doing a great job gumming stuff down.  My goal is to have them eating what we’re eating by around 12 months, and so far, things are going according to plan.  It’s really fun to watch their faces when you put a new food into their mouths – sometimes they are so disgusted, and sometimes they are pleasantly surprised and start to open their mouths for more before they’ve finished the last bite.  Jesse seems to be more particular than Noah, which is why Jesse weighs a little less…  Noah rarely spits anything out.  He’s totally the kid who, when he’s a bit older, will eat dirt to win a bet while his brother looks on in horror and explains to him condescendingly that the bacterial composition of the soil will do such and so to the chemical properties of the immuno-gastro-intestinal system blah blah blah.  I can’t wait for that.

In the meantime, Jesse is fully crawling.  Fully.  He still goes slowly when he’s on his hands and knees.  His military crawl is faster, and since he’s too impatient to go so slowly most of the time, he still relies on his military crawl a lot.  But when he wants to, he is up on his hands and knees cruising around the room.  Our lives are over.  This weekend, I filmed my two baby boys, each doing what they do best…  Enjoy.