9 Months

Noah, you are 9 months old today.

 You pull to a stand at every opportunity, but you haven't figured out how to sit back down so you just cry until someone can help you.

You cruise around the furniture and have made it up two of our (marble) stairs.

While you were once a good nighttime sleeper, you've not slept through the night since we returned to Turkey 3 months ago. You take really great naps, though (when you're not teething).

 You're super curious and have begun pushing buttons on appliances. You've also terminated a few SKYPE calls by pushing keys on the computer.

 In the last month, you've developed a super cute smile where you scrunch up your nose.

 You LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your "abi" (Eli's title - Turkish word for older brother), and your favorite part of the day is playing in the bath with him. You also like being pushed in your toy car while he rides his bike around you.

 You are gaining confidence and letting go of things while you stand. You'll be going up that climbing wall in no time at all.