9 Months

Our little fat babe is getting so big! I recently had to get out the 12-18 months clothes because the 6-12 months clothes were getting too small. It was a good thing too- being the 3rd boy, Trevor had quite a few really worn out clothes and we were ready for a fresh set. These clothes are used, but not as worn as the others. Asher and Leif were really excited to see his "new"clothes because they like me to tell them about when they wore the clothes (although some of them are from our cousins and were never worn by my older boys) and they like to get to pick out his clothes. I bet you can tell who picked out a monster truck outfit for him :)
Trevor still isn't really into crawling since he is perfectly able to go anywhere he wants by dragging himself with his arms. We have had to be really careful to keep stuff off the ground (impossible with three siblings) and Trevor ends up with all kinds of strange things in his mouth.
He has started to refuse to go to bed at night even though he is obviously tired (fussy, grabbing at his ears, red around his eyes). He falls asleep pretty quickly while I'm nursing him, but wakes up when he senses me putting him down and wails and wails until I come back. He tends to startle awake during the day too when I'm putting him down for naps, but he will usually just cry for about 5 minutes then fall asleep. Not so for night time. He will not just cry it out. I've had to go in there many times to get him to settle down, but he won't go down for the night until its completely dark outside and I've made sure he is completely knocked out before putting him in his crib. Its very frustrating, but the happy side is that he typically only wakes up once during the night, again in the early morning, and in the last few days has slept in until 10 am (allowing me to do the first part of our homeschool day with only one little one tagging along)!
Other than his frustrating sleeping habits, Trevor is a delight! He is so happy and easy-going. He loves to smile and interact with others and puts up with quite a bit from his siblings (especially Heidi). Here are some photos of our little darling: