9 months old!

Our handsome little man is 9 months old!  We saw the pediatrician last week.  I wasn't sure if it was a well child check up or an ill visit.  William has been fighting a cold and cough for a couple of weeks now.  Actually everyone, except me, has been sick with a cold.  The best part of the doctor's visit was that Eliana had a runny nose and cough, and that morning before breakfast Eliana was painting.  She decided the paper wasn't enough so she painted her face, including painting her nose red.  So there we were at the pediatrician's with Eliana sneezing and snuffing and coughing with a bright red nose.  It looked like she was trying to fake be sick like she was trying to get out of going to school. 

Anyway, William was 19 lb 8 oz (50%) and 28in (25%).  He got his last Hep B shot, which made him miserable.  But he is growing and developing just as he should.  He just started waving "bye-bye" and clapping his hands.  He is so proud of himself for that!  I just keep thinking that in a few short months he will be a year old and not my little baby anymore.  Crazy!

William's face was looking pretty bad at the 9 month check up.  We now think William has eczema which is continually getting infected because it is on his face and always being gooped up with food.  Poor guy!  You can tell it really itches him because he is always rubbing his face on your shoulder when you hold him.