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In honor of Henry turning nine months old last week, I thought I would apprise you of his current state of being, in list form.

1. He's 25 1/4 pounds. Enough said.

2. He squeals loudly at dogs, particularly Flash, because she's the dog he sees the most. Flash does not squeal back. She gets up and walks away. The couch used to be her safe haven until number 3.

3. Henry can stand up and cruise along the couch, among other things. Yesterday, he walked along the coffee table, grabbed onto Dave's leg (he had his feet on the coffee table, bad boy!), cruised over to the couch, then walked its length. There were many rowdy claps on the back and exclamations of "Good job, Old Chap" being bandied about.

4. He's crawling everywhere. It took one trip to Virginia and a few minutes spent on a very plush, cushy carpet and off he went. He'd crawl to the hardwood floor then belly flop and "swim". Now he just crawls. If he wants to get somewhere extra fast he swims, but for the most part, he likes to search and destroy at his own leisurely pace.

5. He's been sleeping through the night for the last two weeks. Yes!

6. He has to have his hat when he naps or goes down for the night. He plays with the two knots or pulls it off altogther and hugs it until he falls asleep.

7. He loves board books. Give him a board book and he's happy. He chews and flips the pages to his hearts content. If you read to him, he likes to flip the pages as you're going along. It's devastating. His current absolute favorite is "The Very Lonely Firefly" by Eric Carle.

8. He's hit the stranger anxiety stage full force. It's very sad. We're talking big, fat tears rolling down chubby baby cheeks. Sigh.