Josh totally redeemed himself today, I was sitting down, and he came up, sat on my lap, looked me in the eyes, with both of his hands on either side of my face and said "mommy, your the cutest mommy in the whole world".

Jack had his 9 month check up yesterday. He weighed in at 18pounds and 15 ounces, which put him in the 25%. He was almost 29 inches which put him at 75% and surprise, surprise, his head was in the 90%. So we have a tall and lean kiddo with a big head.

He's doing all sorts of fun things right now, clapping and saying "yeah", shaking his head (like no) when you say "crazy man", waving hi (sometimes saying it), blow "kisses", and he has mama and dada sounds down, although I'm still unsure he gets the association.

He can almost get himself up on all fours, but still isn't quite there. I think he's going to be slow to crawl because of strongly disliking tummy time, and due to weakened muscles from the neck issue we had to get PT for. Oh well, I'm sure he'll eventually get it, or he'll just go straight to walking.

Either way, I'm perfectly content letting him take his sweet time!

Josh had a couple of doozies today, he really hit his tooty stride just before dinner time.

He looked at Chris, after he has tried to tell him something and said "Daddy, this is why we don't talk."

Then just a few minutes later, while I was trying to tell him about how he should be acting he said "mommy, this is over."

My goodness has my child got some sass.

At this moment Josh is running around the house in his underwear, with the bulb side of a turkey baster stuck into the side of them. He is holding a hole puncher and is clicking it and shooting things with it interchangeably.

This pretty much sums up my life right now.

I really wish I could just hit pause on the stage that Jack is at right now. He is so sweet and cuddly, yet so interactive. I wish this wouldn't go by so fast this time.

I had our small group girls over to my house for a pizza night tonight. The boys were around for a little bit once everyone got here, and as everyone was leaving. After all the girls left I told Josh that all the girls thought he was really cute, then I asked him if he like it that the girls thought he was cute. His response was "yeah, I do."

We had a fun trip to the zoo yesterday, hopefully I'll get the pictures up soon!

Just because I haven't recently talked about how much I love Atlanta:

Today I sat out on an adventure with the kids. In researching farmers markets, I kept coming across this one called Your Dekalb Farmers Market, that people raved over. As much as I love (and think it's important) to shop naturally and organically, I'm tired of having to choose my families health, or our bank account. That is why I was researching farmers markets.

After hearing all the raves about their selection and their prices, I figured it was worth a trip. Mind you that was quite the decision. It's a 40 minute trek slightly southeast of the city, with two children, but I decided it was worth the haul. My GPS couldn't find the exact address, and Chris was in a meeting, so we ended up "wandering" around for a half an hour or so before we finally found the place, but I'm glad we did! That part of the city is SO neat! It's filled with older homes, some crazy big, and some small and quaint, but they all have very interesting architecture and charm. It turns out our science center is located in that area also.

Then I found the "downtown" of this area that had a ton of really neat looking restaurants and shops. The best way I can describe it to my STL readers is a cross of Lafayette Square, Clayton and the Loop. I can't wait to go explore that area more.

After I finally got to the market (which is about the same size as a WF's store) and got in, I think I just stood there staring for awhile. Their produce section is probably about twice as big as WF's produce section. And WF's has a serious produce section! They had so much variety (I think I spotted about 7 different varieties of BokChoy), and an organic selection for almost everything. At WF a lime is $.69, here they were $.69 a pound! I got a large container of organic strawberries for $3.99! It was amazing. I think I came home with enough produce to last us for the next 2 weeks.

They also have every kind of spice you can imagine, that they grind themselves, and are breathtakingly cheap. I think I may have walked out with at least 6 spice containers. I got a container of cinnamon (of which contained more than any typical jar) for $.63. Josh really likes cinnamon and proceeded to hang onto the container throughout the rest of the store, sniffing at will.

I could go on and on, their meat selection (lamb, goat, veal, duck, quail, cornish game hens, etc.)and prices, their deli, dairy section.... and I didn't even get to the prepared food area (which restaurant reviewers rave about). My parents come in town this weekend, and I think I may take them there. Any one who is interested in food will love this place.

I know I cannot wait to go back! Just one more reason to love Atlanta. We're planning on going to the zoo this weekend (sunny and mid 70's), maybe that will add another reason to the ever growing list!!!

Jack has started clapping his hand within the last couple of days, it's so cute! He can also get himself going pretty good on the floor, the only problem is that it's backwards.

He's also become very communicative. If Josh yells at him, he will yell back, if Josh clicks his tongue at him, he's make the closest thing to that noise that he can, which is smacking his lips together. He also makes that noise when he is hungry. If Josh tries to take something from him, Jack will yell rather persistently at him until he gives it back.

It's so fun to see all of the new things that he is learning.