Rowan's Feng Shui

 The rug has been put in the closet for storage...every free moment in his room had become time for bunching up the rug into a mess, and then chewing on the rubber backing...even during a 12am wake-up...no more, little sir.

 

He wanted the dining room chair in a different position, it wound up knocking him upside the head as it folded up and hit the ground.

Thinking about his 9 month birthday in 3 days:
Wow, he's been on the outside now as long as he's been on the inside.
5 teeth
23 pounds on the home scale
Half his hair is 1/4" long, the other half, about 2"

Things we love: 
His floppy, graceless crawling
His dimple smile
His super eater attitude and gourmet tastes
Wrist and ankle pudge
Over the top piano key banging and other passionate percussion playing
The way he happys up outdoors
Smiley staring at nothing between "sips" while nursing
Raspberries
Shrieks of delight while "playing ball"

Things we love less:
Teeth grinding
Nightly 4am solo baby parties (hour long)
4-6 nightly soothes...including the last 5 minutes of Baby Party
Having to endlessly stay ahead of his mischief, which is becoming non-stop
Face sleeping insistence
Wrestling matches to diaper him
Endless face scrapes and bruises with his new heavy handed crawling
Refusal to enjoy the huge "baby coop" downstairs so that Mom and Dad can both work