Colin's Nine Month Resume

Objectives:

• Make it through the first year of life with my dignity intact, as my sisters have already taken to combing my hair and dressing me up in various things.
  
• Steal the heart of everyone who spends five minutes with me---So far so good.
  
• Continue keeping my mom on her toes with my ever-changing schedule—she only thought I was going to start sleeping through the night. Good thing I’m cute.
  
  Education:
  
• A steady balance of musical training and physical activity.
• Sister says that I say her name—maybe I do, and maybe I don’t.
• Begun my football training by evading my dad’s countless tackles as I try to reach for my desired toy.
  
  Experience:
• Seen the ocean.—OK, I slept through that
• Traveled across the country—I slept, but it was not my fault. The car made me do it.
• Saw beautiful Christmas Lights—Yep, I slept.
• Attend church every Sunday.—I don’t sleep at all. In fact, that is when I feel like trying to wriggle out of the grasp of anyone brave enough to hold me during this time.
  
  Skills:
• Rolling over and crawling in my own special way
• Sitting up and pulling to a stand all by myself
• Growing teeth—I have four
• Eating bananas and Cheerios—Yum!
• Babbling and Singing
• Tipping the scales at 22.4 lbs.
• 28” long
• Make Dad's eyes twinkle
• Melt Mom’s heart