Well, yesterday was Jake's 9-month birthday, and he's now officially been out longer than he was in, and that bums me out a little. I miss my teeny little guy sometimes (well, he was never teeny, but he was smaller). On the other hand, he is a lot of fun these days.

Here we are down on Edisto, and we're having fun with my family and the puppy dogs. Just in the last week, Jake's learned to kneel- he sits back on his haunches- and to climb stairs. We tried to teach him at home on the carpeted stairs, but he hasn't been interested. It turns out that what he needed was hardwood stairs, and ME to be upstairs to give him something to strive for! Also, he's started saying a lot more "g" sounds, like "gagagaga" and the occasional "goo". It's pretty cute.

He's the star of the island, no matter where we go. Well, that's understandable, he's probably the cutest baby ever. :D