Ariv is 9 month old now !!!!

Ariv turned 9 months last week and its amazing to see his developments from last week.He has started putting food in his mouth and chew it. I got some teething biscuits for him.
I tried it myself before I gave to him and to my surprise , they are really hard.I gave it to him and he just loved it instantly.Its amazing to see
how he can do tricks to amaze us or to grab our attention. He put it in his mouth and kept licking,sucking it and drooling all over his shirt.
In minutes, his shirt was brown with his drool but I can make out that he absolutely loves it. I also tried giving him grapes, strawberries and apple slices.
He does not like strawberry, may be because they are a little sour. He loves apples and fills his mouth with it without finishing. and then in couple minutes everything is juiced out and spit out.

He follows me to the kitchen , I try not to speak from Kitchen, else he realizes mom is in kitchen and I can go to her. The moment he finds out mom is in kitchen , he crawls . If nobody sees him crawling to kitchen, he takes his own sweet time to travel to kitchen, halting at each stop between living room and Kitchen:" chairs , couch , dining table etc... But if dad sees him creeping to kitchen silently and calls : Arrivvv.....he increases his speed....2nd call for Ariv and he literally starts running while crawling....Its just amazing to watch him react in such a way.
He teases me the same way, crawl-running to bedroom from living room.If I call him and ask him to come back, he will squeal and run faster. if I ignore him, he will crawl a little, turn around -wait and watch ,if anybody is looking;if nobody is looking he will come back.

Never Give up !!

Ariv is growing at an amazing speed. It somehow amazes me how soon they can learn stuff and find out a work around for things they want to do but are not allowed. We have rearranged our living/family room to accommodate Ariv's toys and to provide him lot of crawling space. The couches are in 1 line along the wall and same is the case of my favourite Coffee table. Our coffee table is made of glass , not a piece of anything else but glass which makes it look beautiful, heavy and expensive. I don't know , what we were thinking when we bought some expensive pieces of furniture in our then-new-home.
But anyway, coming back to Ariv, I put my two long lovely glass vases which were kept on floor beside fire place on the cofee table , so that Ariv could not reach to it and break it... But, I guess ,something that is denied is always fascinating. He always used to come to the table , stand up and tried to touch the vase by extending his hands. Yesterday, I put some other stuff on the table, so that he could not reach it. He tried with all his strength to reach it, by extending his lil arms. I thought, he might give up after couple tries, but kids dont know what giving up is all about. Its only us adult who think and settle, if we cant get somethign we want. We give UP !!

So Ariv, after couple tries, didnt want to give up . Instead, he tried to climb up the table to get what he wanted. I was furious as well as amused by his this new act. So, I chuckeled to myself and thought it a good story to tell my hubby and family.