Sam is now 9 months old! He weighs 17 lbs 10 oz and measures 27 inches. (That's four pounds and two inches smaller than Will at the same age! Wonder who will be bigger when they're all grown up!) Along with the 9-month mark came three new teeth on top! So now he's doing things like eating tiny chunks of pear and banana--and tonight he had lasagna, which he seemed to enjoy almost as much as Annie, and certainly more than Ellen and Will who are both in an anti-red-sauce phase. He is crawling everywhere and pulling himself up to his feet. He loves to play with the Mega building blocks and all the nativity sets around the house. He's sweet!