Hunter is 9 months old

Hunter was 9 months old yesterday. What a cutie tootie. Wow. Who is this boy?? I can go on and on and on about how much he has changed since we got him. I am truly amazed how resilient babies are, that he can make so much improvement in just 2 months.

He has grown so much. When we got him, his diaper bag had a package of sz 1 diapers in there. Yes, those were really too small, but not that much, I put him in 2's, and he is now in 4's. He was wearing 6 months clothes, and now, some of his 12 months clothes are getting small. Yeah, he is getting chubby, but he is healthy. His hair is even is healthier. It has grown a lot too. His head shaped has even changed. It is now more of a normal shape. His body has grown to now be proportioned to his head size. His case worker, everytime she sees him keeps saying how much healthier he is, and how much he has changed.

I am so proud of how he has progressed. He is sitting up now! Truly, I can't describe how limp and floppy he was when he came to us, I would have never imagined he would be sittting up so well now. He is a very happy baby. He will reach for me now, and turn away when someone else tries to take him. He will greet me with a smile when I pick him up from daycare, and even seems excited to see me. He used to SCREAM the whole time I gave him a bath, and now he laughs and splashes, he loves it!! I could go on and on about his changes.

I will take them to the doctor finally next week. It has been frustrating that this process just to get their doc visit for all their referrals has taken this long. BUT...I was telling Clay the other day, when we got him, I was so worried about him.....I thought he would never be able to do anything. I was worried he had something seriously wrong that could affect him his whole life. We have done nothing special. We don't know what we are doing. We have done nothing different than what we did with our own children. It is encouraging to see how much progress he has made just by being in a safe environment with people that love him. That also though, makes me FURIOUS with his parents. FURIOUS. Because we have done nothing special. We are far from perfect parents. So that means they were how bad of parents for him to be in that condition???? Ugh, makes me sick.

He is so much fun to play with. He just laughs and laughs. He is so fun to just squeeze and love on! My favorite though, is when he snuggles up and I get to rock him to sleep. I love you Hunter!!!