Carsten's 9 month appointment

We had Carsten's 9 month appointment today. I think the highlight of this appointment for me was no shots. Our doctor seemed very impressed with what Carsten can do these days (sit-up, crawl, pull to standing, cruising along furniture, walk with some assistance from me, feed himself cheerios, and clap). Carsten weighs 9.93 kg (21.9 lbs), and is 74 cm (29 inches) tall. Both of these statistics put him in the 75th percentile, which means he's well-proportioned. So, great job Carsten!

I just realized two things, so I'm going to add them into the post. First, his teeth have had a strange pattern of coming in. The bottom left tooth (if your perspective is Carsten) came in first, then the top left, then the bottom right, and his top right tooth just made an appearance. So they didn't really come in pairs in the normal way for babies. Second, Carsten has reached the limit of his carseat that we've had for him since he was an infant (22 lbs, 30 inches). This is sad because we can no longer take him in our community car (not that we use it that much anyway). We're going to wait to buy another car seat until we can get one in the US this October. As far as I can tell, all children are forward facing here after 9 months of age, so if we bought a carseat here, it would not comply with US standards. Who would have thought buying a carseat would be so complicated?