Ten Months

Ten months have come and gone. At times I feel like he was born just yesterday, but other times I realize what a big boy he is getting to be. I just love this little munchkin and the change and excitement he brings into our lives everyday! He is really coming into his own personality. He is definitely a mama’s boy these days. He loves to play with toys that make noise and move, as in the shake-n-go car he has a grip on in the picture. He likes to share food with mommy or daddy and is rather fond of bananas, peas, yogurt, cottage cheese, and ice cream (yup, I admit it – I have let him have sugar). He LOVES water, especially when he can hear running water, as in the faucet, bathtub, or the pond in front of my parent’s house.

• Started eating cheerios on his own 02/13/09. He still struggles sometimes with hard solids like this – I have had to fish a cheerio out of this throat when it slipped down…not fun. He is getting better though.
• Popped 5th tooth 02/16/09
• Popped 6th tooth 02/19/09
• Popped 7th tooth 03/01/09
• Pulled to a stand on the couch all by himself 02/24
• Can drink out of a sippy cup straw as of 02/23 and then out of a normal straw 02/24!!! Hooray!!!!  We just may be successful in never doing a bottle or a regular sippy cup. The hope is to go from nursing to a cup or straw – so far so good. He does really well with a cup as well!!
• Makes this really cute scrunchy face that is quite silly.
• He loves to climb on me when I lay on the floor. It could entertain him for hours…if I would lay on the floor for hours! He has even started to climb on Andrew when he is on the floor. Andrew panicked at first, but now he thinks it is funny.

• He cruises along the couch very well and will hold on with one hand. This little boy needs to stop trying to be so big!!
• His hair is SO curly when it is wet, but lays so nicely when it is dry. We are still working on getting more on the top of his head though.

• First hair cut on my birthday! He sat so good and didn’t even mind the sound or feel of the clippers.

• He is finally starting to crawl the right way. He has done a little normal crawling, but mostly an army crawl. He will get the hang of it soon I am sure!

I can’t get enough of this baby!!!!