11 Months

Favorite foods: blueberries, cheese, strawberry yogurt drink (in that order)

Favorite toys: this is a hard one but probably legos, peek-a-boo books, animal puzzle pieces, chess set pieces, and shoes.

Favorite activities: swimming, bath time, chasing the dogs, chasing balls, reading books, and escaping (from mom's arms, from the changing table, from the gate system set up in the living room)

Dislikes: sitting still, watermelon, diaper changes (you'd think he would be so appreciative)

Future career choices: magician/escape artist (see above), bull dozer, comedian

Recent accomplishments: one step (and several partial steps), going from a sit to a stand with no help, climbing up stairs, saying "mama" (finally), scrunchy face.

Coming soon: climbing down stairs, 2 more top teeth, sleeping through the night

Rest & Relaxation

The buddies got together again for some much needed R&R.

Buddies

Can you think of a better day at church than hanging out on the floor and swapping toys with your buddies?  I can't.

10 Months

My little man turned 10 months old last week.  In some ways it has flown by and in other ways it seems like we've had him forever.  And while I do think back longingly sometimes to the days of sleeping in and being able to take a full shower AND get ready without pausing to sing I'm a Little Teapot, it is definitely worth it to wake up every morning to see this baby that is SO FULL of energy and ready to greet the day.  Some of his favorites at this age are:

• playing peek-a-boo.  he hides behind the curtain and waits for me to say "peek-a-boo" then pulls the curtain back and laughs.
• feeding himself.  he really loves all his fruits and veggies, plus cheese, toast, and graham crackers.
• playing chase.  he crawls away really fast and turns back every few seconds to make sure I'm really chasing him.
• going outside.  he can hardly contain his excitement when we go outside to play - especially if the dogs are coming too.
• music.  he likes to bounce along to the beat.
• upside down.  he loves it when daddy turns him upside down and carries him around.
• figuring things out.  so far he has figured out how to escape from the gate system we set up to keep him in the living room, crawl on his tummy so he can carry his treasures in his hands (he crawls on his hands and knees 95% of the time now - unless he's carrying something), turn on my cell phone,  open my wallet and pull out my credit cards, and pull things out of cabinets - even the baby proofed one's!

He's a bundle of energy and I've been told more than once that I am definitely going to have my hands full with him. But curiousity is cute and let's face it, I'm pretty sure he gets some of his mischief from me :)