10 Months Old

EMH you are 10 months old today! It is so hard to believe. These last 10 months have gone by too fast. You are such a good baby and we are so thankful that you are in our lives. You are truly a blessing from God and we love you so much.
You have hit several milestones this past month...

You started crawling at 9 1/2 months. You can get to anywhere you want to go, which is mostly your sister's room and it is off limits because of all the little things that you can put in your mouth. Of course this is why it is so appealing. When we don't see or hear you for a little while then we know exactly where to go look. Mommy is getting even less house work done because she is having a hard time keeping up with you.

Just this past week, you have been pulling up on anything that is sturdy. Mommy found you standing up in your bed after one of your naps this week.

Tonight after your bath you decided to pull up and play the piano.


JuJu taught you how to clap your hands last week. You especially love to do this when you hear music. Juju is now working on teaching you to wave bye bye. She is a much better teacher than mommy.


We "tried" out a sippy cup this week and well, lets just saying it went "okay". We have a couple of months left to work on this. :)


You are really starting to like the pool more. You are pretty finicky. You don't like the sun in your eyes, the water if it is too cold or a day that is too hot.


You love it when mommy sings to you. You stop what you are doing and listen and give that handsome smile of yours. No one else in the house seems to like mommy's acappella singing like you do. You love it when we sing the "God Our Father Prayer" before meals.

You have two teeth now on the bottom. They are lined up perfectly and they are so pretty and white. Mommy has been trying to clean them before bed at night but you DON'T like it. They bothered you some when they came in but it wasn't too bad.


You are recognizing people that you know and don't know. You won't go to someone that you are not familiar with. You cry a little bit when we drop you off at the church nursery or the courthouse nursery, but you get over it pretty fast. Daddy, Mommy, Juju and Grammy are your main four right now. We would all me re miss if we didn't say that we like it just a little bit. You are starting to warm up to people a little more now though.

You do NOT like the doctor's office. Unfortunately you have had to go there a few to many times within the last month for ear infections. This past week you had to get 2 shots and that really did you in on liking that place for a while. Daddy took you one time and you did the best with him. So we may have to let him do the honors from now on. We go for your check up in a couple of weeks and if your ears are not better then we may be looking at some tubes. You weigh 21 pounds and your height is 30 inches. You are in the 90th percentile for height and between 50th and 75th for weight.

You are finally starting to get some hair. That's okay, your sister didn't get hair for a while either. It looks like it is going to be blond/light brown.



One of your most favorite things is WHEELS. You like to watch car wheels. You even like to play with the wheels on your stroller and the wheels on sister's tea cart. Anything with wheels is always a sure bet that it will get your attention...hence your red car. You love to ride in it!


Your Meme and Ampy have a mirrored plant stand in there room that you just LOVE. All four sides are a mirror and you love to stand up and play peek-a-boo in it.

One of your favorite things to do is open and shut things. You can do this on several of your toys but your most favorite are any of the doors in the house. It scares your mommy because she is worried that you will get your fingers caught in the doors.

You love your bed. You sleep about 11 hours at night. You do best going to sleep on your own. We turn your music and humidifier on and that is all you need. Sometimes you go to sleep when daddy gives you your night time bottle. Sometimes mommy just can't help but rock you a little...she just needs that every now and then.:)


Boy, you have really had a busy month. We can't wait to see what the next month holds. We love you so much EMH! Your sister still says it the best..."I am so glad that God gave us a baby brother".