10 Months

Wow, I can't believe we're in the double digits. 10 months. Crazy!

Our little 10 month old is a delight! He is full of smiles and is generally a pretty easy going child. We know that he is adorable and has the most beautiful red hair in the world because every single person we meet says so. Seriously. Every single person.

P1 finally has 2 teeth coming in (on the bottom). He hasn't been too cranky, but sometimes he'll wake up in the middle of the night and need some teething tablets. He usually sleeps from 8 pm -  6/7 am. P1 will usually nap for 30 minutes in the morning, and usually 2 hours in the afternoon.

P1 is a pretty good eater and hasn't been too picky. His favorite food is still Cheerios though.

P1 hasn't yet found the motivation to walk on his own. PE and I think he is capable of doing it, but P1 doesn't seem to see the need for it since he can get everywhere crawling. Did I mention he climbed on top of the coffee table the other day?

He loves to play the piano. I think he's quite good for a 10 month old:

 He loves to crumple up the ads in the mail:

Drinking out of a straw:

Crazy hair:

Pondering "The Hungry Caterpillar":

Enjoying "The Hungry Caterpillar":

Eating "The Hungry Caterpillar":

Helping with laundry. He loves to just stand here forever. He cries when you take him away:

Helping with dishes:

Play date:

Cousin time (P1 really loves playing with kids around 2-3 years old):

Happy 10 months baby boy! We love you!

Cousins, Piano, and Eating

We had P1's cousin over for a few hours, and P1 just thinks his cousin is hilarious:

Our little Mozart:

Feeding P1 through the obstacle course of his "musical instruments":

9.5 Months

P1 had his 9 month check-up on Monday since his pediatrician was out of town for most of July.

He weighed 20 lb 15 oz (51st percentile) and was 29.75" long (86th percentile). P1 was happy as can be at the doctors, and everybody just loved his smiles and red hair. P1 is a super healthy baby, for which we are very grateful!

He enjoyed the toys in the waiting room:

We introduced P1 to basketball. He still hasn't quite figured out the ball is supposed to go in the hoop. But he enjoys watching Mommy shoot baskets:

And P1 has finally figured out how to walk around in his walker! Now we can keep him in the walker for longer without him getting upset because he can finally move around! Here's P1 trying to push his stroller while in his walker:

Oh, and P1 has his first bloody nose yesterday. He was crawling and did a face plant on the floor. I picked him up and comforted him on my shoulder and then he pulled away and I saw the blood under his nose. It wasn't too bad, and stopped bleeding quickly. And he was good as new after a few minutes. Good thing babies bounce back so quickly!

9 Months

P1 turned 9 months old yesterday. These last 9 months went by a lot faster than the 9 months before that! I really can't believe how much he has grown. My little baby is not such a little baby anymore.

At 9 months, P1 is a lot of fun! He loves animals and gets really excited when he sees a dog or we get the bunnies out to play with. He loves to climb things (even though he usually ends up stuck). P1 will walk around using the laundry basket as a walker; but for the most part, he sticks with crawling. He can stand up all by himself for about 15 seconds. He loves Cheerios, and enjoyed his first smoothie. He is pretty good about eating most foods, but he doesn't like it if you use your fingers to put a piece of food in his mouth. He is much more likely to eat it if it's on a spoon. One time he actually gagged and threw up because we put a little piece of noodle in his mouth; but he was fine if it was on a spoon.

P1 likes to swim, and enjoys playing with other kids. He loves to play the piano, and he has stopped screaming whenever I play the viola (now he just tries to knock over my music stand while I'm playing).

P1 still has no teeth, and his hair is getting a lot thicker (and longer!). PE thinks he needs a haircut...

P1 takes after his daddy and doesn't like to take naps. Or sleep in general. Lately, it has been a hit and a miss with his morning nap. He'll take a semi-long afternoon nap, but he does not go to sleep quietly or quickly. He fights it every step of the way. And lately, he has been waking up 1-3 times at night. He might be teething, but we'll see if any teeth pop up soon. I often wait and let him cry it out for a bit; sometimes he goes back to sleep and sometimes he doesn't. Tonight he was not happy when I finally left him in his crib to go to sleep; so unhappy that he threw up all over. Poor kid.

P1 likes to say ma-ma. Unfortunately, he usually doesn't mean me when he says it. That just seems to be the one syllable he likes to use, so everything is "ma-ma-ma..."

P1 loves books. He seems to have a preference for books that he can rip the pages out instead of his board books. And he really likes books that are spiral bound, like "Preach My Gospel". I keep telling him that he has 18 years before his mission, but I guess he just wants to prepare early because he keeps pulling it off of the bookcase.

This kid sure keeps me on my toes, but he is a lot of fun to have around, and we love him very much!

Photo Dump

P1 is a problem solver, and figured out how to get out of his "play area" by crawling through his baby walker:

He loves to play with books:

Playing chess with his Uncle:

 Out for a stroller ride:

Yum, this TV stand tastes great!

Patriotic boy:

Likes to walk around with his stroller:

P1 can drink out of a straw, and he does okay with a sippy cup. He'd rather just drink straight out of the glass though.

This kid loves to stick out that tongue of his:

Who needs toys when you have boxes?

Drinking a homemade smoothie, yum!

Just Keep Swimming

P1 swam in a big pool for the first time on the 4th of July, and he loved it!

Chasing his uncle around!

 P1 didn't really like the back float:

He kept trying to lick/drink the water:

My little duckling:

Cousins

 P1 got to spend some time with his cousins this week. One of them lives in Canada, so it was our first time meeting him. And of course, since his family was in town, we 'got' to take some family pictures: