Ten Months

Ten Months! I'm just thankful that I'm able to get this posted before you turn 11 months with how quickly this summer is going. Our sweet baby Dude, you are So. Much. Fun. Seriously! We say it all the time, but we just call you a bundle of fun. You love rolling and wrestling with your brothers. Ryder practically lies on top of you, throws your legs around, squishes your cheeks together and before I can stop him- you are just cackling with belly laughs.

You know how to sit up on your own and it's just the cutest, because you sort of back into it from being on your belly. You just figured out how to pull up on furniture and stand up and are so proud when you do. You're still doing what we call the "wounded turtle" crawl on your belly, but have just figured out how to rock backwards and forwards on your hands and knees.

We just lowered your crib, because you know to pull yourself over and your head would just take you over the edge. 

You love to eat! You are now the best eater of the three boys in that you will eat anything and you typically eat it all. I haven't really found anything you don't like and I hope it stays that way.

You've started dancing and it's the funniest thing. You sort of bounce up and down while sitting and will then roll your head around. I think it makes you dizzy, because then you look up and laugh.

You wave, but it looks more like you're cooling yourself off/waving to yourself and it's the cutest little thing, because the bigger the reaction you get, the more excitedly you do it. 

Your ears haven't been giving you much of a break this summer. You've have 3 separate ear infections in about 10 weeks. You need to have 4 in 6 months before you can get officially referred for tubes, but we know it's only a matter of time. We've got a great ENT and I'm just waiting to give him a call to hopefully give you (and us) some relief. Ryder got them at 15 mos, but I have a feeling you'll be sooner.

You're right at 19lbs and wearing size 12-18 month clothing. I still think that may be because your clothes used to be your brothers' and have been through many washes. I still think you're pretty average size wise, because you're in the 50% for each.

You have 4 teeth now and I'm pretty sure you're working on two more.

We just love you to pieces and you are the perfect little guy we never knew we needed!

 If you've had a morning nap, I'll wait until after I put your brothers in their rooms for rest time before I put you down for an afternoon nap and here is where I usually find you.

 So much love. And so many diapers.

 Last year, for CFA Cow Day I felt like a cow. This year, you got to sit next to me and try your very first nuggets.

 "Just sprinkle some food in front of him on the ground and he'll sit there".

 Ryder's thing he says all the time now that I just love is "Gimme dat baby!!!"