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10 months

Baby boy, I have so enjoyed learning more about you this past month. You are getting such a personality, I love how everyday you are teaching me more about you as a little person!

At 10 months you-
*get SO excited when daddy gets home from work. if I say "Daddy is here" you speed crawl to the door and bounce up and down until he comes thru the door, then you DEMAND he picks you up, you bounce your little body and flap your arms until he scoops you up. if your in your high chair eating, eating stops and you insist he gets you out to hold you. I LOVE that you have such a strong bond w/ your daddy already.
*LOVE to play hide and seek, we play w/ brother and daddy and you LOVE hiding under the covers and get sooo excited when we hear the finder coming to get us. And then you cover your head back up w/ the covers b/c you don't want to stop playing.
*LOVE to play chase, you speed crawl away from us if we are chasing you and you speed crawl towards us if we are running from you. The whole time your entire face is engulfed in an adorable smile and you belly laugh the whole time.
*Cruise along furniture and go from one piece of furniture to the next.
*can stand by yourself for short periods, you always pull up on mommy and daddy and then show your stuff and let go.
*love when we sing "if your happy and you know it", you get so excited to do the clapping part with us.
*like to do patty cake and itsy bitsy spider w/ us alot.
*love being sung to, if your upset or crying in the car all I have to do is sing and you stop (you must have funny ears b/c your mama's voice is not good! but I like that you think it is:)
*we rock you to sleep, your only little once:)
*you sleep in your crib for naps and at night until/if you wake up and then you come to bed w/ us. You take a nap in the morning and afternoon.
*love swinging, just giggle and giggle as you swing.
*love when we scare you with "boo", belly laughs every time!
*have decided you like big boy food more than baby food. as soon as you see our meal you sign "all done" if we are feeding you your baby food and demand whatever we are eating.
*wave hi and bye, do "so big", sign "all done" and understand the signs for eat, more, and bath. Say "mama" and "dadda". You are starting to understand so much now, it is so fun watching you anticipate our actions when we say we are going to do something like "I'm going to get you" and you start crawling away fast. You are a super smart little guy!
*your favorite toy is a fishing pole, you love waving it around and watching the end of the pole swing around.
*when we read you "brown bear, brown bear" you get SO excited when we get to the black sheep, you smile huge and laugh and then once we go to the next page you flip back to see the black sheep again. Love that you are telling us what you want!
*nurse on demand still. Can drink out of any sippy cup and regular straws! Seems early little guy, again, you are a smarty:)

Happy 10 months little guy. You have changed so much this past month and are becoming such a little character. We absolutely love every second we have with you and could look at your smiles and hear your giggles all day long. You fill our hearts and lives with so much joy, we are beyond blessed to be your family. Love you to the moon and back baby boy!

First Day of Preschool!!!

Well we survived! Kayden had his first day of preschool and mommy was teary eyed pretty much all morning but Kayden was just super excited. He had oatmeal for breakfast and then got dressed in his cute first day of school outfit and mommy took that classic picture that everyone has in front of the front door and we loaded the car up and headed off. I dropped Breck off for the hour at a friend's house so that Kayden could have his special first day of school all to himself today.
When we got to the school we waited outside with all the other mommies and kiddos for the teachers to open the doors and then went in to his new school. Kayden in Kayden fashion was at the front of the line (hey, we were early, we had an excited boy!) so he got to meet his teacher first. Mrs. Beire is his teacher and Mrs. Groess is his teacher's assistant. They had playdough waiting for all the student's w/ their name holding their little spot at the little table.
While the kiddos had their first preschool experience all of us parents had an orientation w/ the preschool board learning all the "rules and regulations" and business of your little being in preschool.
From 9-10:15 he did his thing in the classroom and then I got to scoop him up and give him hugs when I saw him again. Still. can't. believe. this. day. is. here.

The Night Before....

The big day and this mama can't stop crying. It just seems so monumental to me. The beginning of something so big. The crossing over from my baby to my big boy. From now on every year we will have a summer break, a fall school shopping spree, a meet the teacher day, a first day picture. So much is starting tomorrow. I just can't get over the bigness of it. So what do I do? Cry like a baby! Guess if he isn't one anymore I can revert to one!

Tonight we read The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn. It's a book I used to read to my speech students the first week of school and I loved it then but as a mommy it is a totally different book. Chester is about to go to school for the first time and his mommy gives him a special kiss in his hand so that she will be w/ him all day and at the end of the book Chester gives his mommy a kiss so that he will be w/ her while he is gone. And what does my little sweetie do? Takes my hand and gives me a kiss (as I'm crying!) and tells me it will be okay. Those are the moments that make you think you must be doing something right as a parent b/c empathy is so important for humanity and our little guy has it. So glad we had our special Kissing Hand moment tonight before his big day tomorrow!

Oh my goodness. I could just eat his little face all day long. I can't get enough of his little rolls, his sweet smiles, his amazing laugh, every little bit of him is so scrumptious!

Auntie Heather Turned 40!!

Heather with her mommy and daddy....40 years later!

Enjoying her birthday Bellini

Happy Piggies

The girls

Hattie and Heather

On Sunday Daddy's big sister turned 40! We were there to celebrate and Char, Hattie and I went with Heather to get her piggies done, the first time she has ever had someone pamper her toes and feet! About time to have those footsies pampered! After getting pedis we met the guys at Macaroni Grill for her Birthday lunch. She had another first that day, a bellini, can't go wrong w/ a yummy champagne slushi! We hope this is the start of a wonderful 40th year! Happy Birthday Auntie Heather!