Happy 10 Months!!!

Double Digits!! How is it that you're 10 months already Jim?! My what a WONDERFUL (there are so many more words that I can insert here...I'm not sure if I can capture it all) 10 months it has been.

You have been such a blessing and a wonderful joy in our lives!

What Jim is up to

- He loves climbing up the stairs! He'll be in the middle of the floor playing, he'll look around to see what Mark & I are up to, and then he darts off for the stares. He thinks he's pretty funny when he does that! You call his name, and he just starts going faster for the stairs.

- He's very busy pulling up on everything, and is cruising all over the place. He's getting better with his walking too. He loves his little push toy, and will now walk if we just hold on to his shirt. (It wasn't too long ago when he had to be holding onto both hands).

- Loves to play with strings - whether it's the drawstrings on my PJ pants, or his shoelaces - he'll stay very occupied with that!

- Loves to play the drums on anything and everything!!!

- Gets very excited when it's bath time. Mark gets the bath all ready, and I get Jim undressed his his room. Then we walk into the bathroom - and he's all smiles waiting to get in!

- Plays peek-a-boo with me and his towel after bath time.

- Still loves to eat anything and everything! He's started to eat the lunch food that is served at daycare - because he wasn't interested in baby food anymore.

- Has his 4 teeth - 2 on top, 2 on bottom. And he's getting ready to cut some more, definitely on top. Can't tell if it's 2 more, or 4 more.

- Is babbling a lot more. There's a lot of ma-ma-ma-ma going on.

- You can tell he's trying to say bye when we say bye bye to him. He gets a little 'buh' out.

- Is in size 3 diapers.

- Wears mainly 12 month clothes.

- Went to the DR. last week because he had a fever and had to be picked up at daycare early. Ended up he had an ear infection. And weighted 20 lbs. 4 ozs.

- Got to stay home for a snow day with me!

- We cut out one of his bottles at daycare since he's eating more and more solids. So now he's down to 3 bottles there (~10 ozs. total); and he's still nursing once in the morning when he gets up, and then again in the evening.