Gavin {10 months}

And so another month has passed.

 Gavin seemed to really have grown up this month. Maybe I've said that other months, but this month he really changed a lot.

 

 

And YAY for a better photo session!  We didn't get great smiles, but we didn't have tears either.

Dave was great help this time. (I started warning him a few days before hand what day we'd be doing the pictures, to give him time to prepare).  I was glad for some warmer temperatures one day so we could be outside.  I'm not sure we'll be able to do it outside this month or next.

 

 

I had no intentions of getting our lovely 70's style house in the background.  But I did.  Sometimes there is just too much to think about when trying to snap as fast as I can before the baby decides to relocate.  Oh well.

 

At 10 months you said your first word.  At Bluegrass, as you reached for your daddy, you said "Dada" as clear as could be!  We were both so excited.  Of course your daddy was much more excited than I was.  But you haven't said anything since.

You are definitely jabbering a lot, but just no words yet.

But you do still love to use your voice to scream.  I laugh now at all the people who said you were such a quiet baby.  You were.  You cried such a soft cry.  But you are making up for it now.  When you're happy and when you're mad, you just SCREAM.  And it still really hurts our ears.

 



 

This month you decided you were completely done with baby food.  So big people food it is.

And you are finally starting to get good at that sippy cup. 

 

I think you are going to be my "climb on everything, open every cupboard door you aren't supposed to child"  I'm sure someone would maybe think it's not fair that I haven't had one of those babies yet. Our other two children hardly even required much baby-proofing. So I'm glad you feel like you can fulfill that role.  It is pretty common that someone is fishing something out of your mouth every 10 minutes.  Even when I think there s nothing for you to find.

Dirt, string, marbles, Lego's, leaves, and even a dead fly that I swatted and never found, you found it, and chewed on it for who knows how long.

 

You seriously are all over the place.  And I have a whole other post coming on all that.

 

You love the dog and you love balls.  If we lay on the floor and give you access to "wrestle" with us, you are all over that.

 

 

At 10 months you clapped for the first time and are walking with your push toy all over the place.

 



 You continue to be a rock star sleeper. So good that I can even put you down for nap in the strange church nursery and after you fuss for a few minutes you lay down and go to sleep. Your brother and sister would never have even considered that. That makes mommy's morning-a-week at church so much easier! And leaves you so much happier.

 

You are beginning the stage of getting super upset when Mommy leaves the room, or hands you off to someone else.  You've needed to be held a lot more lately and you don't want me to leave you.  There are times I need your brother or sister to take you to your room to play or hold you (you know, like times I need to go to the bathroom or shove food in my mouth), and you don't appreciate their willingness to help AT ALL. 

 But when Daddy's home, it seems to be a different story.  You get so excited to see your Daddy walk in from work and you crawl as fast as your little hands and knees can move to get to him. It's so sweet to watch him scoop you up.  And then you get very mad when he puts you down so he can shower.  You are definitely becoming a Daddy's boy.

 (And then he decided he was done with pictures)

 

 

 Happy 10 months little guy! 

You're our little SUNSHINE, and we love you so much!