Ash - 10 Months

(daddy had to come and pin me down so momma could get a picture of me!)

Today I am 10 months old!  Only two more busy months and I'll be turning a year old; can you believe it?  9 months old has been a fun age for me.  My dr visit went well and my measurements there were the same as momma's home measurements.  The doctor was happy with my growth and development, even though I'm not gaining tons of weight.  I'm still wearing 9-12 mo clothes and 12 mo pj's.  I have graduated from my sleep sack to fuzzy feety pajamas at night.

Oh, you wanted me to sit still for these photos?  HAH!

I was so excited to have my Lola come visit for a few days last month.  We had so much fun together, playing and snuggling.  She rocked me and sang to me, and she crawled around on the floor and played with me too.  What a fun grandma!  She also got me some cool new clothes.  Check out my dinosaur outfit!  I don't like wearing hats anymore and have figured out how to snatch them off, so momma had to be quick to get my picture before I got it off.  I also have a dinosaur hoodie that goes with the outfit for those really cold days.  

Developmentally I've been a busy bee.  Last time I wrote I'd just started crawling.  Let me tell you, it is FUN being able to get around!  I love to follow momma into the kitchen and "help" her cook dinner or do the dishes.  She moved my animal magnets onto the washer & dryer so that I wasn't in her way in front of the fridge, but that doesn't stop me from getting in the way anyway! :)  I love to open the the pots and pans cabinet and pull them out on the floor.  I also figured out how to stand up this month.  First I was just pulling up in my crib, but now I've figured out how to do it on the furniture too.  I haven't really started moving on my feet much, but you'd better believe I'll be walking before you know it.

Now that I'm moving around so actively, my parents have put up a few baby gates to keep me safe.  The box that gate came in is the coolest toy ever! (I really enjoyed the flattened dog food bag too, what a crinkle!)  My parents said they're not buying me toys for Christmas, just wrapping up boxes for me to unwrap and play with.  Momma could barely get a picture of me in the "my first halloween" outfit I wore Oct 31st b/c I wouldn't stop crawling around long enough to get a good one.  Yep, I'm on the move for sure!

My fine motor skills are also developing.  I LOVE to turn the pages when momma reads me board books.  I'll sit through double readings of half a dozen books before I get bored!  I've also started to figure out how to put things down.  Now I know that might seem like a simple thing to you folks, but everyone's gotta learn sometime!  I have fun moving food around my tray or dropping things in the precise place I want them.  I've been picking things up for a long time, but just never thought about how to let them go.  I've broken a couple sippy cups dropping them from my high chair too.  Whoops!

Laughing at my bored & OCD mom lining up my pears

Other than the visit from Lola, it's been life as usual.  Momma and I have had a couple Starbucks breakfast dates before we go grocery shopping, which we both love.  I enjoy grocery shopping for a while, but I need a toy to play with or something to distract me by the end of the trip.  Mom's gotten smart and started bringing things for me to do.  Check me out chillin' in the cart and playing with momma's travel mug.

I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner.  Now that I'm eating so much table food, I'm going to really get to enjoy most of what everyone else is eating.  And as if one visit from a grandmother wasn't enough fun for one season, my Nanoo's coming this afternoon!  She's going to stay with us till after Thanksgiving and spend some time hanging out with my cousin Elijah.  Well, I'd better run; we've gotta go pick her up at the airport soon.  See ya next month!