Brooks & Ivy: Happy 10 monthday!!! & NJ trip

Happy 10 month birthday Brooks!

Each month I say it and each month has been true- but this is my favorite age and you are so much fun!
At 10 months old you
* eat everything- I would say right now your favorite is fresh blackberries (I however am not a fan of all the purple staining of clothes and skin)
* CRAWL!!! You only started 3 days ago, but you are already scooting all over the place to get what you want. It is time to seriously babyproof. Just this morning I turned around for a second and you moved 5 feet and pulled yourself to standing on the glass coffee table.
* babble- A LOT. I don't think you really have words yet, but you love to say Bop, do lots of bababa'ing, and like the p sound. You also do m, g, k,
* Walk with assistance- you like pushing your table around and are a pro with the walker
* Still get up once a night- although twice in the last month you slept straight through 8-7. Hopefully it is soon!
* Are still nursing- it may embarrass you to read this someday, but I don't care- I am proud of us! 2 more months and you get cow's milk!
* Are really starting to show your likes and dislikes with facial expressions and grunts
* Love drumming- banging things with your hands is your most favorite thing to do
* Have a 1 tooth gummy grin- it is so cute! Most babies get the 2nd tooth pretty soon after the first, but I am glad you didn't- the smile is adorable :)
* you LOVE to be outside- when you are crabby that helps cheer you up- even looking out the window helps
* Are obsessed with Ming's food & water bowls- now that you are crawling we are going to have to move them
* Always look at me and how I react before reacting to strangers
* Have a goofy grin that involves scrunching up your face- it is silly and adorable
* Still like everything we own better than your toys
* Are really into imitation- you like to tilt your head, then watch us, then go the other way and repeat. You like to open and close your mouth if we do, blow raspberries if we do, and so on.
* things that are sure to get a smile are Peekaboo and singing The Wheels on the Bus
* you are really starting to notice and interact with other babies when we see them
* you have a great sense of anticipation- Daddy always throws you in the air when he gets home. One time when he didn't and put you right down you went into hysterics until he picked you up and threw you.
* You enjoy being read to much more lately. It used to be the same 2 books- but now you are up for everyting and like to flip the pages yourself. (although I think you like flipping the pages more than anything- you love to flip things open and shut and get impatient if there are too many words on a page)
* wave hi & bye and are starting to sometimes clap- we are working on it!

Monthly Pictures!

Here is your monthly chair pic!

Now normally I take and post a bunch of cute shots- however this month it was impossible to do so because you kept doing this:

So here are 2 other shots, but that's it!

And of course- your montly monkey comparison pictures!

1 month:

5 months:

10 months:

And again- normally I take a bunch of cute shots- but here is a photo tutorial of how taking the pics this month went!

So I thought maybe if I sat you in your glider I could get some good shots, but you just got mad

And tried to get away

Happy 10 months sweet boy!

Saturday Brooks and I went up to North Jersey to watch Uncle Griff play lacrosse. It was supposed to be a big family picnic but the weather forecast was terrible. On Saturday morning when we checked the weather and found out it wasn't supposed to pour as predicted B and I headed up because we wanted to make sure we got to a game this season. Griffin played great and B surprised everyone with a team shirt with Uncle G's number on it! It was super cold though and he got antsy- but we grabbed an impromptu lunch before hitting the road and he was great (surprisingly).

Uncle G's #1 fan!