10 months...

Laekan Harper-Another month has gone by and you are such a fun, happy little guy! I know I say this every month but it is going by too fast. I can't believe that I already have picked out what we will do for your birthday party and we are talking about weaning you off the bottle. I must say I am not ready for all these changes, but I know they mean you are growing and changing just like you are supposed to. It makes us SO happy to watch you laugh, smile, play with Taegan, and even pout. You have finally starting feeling better and have moved past the coughing and yucky nose-thank goodness. It never messed with your schedule or your sleeping, but you were very clingy. What a fun month it has been. Here is what you are up to right now:

*You are wearing 6-12 month clothes, 12 month jammies.
*I would guess you weigh around 23 pounds.
*You are wearing a size 3 diaper during the day and night.
*Same eating and sleeping schedule.
*You are eating oatmeal and fruit for breakfast and veggie for dinner. We are going to start food for lunch too.
*You eat puffs, crunchers, and cheerios for snacks when you are done eating.
*We have started giving you lots of different table foods to you and you are eating them like a vacuum.
*We actually have to cut you off from eating because you will just eat and eat!
*We are really working on the sign "more" with you. You know what it means when we do it to you and you will move your hands while I do it.
*We moved your crib all the way to the bottom because you pulled up and started chewing on the wood.
*You have an octopus you play with that has 5 balls and three spots to drop them in, you have figured out how to drop the ball in two of the spots.
*You are a master crawler-everywhere! Unfortunately that also means down the stairs:( Only 4, but that caused sister to cry and Mommy to be worried.
*We moved you to a big boy car seat, rear facing. You love it!
*You have pulled up to stand on your big cube once, and just tonight on the steps. We are in trouble...
*You got another tooth on the bottom-this makes 5.
*We have tried giving you sippy cups and you are just interested in chewing on them. Hoping to work on this more this month.
*You have no idea what to do with a straw.
*You will now say "mama" and you know that it is your Mommy
*No "dadda" this month.
*When we say bottle you know it is time to eat and go straight to your high chair.

He is looking at Daddy here-it is a like a three ring circus to take these pictures now.

He is on the move...

Trying to come give Mommy loves-or take the camera!

Sister giving him loves to try and get him to smile! Lord save him when he gets a bit bigger!!!

We love you Laekan-our "little man"!!!