10/12ths of a year

by warmly welcoming the month of october into our year we also say hello 10 month old maxson!

eek!

the phrase babies don't keep is unbelievably true.

i'll be calling him my baby until my next baby even though he's at the verge of his "baby" days.

wahhhhh.

he's a speedy fast crawler.

loves getting into things:

baskets,

cupboards,

drawers,

bags,

etc.

nothing on the ground level is safe.
it's really fun watching him explore though and figure things out

he's a pretty vocal baby.

loud when he's happy.

and loud when he's not so happy.

it just makes us laugh.
my favorite is when he's really enjoying his food, he'll smack his lips together during every bite and in between every bite with a very audible "nom, nom, nom"

he's getting his balance under control so well and it's truly incredible to watch.

one day in september he finally just started balancing hands free!

he'll bounce up and down, catch his balance by wobbling back and forth and eventually fall abruptly or softly kneel down or lunge toward mom/dad.

such a cutie pie.
with that balance has come playing with toys on his knees, makes him seem so grown up i tell ya!

always a great little eater.
he eats 3 meals a day along with nursing.

he eats pretty much whatever we're eating which is convenient.

i think his favorite thing right now is mandarin oranges.

he would probably eat a whole can if i let him.

in 1 month's time he popped 6 teeth through.

what a champ.

with those teeth coming through, he also decided the binki was not for him.

this was hard on everyone :(

i still haven't figured out a way to get him to go back to sleep if/when he wakes up in the middle of the night without nursing.

other than binki problems he's a good sleeper.

2 naps a day, sometimes short sometimes long.

i will probably always ask for my children to sleep in longer in the morning, but maybe i should just go to bed earlier.

he loves standing at the screen door opening to our front yard.

he stands there on his tippy toes, letting his eyes poke out and just watches the world.

his favorite objects include our phones.

he gets sooooo excited when he grabs ahold of one of our phones.

not completely sure why he loves it so much.

he facetimes on it but that's it.

maybe it's a sign we're on our phones too much...

he's become quite opinionated on objects in his possession that he really wants to play with.

not all things that get taken away are a big deal, but sometimes they are and his little mad, frustrated scream is and isn't so funny.

he's a super patient baby in the car, in the stroller, and in shopping carts.
i love getting to take him places with me.

everything still goes straight in his mouth.
he's definitely understanding us more when we ask him to not put things in his mouth though.

he's wearing 12-18 month clothes and some 24 month clothes.


mr maximus, WE LOVE YOU!!!!

ps- i'm still booking the mini sessions for this fall :)