Monday, April 13, 2009

Catching up.

No new pictures in a month!? Sorry about that. My little monster (he really is) is now 10 months old. Here's what he likes to do:Torture the cat. He got the cat "stuck" on this chair. Poor Boots. He also is starting to chase him around. My "baby" is now an expert walker, and is starting to run. Seriously.He finally outgrew his 9 months clothes, so I got to replace my favorite pair of jammies (which he outgrew some 6 months ago) with a new pair of dino jammies.

His curls are coming in nicely, but the right side of his head tends to be flat all the time while the left sticks straight out. I've gelled his hair a few times so it's crazy curly, but it always falls back down.

He and Neal continue to be twins. [sigh]

And . . . he creates chaos where ever he goes. He loves to open up all the kitchen cabinets and empty their contents on to the floor. I couldn't find one of his toys the other day, and I finally found it (along with a few of my tupperware lids) in the garbage can. Yuck.

He loves the vacuum too. He follows me around now when I vacuum (which is better than the old days when he would scream bloody murder if I turned it on).

His top front teeth are through the gums now. He's stopped sleeping through the night. And almost daily gets a new boo boo. (yeah. I'm really using that word.) He fell on the futon and cut his gums. The next day he fell and bit his tongue. He's had a goose egg on his forehead for a week now because he falls and hits it again almost every day. Within the last month he got his first black eye (which took two falls to accomplish). And yesterday he fell against the brick wall at church and skinned his elbow.

It's hard to be a baby.

We're having a lot of fun, though, and are loving the change in weather. Gaius loves to play in the grass. I keep finding little pieces of leaves in his mouth. He loves to watch the dog run around too.

3 comments:

Liv said...

Good gravy he's so mobile! I obviously don't have personal experience with babies, but it seems like 9/10 months is so early to be running around!

Good luck.

Mjarrett85 said...

He is so cute! I know how you feel with the bumos and bruises and messes. Oh, to be a kid again:) Hey, since you used to live in PA I have a question for you. Do you know how to get from Philadelphia to Newark? Sorry, I know its a weird question. You can e-mail me if you know.

The Malan Family said...

I can't believe how fast things change! I is so cute. You should post the pictures from last week when we get them so I can see all of them.