10 months and counting!

We are getting so close to his first birthday, and I cannot believe it has almost been a year since I met the little man that has become our whole world.  He changes every day - as soon as I think I know what he likes and doesn't like or have his routine figured out, he goes and changes it all up on me!

For the last few weeks he has been eating all "big people" food and absolutely refuses anything off of a spoon!  Every once in a while I can get him to eat some yogurt or applesauce, but only if I offer it before putting any finger foods on his tray.  He eats just about anything I serve him: green beans, carrots, peas, boca nuggets (meatless "chicken" nuggets), hot dogs, turkey, honeydew, watermelon, canteloupe, peaches, pears, apples, grapes, cheese cubes, crackers, blueberries, black beans, pasta, tomatoes, bananas, kiwi...and of course, the old favorites: Cheerios and puffs!  The list could go on and on.  I'm kind of a freak about cutting certain foods really small, although I'm not sure why I bother when he stuffs fistfuls of food in his mouth at a time!

He is still cruising everywhere on his hands and knees - no walking yet for this guy!  He pulls up on everything and walks along the furniture without any difficulty, but I have a theory that he has no desire to walk since he is such a professional crawler :)

He is still napping twice a day, in the morning for an hour to an hour and a half, and in the afternoon for about 2 hours.  He also still has 8 teeth (4 on top and 4 on bottom) which he has had since he was 8 months.  I am wondering if he may be getting another tooth or two right now, though.  I haven't felt them, but before his afternoon nap he started absolutely screaming and I had to rock him to sleep - which I never, ever have to do unless he is teething or sick.  So I'm hoping for a tooth and not his first ear infection!! :)  I haven't a clue how much he weighs right now, but he wears size 5 diapers and 18 month clothes (same as last month).  He has a few 12 month things that I can still squeeze him into, but for the most part he's graduated yet another size! I think his growth has leveled off, though, and I have a feeling he will be wearing 18 month clothes for quite some time! Let's hope!!

I haven't been great about taking pictures the last couple of weeks, but I've got a few! Enjoy!

Brooks Ludwig came and stayed the night with us! It was so fun having a playmate for Noah, even if Noah is kind of a bully!

Brooks is about 6 months older than Noah, and once I put on a cartoon I couldn't tear him away from the TV! :)

Snack time is a language they both speak :) Normally they sit at the table for this, but I can handle vacuuming up a few Cheerios!

He has been making this face every time I whip out the camera lately.  Such a ham!

It was nice to have a snuggler before his nap times :)





Hi!! And there's that face again...

Ben and I went to Bloomington for a wedding, and on our way home we met my family at an Indians game...Kate clearly was unhappy about her melting ice cream cone!

He looks so old to me when he does this...

He has an obsession with doors right now.  Any doors - pushing them closed, pulling cabinet doors open, banging on them - it's all entertaining to him!

We have graduated from the bath ring - but I keep it in the tub so he doesn't hit his head on the faucet! Creative :)

Happy 1st birthday, Katelyn!

Noah had a great time at Katelyn's birthday party - he happened to turn 10 months that day! Yay!

Kristi and Emmy Powell - Emmy also has a twin sister, Abby, and both girls will be 1 this month!



We call these the "Babies of 2010!"  Left to right: Abby and Emmy Powell, Katelyn Kenney, Noah, and Evan Chen.  We originally had them sitting on the couch, but they wouldn't sit still, so we thought we may get a better picture if we had them stand on the couch...Hmmmm...