Fast Forwarding to 10 Months

Bennett is 1o months old......yep before I even had the 9 month photos posted, he went and turned another month older. Somebody stop the clock.

• He is a man on the move. He scoots around and manages to get anywhere he wants to go. He doesn't crawl on his knees....it is more of a military belly crawl at this point. This morning I left him on the floor of his room to play for a minute while I got ready for work and when I went in there he had crawled under the crib. He was peeking out like "hey look at this I never knew you could actually play under here. " So before he bonked his head and ruined his love of exploring new territory, I rescued him and realized we have entered a new era of mobile baby:) Buckle up as I think we have a lot to learn.


• He has a new found interest in toys but when a TV remote or cell phone is within eye shot forget the toys as the electronics are all that he wants.


• He now has two top teeth and two bottom teeth and so table foods are a regular part of his diet. He loves it when I feed him from my fork and plate as if anything off of my plate tastes better.


• He says "Dada" all the time but "mama" has yet to make it into his vocabulary.


• His sense of humor is really starting to come to light. He understands when people are joking and loves to laugh. He is a smiley smiley guy.


• He is very persistent. If there is something that he is trying to figure out, he will stick with it until he figures it out even if it takes a long time. He puckers his lips while he concentrates and it is very cute to watch. I think he actually has a fairly long attention span for his age.


• He is very interested in faces...he wants to grab them and poke them and this means his big cousins have to wear their eye protection at daycare:) Eye glasses don't stand a chance anymore.


• He has just started to point at things and he loves to mimic sounds...he still loves the sound of his own voice. He will banter back and forth making copy cat noises and he thinks he is very funny when he does this.


• He is still a big fan of jumping. When he stands up holding our hands, he loves to hop and jump. He can stand at length when leaning up against something and he takes steps while holding our hands. I have a feeling walking is still a little ways off.


• He loves to drink water from his sippy cup and he loves to hold it by himself but he still cannot tip it up high enough to get any water out if it without help.


• He flaps his hands wildly in excitement when he sees Pat or I come into a room....it is such a special feeling for us to feel such love from our little boy.


• Bennett is about 19 lbs and wears a size 4 shoe and diaper and mostly 9 to 12 month clothing. And the most exciting news is that with the recent humidity Benny's curls are becoming more obvious. I love his curls and even though his hair is getting long, I just cannot bring myself to cut them off. So hockey hair here we come.

So here is our little heart breaker at 10 months young.....................................................................