Michael is 10....&11 months!

 

Hi there darling little Michael. You are 11 months old now and you are growing like a weed! You are so active and feisty.  You love to snuggle me and play with your daddy and giggle with your brother. This has been a busy few months for us. We found out that we will be moving to Monterey county in April for Daddy's new job! So, we have started packing and getting ready for the move. You don't seem to notice and are having so much fun playing and exploring your surroundings.

You have a lot of new tricks that you like to do now. You will wave "hi" and "bye" and give high fives when asked. You also like to dance when ever music is put on. Your dancing consists of shaking your head back and forth and bouncing. You have rhythm little monkey! You will take 4-5  steps unassisted but still prefer to drop down and crawl. You have gotten really fast a t crawling! You are the fastest when ever I open our front door. You act as if you have been imprisoned your whole life and need to make a break for it. You are joined by your older brother and our dog at your escape attempts.You have mastered going up stairs but still try to go down head first. You have also figured out how to climb up on to the couch. You will climb over, under, through, and around pretty much anything.

You have started really saying some words. You say...

Mama

Dada

Head

Dog

This ("dis")

What's that ("wa dat")

Up

You still like to babble a lot and speak through your nose. We joke that you sound like you should be speaking french. You are also developing quite the scream. It is a great defense mechanism and gets your point across when someone (ah-hm Dane) is playing a little too rough. But you will also use it if you aren't getting food fast enough or when you are really tired.

You are still nursing with me full time. I cherish these times with you and I feel so blessed to be able to continue nursing you till we are ready to stop. At right about 11 months old you decided that you are willing to take a bottle as well so I have started giving you a bottle sometimes. You are a silly eater. Kind of picky and always suspicious of what I am putting in your mouth. You really don't like pureed foods. You would much rather have normal food. You actually will refuse to eat baby food now and insist on eating by your self. That is fine with me!

You now take one long nap in the middle of the day with your brother Dane. Sometimes you will take a short morning nap or a short nap in the evening as well but it isn't usual. You still wake up 1-2 times in the night to feed. I have tried not feeding you when you wake up and just holding you but you make it very clear that you want to nurse (see above about your scream:).  When you wake up in the morning you and your brother will play in your cribs and jump and laugh. I love listening to you two before I come in to get you up. You wake with the sun little one. Always up at 6am. I'm considering some black out curtains. 

Here are your 10 months stats;
 20lbs  50%
30 1/2 " above the charts

It is crazy to think that your 1 yr post will be in a new home in a new town. We are very excited about the changes but have a lot of fond memories of bring you home and raising you at Empire Apartments. You loved to explore the courtyard and would always go strait for the dirt in the gardens. You have a couple little friends (Charlotte & Saywer) that you like to play with. You love sitting and looking out our front window at people going by or the rain. 

We love you little monkey! We are excited to celebrate your first year!

 

Dane is 10 months!

I knew time would speed up now that we are in the holiday season but this just seems out of control! I can't believe Dane is 10 months old already.He is changing and learning and growing so fast that it is hard to keep up. I'm trying to really enjoy every moment with him because it really is apparent that my baby is turning into a toddler!

Here are Dane's 10 month stats:

Weight- 22.5 lbs 45%
Height- 31 inches 97%
Wearing 18month clothing & size 4 shoes
Size 4 diapers during the day and 5 at night

 

(Baby long legs?)

Dane is taking a bottle! Can I get a hallelujah?! It was like a light switch was turned on all of a sudden and he was willing to take a bottle. I tried all sorts of things to have him take it. It finally took using one of the playtex vent air bottles and putting warm whole milk in it. I know, I know, it's too early to give him milk. The thing is he just refused formula and I really needed him to get the hang of a bottle since my milk production was reducing. It only took about a week of milk and then I was able to start giving him formula. So by the end of his 10th month he was down to just nursing once in the middle of the night.

At 10 months he has 4 words that he says regularly. "Mama", "Num-Num" (for food), "Uh-Oh" for something he isn't supposed to do, and "Oh Wow!" for something that he likes.  We love the "Oh wow" one. So sweet! I have videos of him saying these things on my phone. I'll try to get them uploaded.

Dane has a lot of hair (see above) now and it is a golden blond. I think it is still getting lighter which would make sense since Aaron and I both had really light hair as toddlers. His eyes are still blue with a hint of gray. People still comment on his eyes.

  

 (Thanks Barlows for the cute Thanksgiving outfit!)

Dane celebrated his first Thanksgiving at Grampa and Nana's house. He enjoyed all the food especially the mashed potatoes. He loves seeing his older cousins running around and they like making him laugh by jumping around him.

 

Dane is a pro crawler now and is really good at cruising from furniture to furniture. He took some unassisted steps in the middle of his 10th month but still would rather crawl. He can also climb up the stairs and he is getting better at getting off the couch but will still go head first.

 

I look at him sleeping in his crib and just can't believe how big he is now. 

Dane got the stomach flu for the first time this month. It was the worst thing ever. But his energy level stayed up and we just had to deal with the useless diapers.

Dane throws EVERYTHING. I'm not exaggerating. He is also going through the hitting phase. We are working with him to figure out that is is "owiee" when he hits but the progress is slow. I apologize for anyone that has been smacked in the face lately.