10 Months Old Today

Beau is 10 months old today! I can't believe we will be celebrating his first birthday in 2 months. This year has absolutely flown by. Sorry there's no new pics this time. I'll take some this weekend. He had a check up today and is doing great. Here are his stats:

22 lbs. 13 oz. (75th percentile)
31" long (97th percentile) - we are hoping he's tall - so far so good! ha!
7 teeth (4 top and 3 bottom)
Wears 12-18 month clothes (some of the 12 mo. shirts are starting to look like muscle shirts, though)
Crawls everywhere (usually on one knee and one foot - I've got to figure out how to post a video of his stellar technique!)
Pulls up to standing and sits back down with ease
Loves to walk around holding my hands - it won't be long until he's walking on his own.

Today, he was standing at the kitchen cabinets and just let go. He stood there for a few seconds without holding on at all. His balance is getting much better.

Eats everything but green peas and those make him go "aagh"! He still eats mostly baby food (5 step 2 jars per day), but we are starting table food. He LOVES to feed himself Cheerios, black beans, bananas, and carrots. Todd and DeeDee introduced him to roast beef and black eyed peas over the weekend, and that was a big hit. Basically, he's a chunk who loves to eat! He also does well with his sippy cup now. The big kids at Teesee's all drink out of big sippy cups, so Beau has to have big ones now, too.

His favorite toys are balls, his yellow dump truck, a yellow star that was supposed to be a bath toy, but now serves as his favorite teething tool, and anything that makes noise. His favorite songs are Bingo, Old McDonald, and 5 Little Monkeys. His favorite book is Good Night Moon.

He still isn't saying anything except "uh-oh," which comes out"uh-uh." He has started saying it first and then dropping his cup from his high chair. He has also figured out that if he drops his food in the floor, Barkley will get a bite. I thought it was cute at first, but now he does it even when Barkley is not around, so I'm the clean up crew (more than usual). It's not so cute now.

I'm telling you, this is so much fun...exhausting at times, especially since he still gets up at least once a night, but soooo worth it. I LOVE THIS KID!

Our Little Fish

Sorry I haven't been holding up my end of this blog deal. When I set it up, my goal was to update at least once a week. Seems like my average is more like once a month. Since my last post, we have been to the lake with Todd's family and then again for the 4th (we did work & go to Teesee's in between). We LOVE the lake! What is it about just being near, on, in, or around water that is so relaxing? I feel like there are no worries and nothing that HAS to be done. Baths are optional, bedtime is flexible...it's the one place where I relax (sort of...the definition of relax has changed a bit for me since Beau came along!). Not to mention that there are always family and friends who love spending time with Beau and help me out so much. I didn't do a great job taking pictures the last few weeks, but here are few. As you can tell, we do a lot of swimming!

Daddy, Beau, and cousin Nathan (we have no pictures with Nathan of Beau looking at the camera because he couldn't take his eyes off him!)
Daddy & Beau

Hanging out on the dock with GiGi

Swimming with Mom

Swimming with DaddyD