Ten Months Old

Happy Ten Months, Potatoes!

Oh this silly boy is growing fast and furiously.

He is a bundle of energy and curiosity.  He loves to explore and climb and get into anything and everything.

He has four words now.  His first word came in a tantrum- guess he had the motivation to say what he meant...

I was trying to put a screen protector on the new phone Daniel surprised me with, so I was ignoring little man.  He commando crawled across the room, screaming, put one hand on each of my knees, pulled him self up and yelled, "mama!!!"

He has since added 'dada,' 'ah-dah' (dog), and 'uh-oh' to his repertoire.  'Uh-oh' is definitely his favorite, while throwing things on the floor.  Little stink!

He is now crawling on hands and knees, and walking while holding onto anything available, often with just one hand for support.

We no longer get the sweet double eye rub to signal that Xander needs sleep.  Instead, he gets crazy active and boisterous right before crashing.  He is all go, go, go!

He is weaning himself off of nursing.  He wants to be independent!  He will only take a bottle on his own and doesn't want any help unless he is very tired.  He also wants finger foods over purees, but still eats pretty much anything we offer him.

He still wakes up once in the night to eat, usually between 4am and 5am.  His naps are irregular because if we are out and about, he will not sleep.  When home, he still takes three naps, two long (1-2 hours) and one short (30-45 min).

One of his favorite places to explore- under the table

This used to be Zoey's hiding place...not anymore!

Looking like his Uncle Ryan as a baby

He had school picture day last week

Not interested 

Baby Grandpa

Since his school pictures did not turn out as cute as I had hoped, we planned to go to the pumpkin patch yesterday for fall photos.  Unfortunately, our rough and tumble little guy got so many scratches and bruises throughout the weekend, we opted to wait on photos.  He's a mess!

We have something cool going on at our house right now- Leaha and Jesse have moved into the detached back studio for a few months to save up for a down payment.  While here, they are helping with Xander.  Leaha takes him to school during the week, plays with him or feeds him while I cook dinner, and they babysit once in a while.

We took advantage of their babysitting offer to head to Mobile, AL this weekend to see Nick Swardson (from Grandma's Boy and pretty much every Adam Sandler movie).  We had so much fun!

All dressed up for a night in Mobile

Dinner before the show

Enjoying a blackberry brew- delicious!

Theater!

The show was great- the opener was every bit as funny as Nick Swardson was.

We have also been going to trivia at one of our favorite local spots, Props, each week.  I don't get to stay for the whole thing, as Xander can't make it to the end, but we always have a good time, and our team actually won last week!

Trivia fun

Even Zoey gets to play trivia with us

Sometimes he loses his shirt at trivia

Last weekend the whole crew headed to Atlanta so Daniel could play cards and we could all reconnect with some of our favorite people.  Thanks to Hurricane Matthew, it turned into an opportunity to see two of our closest friends, Chris and Josh.  Daniel gets to see these guys very rarely, so we were super excited!

Checking out Ponce City Market

I also got to see my college girls

Hudson and Xander

It was so good to see Rachel and Weston!  

I also got to see Petty right before heading out of town, but didn't catch any pictures with Rachel or Petty.  Just means I'll have to go back to Atlanta soon!

Weston and my sweet babies!

 The weather was beautiful while we were there.  We did a lot of walking and just being outside.

We are loving the cooler temperatures!