Guess what? You also love your Mommy. In just one month you went from Daddy's boy to Mama's boy. Our days of breastfeeding have come to a bittersweet end. You didn't seem to mind at first, but now I sense that you want something more from me - something I can no longer give you. I wonder if you still associate me with milk, because if you see me you go crazy for me. You start crying and throwing a fit until I come pick you up. Sometimes picking you up just isn't enough. You start leaning over like you want down. I put you down. You cry. You pull at my legs. I pick you back up. You want me to hold you every minute, but you are getting so heavy! Sometimes you snuggle your head between my shoulder and chin. I lay my head on yours and the world stops. The moment is over before anyone can even see it, because it is only ours to share.
You know who else you love? Your Grammy. Besides a little girl you just met named Ocean, your Grammy is the only girl you have ever graced with kisses. You don't even give me kisses. Your kisses are hilarious: open-mouthed and drooly. You get so excited when Grammy arrives each Thursday. You make a beeline for the door, and she can barely put her things down before you are crawling up her legs. Chloe runs for Grammy's bags and starts rutting through them looking for the Kindle and smoothie.
Your Grandma Bob and Grandpa T have been coming over to watch you on Wednesdays. Your new daycare was supposed to have room for you two on Wednesdays, but for some reason she wasn't super realistic about that promise, because we have been going for nearly two months, and still no Wednesdays. It has been really fun for you kids to see your other grandparents, though. They always bring fresh fruit and candy. Who doesn't like fresh fruit and candy?
At ten months you are pulling yourself up on everything. You are creeping along the furniture. You know your way around the house. If I sit you down in the living room and walk to the kitchen, you will follow me. You love you play with your sister, and you think she is hilarious. She is starting to get pretty rough with you. She splashes your face with water in the tub. Most babies would cry, but you LAUGH. You are getting pretty good with a sippy cup. You love to drink water from my cup. You wear size 4 diapers and eat only table food. Your favorite food is bananas. I can just give you the whole peeled banana and I swear you devour it in about 20 seconds.
Your first Halloween was sort of a flop. We went shopping for costumes about a month prior, and your sister picked a cute pink and blue monster costume. I ordered you a matching blue monster costume. We learned that it is better to pick costumes at the last minute, because by the time the first Halloween party came around Chloe wanted to be a cat (you were a dinosaur). She then changed her mind yet again on the night of Halloween saying she wanted to be Supergirl like last year. Halloween was freezing cold with light rain. Terrible weather for kids and babies. We put you in the body of the monster costume, but you refused to wear the head part, so we used your sock monkey hat instead. We put you in the Baby Bjorn and did a quick loop around the neighborhood.
You were kind of ticked about getting your pictures this month. It is tough to get a good picture of such a fast little guy, but I managed to get a decent one.
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