10 Months!

My baby is 10 months old already, and it kind of snuck up on me. I totally missed it yesterday-ostrich mode I suppose.
We put the big boy carseats in the vehicles today, and the baby seat and stroller are put away. He's tipping the scale at over 20 pounds, so at least my arm will get a little break.
At 10 months he:
Can say Mama (and dadadada and ba). If you ask him to say dada he says mama instead :)
He can pull up and stand, and will let go momentarily.
He loves food- anything and everything as long as he is offered some. He gets mad if you are eating and he isn't.
He thinks his brother is hilarious.
He loves to splash in the bath and shower.
He doesn't like things on his head.
He wears 12 & 18 month clothes and size 4 diapers.
He starts to jump up & down when he sees Mama.

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Wordless Wednesday

Snow Day!!

As I've said before, snow days are my favorite! It's a little hard to go play in the snow with an 8 month old, but it's lovely to be inside with hot cocoa (for D) or coffee (for me) curled on the couch watching "How the Universe Works". Actually, that's a lot like school!
We did go play outside for a little bit. Ben didn't quite know what to make of it, but Dean had a great time making snowballs.

Sitting

Since his 6 month update my little man has been busy!

At his well baby visit he weighed 17 and 1/2 pounds, and was a little taller (there was some issue with the measurement). Since then he has gotten 2! bottom teeth, and one on the top will be here any day. He has also gotten great at sitting! He sat and ate a cracker today all by himself. I think he likes being able to sit up and see things and play with his toys...he gets really annoyed if I lay him down now!

6 months old!

I'm kind of in shock that my baby is 6 months old. It seems like his birth was so long ago, and that he's still so little all at the same time. He is such a sweet little guy, always smiling and moving.
He and I took at trip to California at the beginning of Christmas break to see my brother graduate(!). He was the best travel partner I could've asked for. Even after our terribly delayed flights and running through airports he was happy and smiling.

At 6 months he:
Has eaten in some very interesting places.
Is now eating a variety of foods: apples, squash, rice & oatmeal cereals, peas (that was a funny face!), sweet potatoes
Is very close to having teeth. I'm going to miss his big gummy grin.
Loves to bounce & is always in motion- if he is awake, he is moving.
Wears 6-12 or 9 month clothes & size 3 diapers. I can't wait to see how big he is on Monday at his check-up.
Is sitting on his own, though he still flops over or folds forward when he gets tired.
Loves to laugh at his big brother.

Our Wonderful Week

This week I'm thrilled to be doing the weekly wrap up link up with one of my favorite blogs, E Tells Tales

So...Our week in review:
This weekend the boys and I went to a Christmas Storybook land with my good friend & her family. D had SO much fun (once he got over being scared of Santa). He and the other D loved looking at all of the depictions of stories decorated for Christmas. Talking to Santa was still a bit much for him, so we skipped that, but I did have to find a "candy-candy" (which is a candy cane, if you were wondering) for him, because otherwise he was NOT leaving! B slept most of the time, and was pushed by my friend's mom. When he woke up & realized it wasn't me pushing him he was NOT pleased! He spent the rest of the time giving her the stink-eye.

We also went to go cut down our Christmas tree! It was so fun to have our whole family together & the Christmas tree farm we go to is super cute! They have goats! Once Josh finished his tree-putting-up job, D and I had a great time decorating the tree and drinking hot chocolate and eating cookies. He, D, is SO proud of having helped decorate the tree, and it is SO fun to share ornaments from when I was a baby with him.

This week I also tried my hand at a couple of pinterest ideas. I had made this delicious squash for Thanksgiving, even my FIL, known squash hater, loved it. I thought it might be good mixed into a risotto, and it was Delish! Great with pork chops and buerre blanc!

I also found this recipe for funfetti fudge, and HAD to try it--LOVE Funfetti! I made it last night, using green, red, and white sprinkles. It is yummy, and SO easy to make! I can't wait to try the peppermint variation

The picture isn't great, but I assure you, the fudge is!


I also had a rare technical success- I finally fixed our router, so we can watch Netflix on our wii! I would say it was the best idea ever, but now D only ever wants to watch Spiderman, so it may have backfired!