10 months old

Little monkey, you are now 10 months old. You are just so delightful and so funny. You love to have a good time and you love to laugh. You have the opposite of "stranger danger" fear. You actually reach out to be held by strangers I'm talking too. You love anything new and love meeting new people. You are the fastest crawler in the world. I had to re baby proof the house now that you can climb stairs within seconds. You learned how to put your toy ball in a hole this week. Yesterday Jan 29, you slept 6pm-6am; took a 2 hour nap in the morning, and an hour nap in the afternoon! That was the best day of sleep ever for you! You like getting into mischief. You can find all the naughty off limit dangerous things in the house, even though the house is filled with toys. You are all about eating people food now. Today you wolfed down smoked salmon pesto pasta. You don't do your ooohs as much which I really miss. You have an incredible attention span and will sit and focus on something for 30 minutes or more. You know the color blue and can pick out your animals when I ask "Which one is the lion? Which one is the monkey?" You LOVE to swim and are euphoric in the ocean and pool. You are used to being adored and carried by little girls in the neighborhood. We have weekly play dates with our English friend Elaine and her 3 year old Isabella whom you love. The neighbor girls have an "Alistair timer" so that each girl has an equal amount of time holding you. You are so loved. You are enjoying books more (you used to just want to eat them). You keep us happy and busy. I finally put together your scrap book today with your hospital bracelets, your newborn hospital hat, your dr appointment notes, your bellybutton! Yes I save everything!! I can't believe one year is right around the corner. I wish I could go back and relive every single day once again, but I also can't wait to see the little boy you will grow up to be.

I love you I love you I love you

Oh little Monkey, you are seriously the cutest little guy in the world. Everyone says you are the CUTEST baby they have ever seen. I thought it was just me, since I'm your mama and pretty biased in thinking my baby is the cutest baby in the world!
You are crawling ninja fast. I can't take my eyes off you for a second. You love finding all the danger in the room, chords, electrical outlets, rocking chairs and swings (unstable objects). You are still doing your adorable oohs and o's noises. We have all heard you "humming" a song. I think you will be musical! You understand me when I say "turn around and scoot off" the couch or bed and you smile really big when you do it because you are following a command all by yourself. You are super attached to me right now. Even if you are having a fun time with the babysitters, the moment you see me, you cry and want to be with me. You have long moments of independent play, and many moments when you just want to be held. Which is totally fine. I could hold you my entire life and I hope you always cling on to mommy. You sleep better alone in your own crib (vs co sleeping with us). Every night I sit right by your crib with my hands holding yours letting you know I am always there. The first night was hard, but tonight you only fussed for 30 seconds, then calmed down, and quietly put yourself to sleep (you popped your head up once to check if I was still here, but once you saw me, you laid your head back down and passed out to sleep!) You now sleep from 6:30pm-5am and then nurse and sleep until 6:30 or 7am!