Ten Months

Not much to post about today (it's Friday...yay!) but I just wanted to jump in quickly and say...Jaxson is ten months old today!! WOWZA!

I cannot believe at how fast it's gone by! He will be celebrating his first birthday in two very short months and that completely wows me. I cannot tell you how much I love this little guy (and, of course, his big brother too!). He is such a lovebug and my favorite thing is going home to spend time with him and Jayden. Those two boys love each other so much! The other night I was changing Jayden's diaper (I'm so hoping to retire those soon for big boy underwear!!!) and he had a squirting fish bath toy in this mouth and Jaxson reached over to grab it and Jayden started shaking his head around. This sent Jaxson into a fit of belly laughter, which then sent Jayden into the same fit. For a good ten minutes these boys continually were cracking up laughing at each other for no apparent reason. Oh, how I wished I had been able to get it on videotape! It was hilarious.

In addition to adoring his big brother and wanting to be just like him, he's starting to learn some new things too. He's a little more sturdy on his feet, but he still prefers crawling around. I'm thinking that maybe he might be more of a go-with-the-flow kind of kid and won't be as eager to take that next step...literally. I thought that he'd definitely be close to walking by now, but he doesn't seem to care at all. Knowing his learning pattern, he'll just amaze us by just getting up one day and going for it. Jayden had a natural and steady progression. Jaxson, on the other hand, doesn't do test drives. He observes and then does the sneak attack approach...boom he's got it! You never see it coming. It could be tomorrow for all we know. Sneaky little baby... :)

He's starting to sleep better at night. He's still waking once a night, but he just wants a few ounces to drink and then he's back down for the count. No staying up for hours in the middle of the night anymore...fingers crossed. I'm hoping to get him sleeping through the night in the pack and play and once he masters that, it's off to the crib for him and he'll share a bedroom with Jayden. Also, his new thing is that he wants a sippy cup. He can't figure out how to get the stuff out of it, but if big brother has a sippy then he wants a sippy. Apparently bottles are for babies and he's just too good for that stuff (have I mentioned he's my man-diva baby??). Ok, well he'll still take a bottle as long as there's some form of "food" in it, but he's definitely being more assertive and independent and showing us that he's growing up. He's not going to be a baby much longer.

Which reminds me... I have a birthday party to think about planning soon. Wow.

Here are Jaxson's 10 month stats:
Weight: 19 lbs. 4 oz. (15-20%)
Length: 29.25 in. (60%)
Head circumference: 17.5 in. (10-15%)

He's definitely still a little guy, but he's getting bigger (and longer!!). He's going to be the "string bean"...tall and slender. Jayden will have the more athletic build of the two as he's also tall and slender, but solid and sturdy. Jaxson's light as a feather. You could blow on the kid and knock him over. :) He makes up for it with personality though. He's got enough to go around the world at least twice!

Ah, my Little Man... Tinky Linky Stinky Pants. How your Mommy freaking loves you so! Happy 10 months... you are growing up too fast!!