Happy Baby at 10 .5 months

So, this is my much belated 10 month update for Gabe...

First of all, his stats from his 9 month visit, which happened actually last week at almost 10.5 months, thanks to a flat tire the morning of his last visit...
21.5 lbs and in the 90th percentile for his height.. I will have to look to be sure exactly what his numbers were for that... already filed it away, but I know it was the 90th and Dr. Whitehead said he is the same height of an average 1 1/2 year old.. He is definitely getting daddy's height!

For the past 4 days, we have successfully managed to drop one feeding and are down to 3 a day! Yippee! And, lots of solids to make up for it... We are beginning the weaning process... and will plan to conclude at a year... I knew that I had better start now to drop one feeding every few weeks because we were at 4-5... and only have 6 weeks to go... it is CRAZY my baby is almost one... Anyhow, Gabe didn't really like to drop it, but as long as I can distract him with a bath, or dip in our kiddy pool, or a nuby cup with some applesauce in it, he is good to go...

Other things about Gabe at 10 months...

He LOVES his baths... when I start to run the water, he starts dancing and winding his arms like he does... looks like he's cranking up a Harley... those of you who know him know what I"m talking about...He will cry if I walk away with him to get his towel or something once that water has started.. he wants IN!

He can now eat CHEERIOS!! Hooray! This has made all the difference in my quality of life, seriously! I can now put him in his chair with cheerios on his tray, and fix dinner or clean up afterwards without him crying to be held.. as this time of night is always his most fussy time... not anymore! The first food we tried this way was actually Ihop harvest grain and nut pancakes... mommy's favorite! We noticed that a girl at the table beside us had a 1 year old chowing down on some pancakes... and Jay said, you'd better start letting him try more real food so he'll be ready to eat his cake in August... so we tried it and he LOVED it... he has had bran muffins and peaches and bananas in small bites and loves them all... every now and then he will choke and it still makes me so nervous, but our dr. said it's totally normal and they just have to keep practicing...

ALSO, I've gotten him to eat fresh steamed brocoli and he LOVED it! This is huge because before, the only green veggie he would eat was green peas and he did not care for any fresh veggies at all pureed, only fruits, so I was super excited about this... did I mention I added a slice of cheese? This could be why! I love cheese too, and it is good protein, so why not?!

Gabe LOVES to give "sugars" and when we say give mommy sugars, he'll turn towards me, and daddy, and Jayce, and so on... so he definitely knows who is who and they are the sweetest open mouth kisses!

He still loves to clap to "yea"

He loves to wave and say bye bye, Jay in fact walked in to him waving and saying bye bye to himself this afternoon...

Still does great with a sippy cup

Still sleeps great at night 7 ish to lately 8ish, HOW SWEET IS HE???
2 naps, usually about 2 hours

loves to blow raspberries.. especially in sync with Jayce

loves to roll over while being changed... it's almost as hard as it is to chase Jayce around to change his clothes

LOVES his big brother and just stares at him so sweetly, as if he is taking in everything that Jayce does!

And just so darn sweet! Everywhere we go, people comment on what a good, sweet disposition Gabe has and how easy going he is, and it really is true, God has blessed us greatly and made this transition as easy as I think it possibly could have been!

Jayce comments

Jayce seems to have developed a southern accent... when we ask him to do something, he says, "ok mama, I Wi-il," 2 syllables...

He has also discovered the old trick of faking illness when he does not want to go somewhere... He will say, I can't go to school, or church or the gym because I am sick... I have a cough... and then will do the "fakest" (sorry, this is probably not really a word) cough I've ever heard to "prove" it...

The other night Jay had left his door open and so he meandered downstairs bright and early in the morning and was chatting away... when I told him that we were going to play the quiet game, he said... mommy, that hurts my feelings.... when I replied, "it hurts your feelings to play the quiet game?" he said, no, it hurts my TWO FEELINGS!

The other day, I was doing my devotion in the morning and Jayce was again chatting away, and begging me for chocolate milk... I said, "do you want to read my Bible with me?" He said that he did and several verses into the passage, Jayce quietly whispered... "and then Jesus said that he wants chocolate milk now..." I could not stop laughing!

Jayce is very into calling Jay and I "guys"... "come on guys, we need to get going" he will say...

and he loves to call his toy animals "little fellas..." I overheard him talking to them, and he said, "come on little fellas, it is time for you to go to bed now."

Jay told me that as he was putting Jayce to bed the other night... Jayce was looking out his window talking about the sun going to sleep and he asked Jay if the sun sleeps in the trees and when Jay replied yes, Jayce said and then the clouds snuggle the sun up!

My First Dip

more beach pics

Family Vacation

So we just got back from our family vacation in Hilton Head and we had the BEST time! We actually made it the WHOLE week, Jay had bet me we'd only last 3 nights... but the boys were on their best behavior, and all went so well! We all played hard and slept well! Jayce even took a nap every day, which he had not done in quite some time... but that sun wore him out! Gabe cut 2 teeth while we were there, but still slept well at night, so it was not bad at all...

We went out to eat 3 nights and the boys did great! Our favorite place we ate, or at least Jayce's favorite was at Hudson's, where he got to see the "clown man" (who was actually a clown lady)... I made the mistake of mentioning that there was a clown there last time we had been 2 years ago to Jay, and the whole way there, Jayce asked when we would get to see the clown and where clown man lived... I was SO relieved to see the same old "clown man" still sitting where she was 2 years ago when we arrived... She asked Jayce if he's like an ice cream cone or a puppy dog or a snake drawn on his hand, and when I suggested a cute little ice cream cone, he said, no, I WANT A SNAKE! So, that's what the boy got, it was cute I must say, if a snake can be such...

The pool was our favorite spot this year... we headed to the beach the first few days... but Gabe was eating the sand the whole time and Jayce was throwing it everywhere and we just decided the pool was easier with them at this age... Each one had a float, but Jayce of course spent most of the time in Gabe's baby crab float... He did practice with his swimmies and by the end of the week would jump off the edge of the pool to Jay... this was a big step, as he was scared of the water all the sudden at the beginning of the summer... we will be taking swim lessons soon hopefully!

Anyhow, I have LOTS of pics to post from our trip... I never got a great one of them both at the same time, or the perfect family picture I'd dreamed of getting on the beach.. in fact we got no family pictures... but hopefully next year if will be a little easier to get everyone to smile at once... MAYBE????