Ten Months

Ten months today! Our little boy will be a year old in two months. I just cannot believe how amazing and wonderful the last ten months have been. I know it will only continue to get better. Wills' crawling has progressed dramatically. That guy can move fast! Sometimes he will crawl with his right leg out straight. We can't figure out why he does it, but it's pretty funny. He had a hard time staying still for photos this month. There were several attempts to fly off the chair. And he maybe tried to eat his sticker too!

So sleeping this month has been rough. Night time sleeping is still decent. He does wake up crying on occasion, but works it out really quickly. I'm not sure he is ever really awake. Nap time is another story. For example, today he took two 30 minute naps. Unfortunately this has been the norm lately. I am blaming it on a combination of teething and possibly a cold. He has had a runny nose for a couple of weeks now and this week he started with a cough. It makes me so sad for him.

We got our second tooth this month. It is directly on top of the bottom one. He started clicking them together, which was cute. Now he likes to grind them together, which is not cute! It gives me the chills every time he does it, but he thinks it is hilarious. Something he is not a fan of right now? Being fed from a spoon. He has found an independent streak and wants to feed himself. Help is not needed! This has been a little challenging since oatmeal and yogurt have been dietary staples. Thankfully, there is pinterest, which gave me ways to turn both of those things into finger food.

Ten Month Stats:

Weight: 20.8 lbs

Length: We didn't even try
Clothing Size: 9 months are on the short side, some 12 months are even to short, but they are the best fit right now 

Nicknames: Buddy, Buster, pumpkin, little man

Must haves: Board books, Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes, basketball, Laugh and Learn Puppy

Milestones:
April 25 Crawling for real
May 2 Pulled up to standing
May 11 Met cousin Clara
May 12 First family reunion and first wedding reception
May 16 Second tooth

10 more weeks

10 more weeks and this little guy will be 1 year old. I have started getting teary eyed for every weekly photo. It has gone so fast!

April

I lost track of time last month and neglected to post about a few of the neat things Wills got to do.

One was the Great Cloth Diaper Change.I think most of you know we use cloth diapers. We joke that it is a cult, because those that do it love it. And who would think you could love anything about diapers? Anyway, this is something they do to help raise awareness of the benefits of cloth diapering. This year, the local event was held at the Oklahoma Science Museum. They had a raffle, informational sessions about babywearing, diapers, etc and then the actual change happened at 11 am. The first 100 people got a free goody bag. The doors opened at 9 and Wills and I got there at 9:30. Sadly we did not get a goody bag. Those cloth diapering mammas are crazy and some of them got there at 8 just to be sure they got a bag! =) It''s okay though, because we did win one of the raffle prizes and it was the one I really wanted.

Getting ready for the big change

I was joking with one of the other mom's about how the babies probably thought we were all nuts. Especially those getting changed who had dry diapers!

Wills' certificate of participation

We also went to the Festival of the Arts. We go for the gourmet fair food. We are too cheap for the art! I decided to wear Wills in the Moby because it is so crowded we didn't want to mess with the stroller. I still can't decide if this was the best choice or not. 

I had a giant black bean and spinach burrito. It was really tasty. I usually get the Indian taco and decided to try something new this year. While the burrito was good, I was sad I skipped out on the taco. Charles had some amazing catfish and french fries. We then shared a banana fudge sundae and fried peaches with ice cream. The fried peaches were amazing as usual!

Charles ran in the OKC Memorial Marathon relay this month too. He had the longest leg, a 12k. Wills and I had grand plans of being there at the part where he finished to cheer him on. Unfortunately it was raining, so we didn't make it. We did go and pick him up so he didn't have to walk the almost 8 miles back to his car!

Speaking of cults....Crossfit is it's own cult.

The last thing we did this month, which was actually all month, was swim lessons. Every Tuesday and Thursday in April Wills took swim lessons at the local YMCA. It was parent/child swim lessons, so I swam on Tuesdays and Charles swam on Thursdays. Wills' friend Blaine and her parents joined us for lessons. It was a lot of fun. He hasn't quite mastered the backstroke yet, but I'm sure we will get there. 

Looking back, we actually did quite a lot in April. I'll attempt to do better next month so there won't be one extremely long synopsis post! 

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to an amazing mom and grammy! We are all so blessed to have you in our lives.

Happy Mother's Day to my wonderful sister who became a mommy again this week to my beautiful niece!

Clara Jane Hurst

Family photo on my first Mother's Day!

On the move

The crawling has progressed dramatically in the last two days. We are in so much trouble!

Nine Months

Nine months today! I cannot believe how fast it has gone. Our little guy is still attempting to crawl. There is finally some forward motion going on. I certainly wouldn't call it crawling though. It is more of a shimmy so much we eventually move forward a little. I do think actual crawling is in our near future. He is definitely on the move though. It was a good thing daddy was close by for this month's photo session because there were several attempts to fly off the chair.

Night time sleeping is still amazing. Thankfully we haven't experienced any of the disruptive evenings associated with teething yet. Napping is definitely getting better. Afternoon naps are consistently an hour and sometimes even two. Definitely progress!

Our first tooth actually popped through last night! I was so excited and was cheering and clapping. Wills just started smiling and laughing. He probably wondered why his mommy was acting crazy. He should probably just get used to that now!  We have had so many new foods this month, I won't bore you all with a list. I will say I followed through on my promise for him to have meat. He has had chicken and fish this month. He has yet to turn anything down. Finger foods are big excitement around here, both for Wills and Holly. He loves blueberries the best, but we try to only give them to him for dinner since we go straight to the bath after that. It's amazing how messy a little person can be.

Nine Month Stats:

Weight: 20 lbs 3 oz (50th percentile)

Length: 29 inches (75th percentile)
Head: 46.8 cm (90th percentile)
Clothing Size: I think our growing is finally slowing down. 9 months fit great now. 

Nicknames: Buddy, Buster, pumpkin

Must haves: Sophie the giraffe, board books, Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes, the basketball is by far the favorite

Milestones:
April 13th Laying down to sitting up
April 15th Redbud Classic
April 22nd Army crawl
April 23rd First Tooth!
April 24th Graduated from swim lessons

Charles is turning 30!

So a week from today, my amazing husband will be turning 30! It is about time he got into the same decade as me!

I decided he needed to have a birthday party since this was a milestone birthday. The weekend of his birthday, he will be running in the OKC Memorial marathon, so we thought having it that weekend would not be the best idea. So last Saturday, I invited all his friends to Dave and Busters for food, drinks, and games. I love a craft project, so it was a great excuse to bust out my glue gun for the decorations!

Football table decoration and cookie cake

Football table

Baseball table

Basketball table

The Birthday Boy!

Queso

Sucotash and Mac'n'Cheese

BBQ Brisket

BBQ Chicken

 

(I won by the way!) 

We had a great time celebrating Charles' Birthday!