10 Months Old!

Dear Liam Bird,

First of all, you are sharing your monthly birthday with the birth of a very special lady, your Great Granny! Happy Birthday Granny Girl, we love you very much!

(with Granny just the other day!)

I cannot believe you are 10 months old, I'm not sure that I am okay with the double digits! This past month has been really fun though, I love watching you grown and develop! Each stage seems to be more fun than the last, but I don't want to rush your growing up one little bit! For the record, you are getting more difficult to photograph with "Norman" with each passing month. You are just so busy and so excited to see you friend that your wave him around and make everything blurry! I have a feeling, I need to just get used to this behavior!

You weigh 21 pounds (50th%) and are 29 inches long (60th%)! We are so proud of all of your little rolls and dimples, it's amazing to me that you have quadrupled your birth weight in less than a year! Good job, little piggy! You wear mostly 9-12 month clothing, but can still fit a lot of 6-9 month onesies and jammies. When we are traveling, you wear a size 3 disposable diaper.

You are a superb little eater and will eat anything you get your hands on! New foods this month include: salmon and macaroni & cheese. When we are out to eat you mooch off of our plates eating baked sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, apple sauce, rolls, refried beans, tortillas, mexican rice, etc... You got your first tooth (bottom right) this month so I'm sure that will open you up to even more foods soon! You eat three meals of solids each day; usually a variation of oatmeal + yogurt/cottage cheese + a fruit/veggie. You are nursing 4 times a day and if I'm at work, you are taking your milk in a sippy cup! Yay, no more bottles for Liam!

You are a champion sleeper, for which we are so grateful! You usually sleep between 12 & 13 hours at night and are still taking two 1 1/2-2 hour naps each day. You definitely like your sleep and get grumpy or "floppy" as daddy likes to say if we mess with your self-imposed schedule too much.

You love to play with anything that can fit in your mouth including, but not limited to: daddy's ears, books, your exersaucer, the fireplace screen, table legs, laundry baskets, and actual toys. You are a dancing fool, anytime you hear music you bop your little head around and smile so big! You also wave your arms around as if you are drumming, which we of course delight in. You are sooooo close to crawling, it's driving us crazy! You have stopped just rolling to get somewhere and are now "inch worming" or army crawling to get to where you want to go, you rock on all fours so much and I know you can crawl if you would just make up your mind to do it!

Your personality has really developed a lot this month. You are still our happy, smiley, laughing little wiggle worm. But, that "strong-willed warrior" has started showing up a little from time to time as well. You definitely know what you want and do not like being told "no." We have gotten into a few battles of wills regarding my necklace. You don't understand why I won't let you rip it from my neck! We are hoping to train you to be a good, sweet boy, so you will continue to hear "no" from us even if you don't like it. You babble and squeal constantly! You haven't added any new words this month, but your vocal cords are still getting quite the work out! You love being tossed in the air or turned upside down, either is always a sure bet to get you smiling and laughing. So, we do both a lot!

We are so incredibly glad to be your parents. The Lord blesses us everyday through your sweetness and grows us through the challenges your throw our way. Wiggles, I could go on and on about how cute, sweet, and loved you are, but instead I'm going to hit publish and go squeeze you!

Love you forever,
Mama