Family of Four: the big 10!

Big boy is ten months old next week. He seems to have developed and grown a ton this month.

This month firsts:
- boat ride
- wearing size 4 diapers
- moving into 12-18 month clothes
- Three teeth (finally)
- hair cut- he was beginning to look shaggier than Trooper
- walking while holding your hands
- climbing and "cruising" while standing
- waving bye bye
- giving kisses
- sippy cups
- saying "dada" or "mom" (although we're 99.9% sure he doesn't know what "mom" means)

- new finger foods:
lasagna
green beans
blueberry muffin
toast
yogurt (that one didn't go well!)
freeze dried yogurt drops
blueberries
rice
ravioli
mac and cheese

His loves :
- bath time/ pool time
- holding his own bottle
- baby Einstein videos
- Stroller rides
- Play dates with friends
- seeing "mama" and "dada" after a day away
- hair brushes (for chewing of course)

His dislikes:
- being woken up (takes after his mother)
- diaper changes
- going to the doctor
- getting dressed

This week we went up north on vacation with the Trefethren family. It was a blast and super relaxing. Mark wasn't able to join the family until the end of the week, but we made the most of our time with him too. We learned very quickly that Gavin needs his beauty sleep and takes quite a while to wake up. We also learned that he needs his own space. As fun as it was, none of us slept because he knew we were in "his" room. All of the kids fueled each other and by the end of the day we were all exhausted. They all learned a ton from each other and we can't wait to vacation with the cousins again!