Eli: 10 Months

I am getting really bad at keeping up with this. But there is so much I WANT to write, I just plain ol' don't have the time to do it. Between the resigning of my old job, finding another, packing up my entire classroom, having an almost toddler, everything else for this move (oh and being pregnant)...it's been a little crazy. But amidst the craziness, our little man has grown so much and does new things every day. He is the best thing in our day, each and every day. At 10 months old, he is doing alot. He turned 10 months on the 23rd so I will save what he has done the last couple weeks for his 11 month update. Here we go...

MILESTONES

-He is still pulling up like crazy. He cruises all over the place and it is so cute to see him try to figure out how to transfer from one piece of furniture to another.

-He adds new noises and babbling to his baby talk every day. He says all the basic sounds like "mama" and "dada" and "nana" but all his other "words"are too hard to write out.

-He shakes his head no.

-He dances...not alot but he will get down when the mood strikes him.

-He pulls all the books and toys off the shelves and out of the toybox. Not sure if this is a milestone but its one of his favorite things to do :)

-Eli has a little personaity. And by that I mean, he is a little fireball. He has his mama's feistiness...and at  times it shows. I am not saying this is a bad thing...but at times its, well, interesting.

-He loves to sit in a cart and shop.

-DVD's are his new "toys".

-He touches himself. Sorry guys but its true. And I can't get used to it. The doctor (yes I asked the doctor) said it is perfectly normal at his age. Lord, help me with a growing boy :/

-He LOVES Elmo...still. And I can't find an Elmo toy that sings (that is also interesting for a 10 month old) without spending a small fortune.

-Eli ZOOMS around this house on his walker. He is hilarious. He just smiles and drools as he races around :)

-He loves giving hugs and burying his face in your shoulder.

THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED 

-That with a mobile child comes bumps and bruises. I hate it but it's just a fact of life.

-Eli is starting to slowly but surely turn into a toddler. We have to tell him no every once and awhile, distract him with another toy so he is diverted from doing what he isn't supposed to be doing.

-Sometimes, even if you don't thing you will, you just give in. It's silly things, like giving him the iPhone during dinner so you can take a bite of dinner. Or picking up the dropped/thrown toy off the floor for the thousandth time and not wiping it off. I am convinced that a little dirt is good for them. I am more concerned about the germs on a shopping cart honestly.

So on to pictures. Every month it becomes increasingly harder to get "good" pictures of Elijah because he is just so active and doesn't want to sit still. Here are the best we could get this month :)

**EDIT: I never posted this because I somehow lost the card with his 10 month photos on it!!! But at least we got the info :)