Charlotte is 10 Months Old!

Time goes so fast but this month went especially fast. I feel like I just posted for her 9 month update.  Where did the last month go? 

Well Charlotte is 10 months old now.  She's getting so big so fast.  I went to look at Tommy's monthly updates and I noticed he changed and developed quite a bit between 10 and 11 months (probably because he started walking) so I'm interested to see if she does too.

Outtake! She was NOT in the mood for pictures.  Tommy helped out by giving her a veggie straw.

 She doesn't like to sit still.  She's always on the mood.  I can't even imagine what it's going to be like when she starts walking.

 She's definitely trying!! She loves walking with Tommy's old push toy or pretty much anything that will hold her up.

Hi Dada! Yes, that's The Hobbit in the background. :)

 Oh hey, look! It's Charlotte refusing to go to bed! Sometimes she decides she is NOT tired in any way and will party until 11 or 12.  What a stinker. :)

Oh hey, she's sleeping! What a sweetie.  

 

So what's new with Charlotte? Well she loves swinging!
In reference to her milestone picture, she got a new tooth on the top left recently.  I think the top right one is coming in soon too.  They are coming in fast! Faster than Tommy's anyway. :)
She loves to laugh at everything.  I've never heard so many baby laughs.  I just adore her and her laughs.
She is a fast crawler.  She is quick to get into anything and everything.  She has lots of exploring to do and she is wasting no time.
She is an excellent eater.  She will eat anything you put in front of her.  It is so weird to be able to feed her anything, especially whatever I'm eating.  Her new thing is to smash whatever she's about to try.  She just smushes it up and then sometimes it ends up in her hair! Fun stuff!
She is getting really good at standing unassisted.  She can stand from a sitting position, squat down like she's following a Jillian Michaels video, and then stand back up.  It's very impressive!

I was impressed that she knew what to do with these shades.  She handed them to me to put on her and then looked at me like "Check me out!"  She cracks me up.

Look at those adorable cheeks.  Happy 10 Months, Charlee Bean! :)

10 Months!

Tommy is 10 months old!! Are you kidding me? Where has the time gone? He's almost a year old! It's mind boggling. 

I got him to sit on the couch for just a second.  He did smile but he already had his eye on doing something else.  That something else? Diving off the couch.  The child has no fear.  :)

So what's new with Thomasaurus?

 He's talking... a lot.  He can say G sounds and C sounds which is pretty cool.

 But like all new tricks, watch out.  He's going to do it constantly.  He says "GA!" and "CAW!" first thing in the morning, all day long and even before bed.

He also likes to finish the word Caw with the same letter that it begins with.  That proves to be embarrassing in public situations because it turns into a dirty word.  We try to pass it off as Duck or Quack but people are not fooled. :-)

 He crawls so fast.  He flies!

 Especially when chasing after his new car!

 He still makes the same fart noises with his mouth (and of course sometimes without his mouth).

Fish lips are still fun for him too.

 He pulls himself up on everything. I am waiting patiently for him to figure out he can walk.  I thought I saw him the other day try to take a few steps without the couch for help.  But he went down too quickly for me to be able to tell.

I love this picture.  He looks like such a hipster model.  Does Urban Outfitters need a baby line? He's your man, baby. (He's not a "manbaby", but do feel free to spend some time on that website.  A little creepy but funny.)

-He still likes to take off his socks.  That definitely hasn't changed.  

-I think he's starting to actually say Mama to me.  It's more like Mumum but I think he gets the idea.  He also says "I-dada" every once in a great while.  I think that would be my fault.  Every time we walk into a room where Andrew is, I make him wave and I say, "Say Hi Dada!" But that could be all in my mind. :-) After the dirty word incident (that cannot be our fault! we don't go around saying that word for fun! I have no idea where he got it!), we tried to get him to change it to GA!, which then changed to GO!  That's a lot more appropriate and fun. :-) 

-He's still got only 4 teeth but I think we might be moving into another round of teething as we speak. 

-He's still having issues with an easy gag reflex.  He had a few more crazy vomiting incidents which were not fun.  We're not sure if he's allergic to dairy or if he just has an overactive gag reflex and we should just be really careful.  As of now, we no longer feed him goldfish, yogurt melts, or beef and macaroni baby food.  They were all taken off the list after serious non-stop vomiting incidents.  Poor guy. :-(  He can't eat baby food and cheerios for the rest of his life!  

He'll be fine. I know, I know.  We just have to work on that gag reflex.  He'll get it.  

Let's see what else is new?? Oh did I mention he's still ridiculously cute? 

Happy 10 Month Birthday Tommy! How cool that it fell on 10-10-11!