10 months

Sweet Boy, where to start? You are still dealing with a bit of seperation anxiety, but it seems to be getting better now. You still want to be held when you want to be held, but I think your natural curiosity is finally starting to get the better of you again. You have begun exploring the house. In fact, Mommy and Daddy have had to start shutting the bathroom door, and sometimes even our bedroom door, just to keep you from going in there alone. You love to crawl to rooms, and then wait in the doorway for us. You just scrunch up your nose and smile so big when you see us coming for you. 

You now have 6 teeth! You have 2 on the bottom, and 4 on the top. You have wasted no time in putting those little chompers to work either. You want anything and everything that Mommy and Daddy are eating. After you decided you didn't like your baby oatmeal anymore, Mommy had to find something else for your breakfast. You seemed pretty happy with toast or Eggo waffles at first, but then you had some of Daddy's grits one morning and that was that. You eat a whole bag of grits for breakfast every day. Being the big boy you are, you stop to push any bits of grits off your lips and into your mouth. (Even though this just makes more of it come out on your chubby, little finger. You love to eat your food pouches and your yogurt for lunch. For dinner, you eat your babyfood, but you also come over to taste whatever Mommy and Daddy are eating. The Gerber Vanilla Wheat Biscuits are your favorite cookie/snack, and you cannot seem to get enough of goldfish. Oh, and if french fries are anywhere to be found...it is all over. You eat them like a champ. :)

You are sleeping in your room all through the night now. Daddy puts you in our bed to nurse before we go to bed, but you stay asleep through it all. You wake up with Daddy's alarm at 7, and nurse again. Daddy puts you back in your bed before he leaves. You cried for a day or two about this, but now you are an absolute angel. You sit up in your bed and listen for the front door to shut. Once you know Daddy has left, you lay back down and go straight to sleep. Around 9-9:30 every day, I watch you stand up in your bed and wait for me. Sometimes when you sleep, Daddy and I here you talking to yourself. You are so adorable, Angel Baby. 

For some reason you have started pulling Mommy's hair while you nurse. Even if you are sound asleep for a midnight feeding, you will reach up and find my hair to play with. If you are being especially playful, you will try to shove it in your mouth. You know it makes Mommy squeal, and you just giggle at yourself. Silly boy. 

You are very reserved around other people. It takes you a pretty long time to warm up to them, and you study them very hard. Sometimes it is just all too much and you start to cry. As long and Mommy and Daddy are near by in these moments though, you calm down pretty quickly. You are opening up more during lap-reading at the library every week. You have started to recognize your friend Aidan and his mommy, and will even smile when you see them. You still don't like to eat in front of people though. You always opt to watch those around you rather than eat your food (even if that food is donut holes). You will sometimes give high-fives to other people now, but sometimes you still seem to think that it is too silly. You are quite bashful around some people. You love burying your sweet smile into Mommy's chest now when you get nervous. Of course, this just makes you even more adorable. 

While Mommy is distracted taking pictures...

You actually took your first step this month. You wanted a vanilla wheat biscuit from Daddy, and you took your very first step to try to get it. You did it multiple times afterwards, but you figured crawling would get you there faster. Still, we were SOOOO excited.

You have started opening and closing doors more now. You think it is hilarious to close your bedroom door on Mommy. You have managed to figure out how to turn door knobs as well. Even though 

Mommy locks you out of the bathroom when Daddy has you on the weekends, you will chase after me when you see me. You fiddle with the door knob and scratch the door as you sit down outside the door. It is a little creepy to be honest. (Feel free to stop any day now.) 

When Daddy snaps his fingers to get your attention, you noticed that he points at you. Now you have started to point...at everything. When you see something you like or that you want us to look at, you point. When you are telling someone hi, or even letting them know that you see them, you point at them. When we tell you no and you do not like it and do not want to listen, you point at us and say "nuh-nuh" (no, no) with a grin. When you know you have to listen, but don't want to, you have started to throw your head back and whine (with fake tears that last about 4 seconds). One night you threw your head back too far and too fast, and you ended up falling backwards on the floor from where you were standing. You were so surprised that when you laid there quietly for a second- and then you cried. You don't throw it back so hard, or as often, anymore. 

The biggest thing you get in trouble for these days is standing in your highchair. You figured out you could do it a couple of weeks ago. After a few days of telling you not to, Mommy had to pop your hand one morning. You were NOT happy because I would not let you do what you wanted to do. Afterwards, you used your play-phone to "call" Daddy and tell on me. I know because I heard you saying "Hi...Dada...*jibberish*...Mama...*jibberish*", and then hang up. When I walked around the corner, you just looked at me very matter-of-fact like. Let me also mention that this was the first time you had ever actually talked into your play phone. Now when you try to stand in your highchair, you stop when Mommy tells you to, or even when I give you a warning look. 

You love when Daddy comes home. You stop whatever you are doing, so you can see him when he gets home. You are so excited on the weekends when you get to play with him in the morning without Mommy. It is adorable. You even look for him when you wake up from your afternoon naps now. In fact, you got upset Monday when he wasn't here after your nap. You didn't realize you had taken your nap early and that he was still at work, so you looked past me in your room and asked for Dada. You also looked all over the house for him afterwards. You and your daddy are so very sweet. 

"Old McDonald" -*sigh*- it is your favorite song. You can NOT get enough of it. Mommy has had to sing it so much in the last month that she and Daddy bought you a cd with the song on it. You always stop fussing when you hear it. It is your absolute favorite song. (Mommy wishes she could say the same.) You are so sweet though. You have started singing "e-i-e-i-eeeeee" when you hear it on or when you want us to play it. Cutest. Thing. Ever. 

So far, you can say quite a few words. Here is a quick list- 

1. Hey/Hi

2. Dada/Daddy

3. Mama

4. BabA/Babeeeeee (Baby, &, yes, I completely meant to capitalize that "A")

5. Num-num

6. Yeah

7. Nuh-nuh (no,no)

You are such a big boy, Reagan. Mommy and Daddy are loving being able to watch you grow every day. You are a natural explorer most definitely, and you have so much energy. You never stop moving. You are cautious around people, but that is a good thing. You love to talk, and have so very much to say. It is absolutely adorable to hear you and watch your facial expressions. You already know that you like to do whatever it is that you want to, making you upset when you are told 'no'. Still, you quickly "forgive" us for stopping you and find something else that you can do. We love you so much, Angel Baby, and we know how incredibly special you are. We are doing our best to keep you safe, and while you may not believe us (especially not now) we really are trying to doing the right thing for you- especially when we tell you no. We love to watch you interact with us more and more every day. Your personality is so amazing and so wonderful. You have made our lives so full with love so far, and that love just keeps on growing. We love you, Sweet Boy. Don't ever forget that.