Double digits- 10 months!

Andrew is 10 months old today!  Am I really going to have a 1 year old in just 2 months??

You weigh 19 1/2 pounds.

I have packed away SO many clothes this past month.  There is nothing 6 months left in your closet (a couple of 6-9 pajamas but I don't count those). You are in mostly 6-12 months or 9 months.

You wear a size 4 diaper.

You never stop moving!! You have really taken off with your walking the past 2 weeks.  You were doing great walking from person to person, but now you will walk anywhere and everywhere.  You enjoy this new freedom.

You got sick for the very first time.  I think you picked up Hand, Foot and Mouth either at your 9 month check up or the church nursery.  Either way, you started running a high fever on a Tuesday and you just didn't feel well.  The next day, you had spots! Your fever was gone and you were acting normal so you were just spotty for a few days.  I am very glad you handled it so well!

You have cut your third tooth!  It's just barely there.. the little tooth hole is but the actual tooth has come down yet.  If that makes any sense!

Your sleep has been pretty everywhere..you were doing great but I think the tooth messed you up for a couple of weeks.  Hopefully we are past that and can go back to sleeping through the night.. like, every night.

I think you have started figuring out what "no no" means.  It's usually in regards to the dog's water bowl and you pause when I say it.  Sometimes you actually stop but most of the time, you just pause and then keep going.

You are still a very talkative baby! You make so many different types of noises and they are so funny.  Right now, I think you are going through the stage of seeing how loud you can actually get.. which is pretty loud.

You have gotten super bad about staying still for diaper changes.  You try and roll over as fast as you can and take off naked.  It's a job keeping you still!

 

Each month gets better than the last!  I know I have said it before, but I love this age and seeing something new each day! You are a very special boy and I love you dearly!

The Exciting News!

Yes, our family is growing again!  

We are so very excited to announce a new little Cole will be joining our family in March.  

Yes, we are probably crazy for having two kids 17 months apart.. on purpose.  Believe it or not, we did give the timing a lot of thought. We knew we wanted a larger family and we knew we wanted the first two close in age.  Ideally, I would have liked 18 months to 2 years difference, but due to Sam's work schedule, it wouldn't have worked expecting a baby next summer so it was either early spring or later in the fall.  I wanted spring. :)

No, I don't plan on being pregnant for the next several years either.  I think we will have these two close together and then take a while to enjoy our family of four.  I know we won't be done after two but I'm not going for 3 under 3! I like to think for the third baby,  these two will be old enough to play and entertain each other while I cuddle and enjoy a newborn.  I have a feeling this go around it might be a bit more frantic than that.

It's a strange feeling knowing my time is so limited with Andrew now.  I guess bittersweet, don't get me wrong.. I'm very excited because I know this is the right decision for our family, but he's my baby and it is a bit sad to think there won't be enough of me to go around when I have a newborn again.  I'm pretty sure I would feel that way no matter how old he is though, which is a bit comforting. 

As for the baby, I'll be 9 weeks on Friday!  I don't think I'm quite as sick as I was with Andrew.. I think with him I was throwing up every.single.day at this point but I already have medicine so that helps (I didn't get it until 11 weeks with Andrew). With this one, it's more just having that lingering nauseated feeling that lasts for most of the day.  It's like nothing sounds good.  I haven't cooked dinner in two weeks.. poor Sam.

I guess that is about it for the big update!