10 month update

Cooper continues to change us, surprise us, and amaze us with each passing day.  Ten months has gone by in the blink of an eye.

Here's what Month 10 brought for Cooper:

• More crawling!! He loves his new independence and is now opening drawers and doors all over the house (we are still behind on baby proofing... eek!)
• He pulls up onto his knees, and loves to bounce and rock on them, but still doesn't show interest in pulling up to his feet or 'walking' with our fingers... soon enough, right?!?
• He is obsessed with two picture books: "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" and "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed."  He will actually cry until we read them to him at night before bed.  He still loves all his other books, just has a crazy love for those two.
• He is the little bulldozer, turning our house into an endless mess.  I am slowly accepting that our house will never be clean for more than five minutes for the rest of my life.  Maybe five minutes is even an exaggeration!
• Since returning from the waterpark last weekend, bath time has taken on a whole new meaning... splashing in the tub now consists of needing a new shirt for myself once he's out and dry.
• He continues to eat like a champ.  For every new food he tries, he looks at first like he hates it, and then his hesitant second bite comes, and then he gobbles it down like he's been eating it forever.  We do have to hide the finger foods now until he's done with his main meals of mushy stuff :)  He eats three solid meals a day, along with plenty of milk throughout the day.
• Baby jibberish is the new language at our place.  Cooper is totally exploring all the different sounds he can make.  I know once those first words come, they are going to keep pouring out!
• Two lonely teeth.  We think he's showing signs of a couple more coming in, but who knows how long that could take!
• He's wearing nearly all 12-month clothing now, and is starting to tolerate wearing shoes more regularly, too!  It'll be interesting to see how he likes being bundled up like a marshmallow this winter!

10 months old!

Having fun with Grandpa Gary!

And, we had a GREAT Halloween, even though Cooper took a while to warm up to his costume.  I'll update with Halloween pics this week ;)