Peter, my little baby, is just growing and growing and growing. I really can't believe how quickly the time flies and how big babies can get so...quickly! I was taking a walk down memory lane the other day to a day in the not so distant past...that snowy December day last winter when Peter finally came. The past 10 months have just flown by.
This past month, Peter has started mimicking more sophisticated things that we do. For example, he and Luke were looking in a mirror and Luke stuck out his tongue at Peter. After a few attempts and giggles, Peter finally figured it out and stuck his back out at Luke.
He has really gotten his fake almost courtesy-ish laugh down pretty well. Just about anything will bring it on, too!
He now points at things.
He LOVES to watch the pictures change on our digital picture frame. He typically laughs at all the pictures of himself. He also likes to watch videos of himself...he likes to laugh at those, too!
He has 5 teeth! The fifth one came through two weeks and two days ago. That was a Wednesday...whatever date that was two weeks ago from today. I don't have a calendar right in front of me. I'd have to get up and walk to the kitchen. :) I think tooth #6 is working its way through, too.
He loves to eat!
He would eat yogurt at every meal if I'd let him. It's probably his favorite food, next to Cheerios, of course.
He has been to two more weddings in his little life with one more this coming Sunday! That's way more weddings than Luke had ever been to before he met and married me! :)
Peter is now fully crawling on all fours. Sometimes he gets going so fast and excitedly that he falls to his stomach, but he always gets back up to his knees. Sometimes it's still faster for him to use his forearms vs. hands, so he still looks like he's doing the army crawl sometimes.
He loves standing and will do so hanging onto whatever happens to be nearby...mom's leg, laundry basket (which often tips over as soon as he grabs it), kitchen chair, wall, dishwasher, dresser, Lucy (while she's eating!), coffee table, toilet...he's also had his first several bruises on his head due to this new obsession. Two days in a row he fell while hanging onto the toilet (I scrub the thing weekly and the seat AND lid are ALWAYS down. When not being used, of course, but then he wouldn't be hanging onto it...anyway...) and smacked his face on the floor or the cabinet in the bathroom or something. Ouch.
I gave him his first (well, actually second) haircut on Tuesday morning. It was getting sooo long and shaggy on the sides. If he had cute wavy or curly hair the shaggyness would be cute. But when it's stick-straight like mine and Luke's is, shaggy is not so cute. So I gave him a little trim and stuck the trimmings into a ziploc for safekeeping. Unfortunately, 10-month-olds are pretty wiggly...and so parts of it definitely look like someone (perhaps a young child?) took a scissors and just went "CHOP!" to his hair. Oh, well. It'll grow back!
Well, sadly enough, I cannot remember any more of the things I kept thinking of since his official 10-month mark on the 15th and thought, "I have to remember to write that in my blog!" So, I guess as I rememer them, I will add them. Bummer. Sorry Peter...
Picture time!
One of these days he is going to crawl to the edge of our bed, fall off of it and land on his head. He has no fear of such things.
September wedding - Cory and Mandy. Such a beautiful outside wedding!
Father-son bonding outside. I snuck this shot through the window. :)
We had a fun visit one day from my friend and former roommate from Rochester, Sarah! It was so good to see her again, and she finally got to meet Peter!
Peter is rather taken with Lucy and anything belonging to her...lately it's been her kennel. He worked for days at trying to climb over the little bar thing at the bottom of the opening so he could get in. This day he finally got it and oh, my was he proud! Lucy, on the other hand, didn't seem too thrilled.
His other great joy is getting into our TV cabinet and pulling out alllllll the movies.
We also had a fun surprise visit from my life-long friend, Rochelle and her youngest, Eli. Peter and I picked them up from the airport and drove them up to St. Cloud. She was in town for a very short visit (21 hours?) to see her brother and sister-in-law's group perform at a local Christian radio station's version of "American Idol". They did very well!
And here we are with Peter.
The day of Jeff and Denise's wedding, it snowed! 39 years ago on the day her parents got married (also October 10th), it snowed, too! Anyway, Peter needed to have his picture taken in this year's first snow. So adorable.
Newlyweds, Jeff and Denise. Congratulations!
Here's a picture of him after the haircut. Not too bad, I don't think!
I know there's food all over his face, but I just love this shot. He's just so...sweet.
I have finally figured out how to keep Peter occupied while I'm getting my make-up on and hair dried in the morning. Stick him in the sink and give him a hairbrush and the clock! This will only work, of course, until he figures out how to turn on the water.
Awwww....what a ham!
