43 weeks

I cannot believe my baby will be 10 months old on Monday. He's really turning into a little boy and it's so fun to watch his personality begin to emerge. He's so adventurous and in the last week has learned how to stand up against a flat wall (instead of using a ledge or surface to pull with his arms), how to pull up on the cabinets and then open them,


how to sign fan, how to open the entertainment cabinet, and how to pull out his canvas bins from their cubby holes. He is almost signing all done, help, and drink without any assistance. He is really starting to understand that he can communicate with his hands and it's great. (Signing "more" below)

He's also starting to say up and what sounds like puppy. He loves to give kisses, point out lights, fans, and airplanes, and of course get into trouble. Although our table is pub height, he can still reach things sitting in the chairs and can almost grab the top of the table!



He's climbing up on everything and is getting much better at climbing the stairs.


His bottom left tooth has almost broken the surface of the skin and the bottom right is getting more and more prominent. He's starting to make new noises with his tongue as he feels this tooth coming in. We'll hear him making a clicking sound every once in a while while we're driving.

He's learning that it's not okay to roll on the changing table and is lying still so much better. We decided that somehow we taught him it was okay to roll around and it's our job to teach his to lie still and we're doing so without popping or squeezing his leg or time out or anything like that. It's great that our tactics are working too! He loves to hear animal sounds and that's been all it's taken to get him to lie still. Occasionally i have to say no rolling, or lie down, but in general, he knows what's expected! We still have some melt downs (5 second mini melt downs) when he's tired and it's time to get ready for bed, but even those are becoming less and less. Hopefully this is a trend that will continue for a bit!

Nathan is so smiley and very social. He loves to go for walks and see the kids in the neighborhood. He also enjoys looking for planes!

This last week he tried toast with cream cheese on it and he loved it!

Also, yesterday he drank an entire 6 oz serving of formula from a sippy cup! Usually, to get him to drink "milk" from a sippy I have to put yogurt in it, but yesterday he just drank it plain! We're trying to get at least one bottle moved to a cup and hopefully two bottles by the end of the month.

Here are some fun toothy and smiley faces!




He's started taking guitar lessons from Chad too! If Chad's playing, Nathan immediately crawls over to him and pulls up right next to the guitar. He loves to grab the strings and pat the guitar. Sometimes he makes singing sounds. It makes me so happy to watch he and Chad share that time together!



Watching it rain and wanting to go outside (he's actually signing more in this pic) perhaps because he wants to go back out?


chasing mom

pushing buttons is another fun activity and this giraffe has a great button that Nathan loves to push!

Remember Nathan's love for his swing as a newborn and little guy? Here's a picture of him at 5 months waking up from one of his last naps in the swing.

Here he is in Colton's swing (same kind, just a different color scheme) this past week - he's huge in it!

Have a great weekend!