10/11 months

How can time be flying so fast and my baby be learning and growing so quickly!?! This little goober is a mess. He's into everything and advancing so fast. It is wild to watch him change and grow before our eyes and I am so very blessed and proud to be Owen's mother. He's a great kid and Anthony loves the bond that they share as well.

 

He's trying to take steps but gets bored with it and resorts to crawling because he is faster at that.

 

Skills
Says "da da", "ma ma", "dough-gee" and "no"
Stands up and holding onto things

Opens drawers and cupboards
Bobs his head to music and shakes his arms to dance

Mimics expressions and hand signals

Signs more and milk

Drinks from a straw

Sleeping through the night (master at 10.5 months)

 

Likes

The Dogs

Music/Noise

Mom

Dad

Crawling

Swimming Pools

 

Dislikes

New tunnel from IKEA - finds it terrifying

Sitting still

Falling

Baby Gates

Power Plug Protectors (he plugs them out of the sockets... rendering them a waste of time and money)

Diaper changes/Clothes

2 teeth in 2 weeks

Oh what a month March has been and it started with Owen getting not one tooth but two! He's growing so fast. Doing this crazy inch worm thing on the floor... on his way to crawling. Sitting up on his own. Talking... babbling muh muh. Signing for milk... or just mom. Eating solids... butternut squash, green beans, avocado, and banana. Blowing raspberries...in the air and on people. Hitting people for good. Trying to drink from mom's water cup. Pinching dad's neck and laughing at his jokes.

I just can't believe how fast he is growing and changing. How mobile and active he is and the personality that he is getting. Owen is shy with new people but loud with familiar faces. He wants all the attention. He has nightmares. He prefers playing with an empty hot tamales box to expensive rattles and such.

Owen likes...
Dogs
Dad and Mom
Feeding himself
Splashing in the bathtub
Nursing
Sports
Being outdoors
Music

Owen dislikes...
Naps
Avocados
Sitting still
Traffic
Diaper changes
Teething

Pro Con Baby: A Look Back

A close male coworker friend of mine confided in me that he and his wife were 'starting to kind of think about maybe having a baby.' This is great! They'd make wonderful parents and I told him not to think to hard about it. If anyone logically thought about it, they wouldn't do it. It is a sacrifice. Loads of work but also incredible joy.

It is funny of me to say not to over think something as it is my nature to do just that but until you are a parent, you don't understand it. It looks hard but fun at times. Seems life changing but difficult to gauge how much. Etc. So I thought I'd share on here how we made the decision 3+ years ago to become parents.