10months!

Tyler, you were 10 months old on Nov. 28th! Wow! Every milestone with you amazes me and gets me emotional...but something about saying I have a 10 month old doesnt seem like I have a baby but more of a toddler! Especially since you are walking like crazy everywhere!  You are in to everything and make me a nervous wreck!  You want to put everything in your mouth, you try to pull out every plug and touch every outlet...ahh!  We put up all of our christmas decor and trees and you have done really much better than I expected with leaving them alone.  I bought a gate and everything, but have not needed it.  Every once in a while you will go over to touch an ornament or want to taste it..ha!  While I was decorating you just played with ribbon...I can't wait for the many years to come to make more of these memories with you!  We took our own pictures of you this month and they turned out great!  We sent out our first Christmas cards with you on it and it looks adorable! 

Exciting things going on:  You had your 1st Thanksgiving!  You loved the potatoes!!!  It was a long day/weekend for you, but you did pretty good. You loved all of the play time you had with your cousins Alex and Ethan! 

Your schedule:  You have not been the best sleeper lately.  First I think it started with teeth, but then you got a cold and I think you could not breathe!  Now Mommy has it too, so I know how you have been feeling and it is miserable!  You go to bed around 10 lately and get up around 1 and want to be held the rest  of the night.  Last night was the first night we have not had to hold you through the night in a while.  I love rocking you and holding  you, but not getting a good night's sleep night after night and then having to go to work is wearing on me!  You take a morning and afternoon nap, usually at least an hour each.  Sometimes you have an evening nap for about 30 min.  I try not to let you have this, but you are so hard to keep awake when you are determined to sleep!

You still eat a bottle in the morning and then fruit/cereal, veggies twice, and then a night time bottle.  I am thinking I need to change this, but haven't decided how I want to yet.

You weigh about 22 pounds.  I think right on track! 

We are so excited for your first Christmas!  We have not gone to see Santa yet, because you came home with your first black eye on your eyelid from the babysitter Thursday...ugh!  Poor baby!  It looks like I took purple eyeshadow across your eye. She hit her tooth on your eyelid.  She said you didn't even cry, which I can't believe because it looked like it hurt!  We have tried on your Christmas dress and attire and it is so cute on you!  I can't wait to take pictures of you! 

Tyler, you are our world and your Daddy and I love you so much!  I cannot imagine life without you!  My whole outlook on life has changed because of you and I wouldn't want it any other way!  Your smile makes us smile, your laugh makes us laugh!  I miss you when I am away from you and can never get home to you soon enough!  I love making memories with you as a family!  You continue to amaze us each day with how much you are growing and developing (slow down!)  This is only for a season, so I try to soak up every moment I possibly can!  Thank you for bringing us so much joy!  We love you dearly and wish the world for you!  Love you to the moon, Mommy and Daddy