Ten Months!

Superstar!
Very happy about his first ice cream cone.

Being pulled like a big boy on the "rocket ship". He's a thrill seeker!
My sweet Aaron is ten months. And because I AM going to sometime SOON turn this blog into a book...I'm going to leave some notes for myself so that I can remember Aaron as a baby. They just grow up entirely too fast. He has officially weened himself and wants nothing to do with nursing. However, he still prefers breast milk over anything else. GO FIGURE! Nikki has been kind enough to lend me her breast pump (AGAIN). What is it with my children and weening themselves early??? I have to say that this has been extremely bittersweet for me because we are pretty certain that Aaron is our last. For some unknown reason I broke down in tears when I realized he was done nursing with crazy thoughts like, "I'll never lactate again!"...sob, sob, sob. Let's get serious now girls, WHY ON EARTH would I be sad to be done nursing??? (Other than the fact that I'm saying goodbye to perkiness...if you know what I mean). I'm FREEEEEEEEEEE!!! Weeeeeeeee! :)

Ok, back to the reason for the post! Aaron says two more things now, other than momma and dada. He says "hi" and "ah-oh". He loves to drop things on purpose and look at you and say, "Ah-Oh!" I love it! He is becoming very independent and doesn't want to be fed anymore. It's so hard to think of a variety of things he can pick up on his own other than cereal, blueberries and noodles. Help me out here people! At his nine month check up he was 21 lbs. 10 oz. I think I forgot to post that. That's the seventy -fifth percentile...that's little for my boys!

Still no crawling yet. Yes, it does concern me! He is still pretty happy to just sit and play. He does try and venture out a bit now and he's mastered the skill of rolling and pivoting his big belly to get where he needs to go. So he is somewhat mobile. But boy would he love to be turned loose outside. Poor little man has to watch his big brothers having all the fun out there. I keep telling him that I'd send him out if he would just learn to crawl. If I send him out now he'll come in the house looking like a haystack from all the dead grass! Nothing excites him more than seeing a ball. He grunts and twists his wrists and ankles hyper actively until you bring it to him. He loves for someone to sit in front of him and roll it back and forth with him. He also loves to give HUGE open mouth kisses. It is necessary to have a towel on hand after a sweet kiss from Aaron! What a sweetheart he is and a wonderful blessing to our family.