catching up pt. 1: photo essay

it's 2011. my baby turned 10 months. he had his first thanksgiving, christmas, and new years. and i haven't blogged a bit of it. so i'm starting today the easy way. with a bunch of photos from the past month (before he was 10 months) that are not specific to holidays. here goes!

playing in late november. proof of peanutcy: those pants are the same that he wore (albeit loosely) as a newborn...they are 0-3. the shirt is a snapfront 0-3. i had to retire them in december for length, but the boy was tiny!

playing in his cousin's wooden kitchen (this was during our christmas photo shoot). something tells me he'll want his own wooden kitchen a year from now. waffles, anyone?

he got pretty sick when we returned home from thanksgiving. first bad cold and stuffy nose. this resulted in 3 teeth in a week, so i stayed up with him many nights while he fought sleep and whined in pain. still adorable, pink cheeked and runny nosed.

he finally started to feel better. then he turned into a little boy. seriously, my baby looks so toddler these days and i'm not sure, but i think i'm watching his face change little by little right this very moment.

yep. he's older already.

at some point he decided safety was a non-issue. i've saved him from nose diving off couches, chairs, and beds. i try to keep him on the floor now. where he falls and splits his lip open and smashes into objects in his crawling path. i was never one to say, oh, boys are tough from the get-go. but yes, yes they are.

so. he has 5 teeth now. he can crawl faster than i can. he eats egg yolk omelets (and other big kid foods). he waves hi and bye and says "aiiii" for hi at lots of people. he stands with ease, cruises too fast, and walks around the house while holding hands like nobody's business. he's got a ton of new toys and the attention span of a gnat. he's my (still tiny) peanut boy. adorable and full of spitfire.