a day in the life, ten month edition

wake up at four in the morning. yell. remind mommy that she works for me.

nurse, snuggle, sleep.

wake up at seven. yell.

daddy comes in to get me and changes my diaper and i yell some more.

go into mommy and daddy's room and nurse and say hello to bean. ah, dee! pull bean's leg, pull bean's tail, pull the piece of skin that sags under bean's lip, pull bean's lip.

sit on the play mat and make a beeline for bean's food dish. mommy picks it up just in time.

wave hello to matt and al on the tv.

meander down the hall to where daddy is getting ready. hang out. kiss daddy good bye.

eat breakfast in high chair: yogurt and pruney cheerios.

exit high chair. climb up on mommy and walk around the condo, ultimately ending up in the bathroom. play with the toothbrush. the toothbrush! oh how i love the toothbrush.

read books: the carrot seed, put me in the zoo, brown bear, are you my mother?, the dog book, ten little fingers and ten little toes, peek-a-boo i love you.

nurse, snuggle, sleep (hi blankie! i love you, blankie!).

wake up. yell. remind mommy that she works for me. say hi to bean. ah, dee!

sit on the play mat. make a beeline for bean's food dish. mommy picks it up just in time.

walk to wiggleworms at the old town school of folk music. shake my sillies out, tango, clap clap clap. bubbles.

walk home and eat lunch: steamed carrots, deli chicken, slippery peaches, and american cheese. american cheese!

change offending diaper, which i find very offensive. yell.

nurse, snuggle, sleep (hi blankie! i love you, blankie!).

wake up. yell. remind mommy she works for me. say hi to bean. ah, dee!

sit on the play mat. make a beeline for bean's food dish. mommy picks it up just in time.

walk to the park. swing on the swing. toddle around the playground holding mommy's hand. say hi to babies. slide down the slide, ding the dinger, spin the tick-tac-toer.

come home, grab bean. ah, dee! walk her around the block. hold the leash.

daddy comes home. he says, give me you! and i give him me, and we snuggle.

eat dinner: baked sweet potato cubes, avocado slices, macaroni and cheese. or, on a really good night, lasagna. feed bean. yell.

practice walking in between mommy and daddy. yell.

take a bath with daddy. play with bath toys. drink bath water.

read books with daddy: the carrot seed, put me in the zoo, brown bear, are you my mother?, the dog book, ten little fingers and ten little toes, peek-a-boo i love you.

say good night to daddy and wave. nurse. snuggle and get silly. play kissy baby. say good night to bean, say good night to mommy. remind mommy that she works for me.

oh blankie, i love you blankie!

omg.

walking man

You heard right - Will walks! He can take about twenty steps before tumbling over. At ten months old, he's a bit on the early side for walking. While I'd like to think this is due to his innate genius, the reality is it probably has a lot more to do with his temperament. The kid is fearless and stubborn as can be.

Or, as the doctor put it yesterday when she tried to look in his ear, "He does have a temper, doesn't he?"

Um, yeah.

Photos are from Saturday evening at Welles Park in Lincoln Square.









Will's Wiggleworms class gave him a round of applause today when he walked across the room to Miss Julie and her guitar. We kind of felt like rockstars.

Walking today, skiing tomorrow. Watch out world!

hodge podge

I've been trying to come up with a clever idea for a blog post, but given how very sleep-deprived I am it's been tough. After our trip to New Hampshire, Will came down with a cold and an ear infection, and our nights have never been the same. Basically, he sleeps like a newborn. As a result, I feel totally fried. But that hasn't stopped us from having fun.

At Wiggleworms, another baby brought a ukulele to class, which Will promptly stole. I post this picture not so much because Will has a musical talent (which I believe he does), but because he looks like such a little boy.



In other news, I'm pretty sure Will thinks he's a Boston terrier. His world revolves around Bean. When he's not going after Bean's food, he's going after one of her toys, and if he's not doing that, he's just going after Bean.




Also, Will has taken to walking Bean himself. The following picture, however, is deceiving. Will prefers to be held horizontally in Colin's arms while holding the leash while his parents sing the Hokey Pokey (really). It's quite a sight.



Finally, here is a video of Will taking a dip in the baby pool at my parent's house in Lake Forest. We've been savoring these unusually warm October days as we brace ourselves for what they're predicting to be another horrible Chicago winter.

It's wild to think that a year ago I was sitting on the couch on bed rest, browsing incredibly overpriced baby stuff and watching TLC baby shows over and over again, waiting to meet my little boy. Now he's a moving, grunting, amazing ten-month-old who is showing me the world all over again through his eyes. Life is good. Very, very good.