Happy Ten Months!

As always, I'm late in posting. The pictures are a day late as well, as we never found the time to take them yesterday. Of course, today is busy too with Christmas so close, and pictures were hard to get with such a squirmy boy. Last week, we went to the pediatrician for the ten month check up, and Charles is now 18 pounds and 30 inches, putting him into the 10th and 75-90th percentiles respectively. She was not concerned about the lack of weight gain as he was just getting over the stomach flu. Sleep is still not great, and being sick did not help at all in that area.

Keeping this short, as there is a lot to do before Christmas! From BabyCenter.com:

At ten months, most children can:
Wave goodbye – He does this, but he won't do it all the time.
Pick things up with pincer grasp – Yes, and then eats it.
Crawl well with belly off the ground – So very quickly, it's hard to keep up.

At ten months, about half the children can:
Say “mama” or “dada” to the correct parent – Not really, but he did say "dada" for the first time today. Shame that Geoff wasn't home to hear it. Still saying "mama" much more often, but I'm not sure that it actually means me.
Indicate wants with gestures – Sometimes, but not very often.

At ten months, a few children can:
Stand alone for a couple of seconds – Yes, and it's happening too fast.
Put objects into a container – Not quite there, but he is trying, most often trying to feed Cookie Monster his cookies. Usually gets him in the eyes instead of the mouth.

There are more pictures in our album on Picasa (you'll need to be logged in to see).

A Gift From Jingle McJingles

The boys had a Christmas surprise from our elf, Jingle McJingles, when they got up this morning. Overnight, he had decorated our tree!

Charles woke up first, and was so excited. It is his first Christmas tree, and the happiness on his face (even though I couldn't get it on camera because I was holding him) was just perfect.

Of course he felt the need to try to grab everything, which is why we have the small tree this year.

When Peter got up, he was so happy that the tree was finally decorated. He really enjoyed looking at all the ornaments.

It is starting to feel more and more like Christmas around here.

It's mornings like these that I really love the Christmas season.

Thank you, Jingle McJingles!