10 Months Old!

Kenny and I cannot believe that Finn is 10 months old...our baby is growing up so fast!  His latest and greatest is that he now stands up on his own, without holding on, and just kinda stands there!  He gets so proud of himself!  He also now does the touchdown sign, Gator chomp, and is trying to imitate a cow mooing! He likes to yell at the top of his lungs until his air runs out, especially at dinner time to get some attention.  He also has been a big trouble maker- into everything!  The girls know to make sure all the bathroom doors are closed so he doesn't try getting into the toilets!  Some of his adventures this month include climbing into the dishwasher every time it is open, dumping out the package mix from the pantry, unraveling the toilet paper, and standing at the toilet with his hands wrapped around the inside of the bowl (ewwww!).  Kenny and I were laughing the other night as we were reading books to the kids...we have video of Delaney at his age calmly sitting in our laps, reading along with "Pat the Bunny", doing all the hand gestures and pointing.  Cut to Finn, who is literally standing up without holding on, then tackling me, flipping over my extended legs onto his head, grabbing the book, trying to bite it, as I am trying to read to him.  Such a boy, focused on the gross motor versus the girl and the fine motor!  But we love it!

He now weighs 21lb and is 28" long.  He wears 12 month clothes, and along with the crawling is now beginning to walk with a push toy!  He now has 4 teeth!  His 3rd tooth came in 10/23/11 (top right), and his 4th tooth came in 11/16/11 (top left).  He eats mostly table food now, I rarely defrost any of the baby food anymore!  He has 4 bottles per day and 3 meals.  He loves his morning yogurt and banana!  We are trying to focus on getting him to eat some meat, as that is the hardest thing for us to prepare for him.

He also unfortunately suffered from Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease this month, which was kindly passed to him from Lucy who must have picked up the germs from her classroom at school.  Neither the girls nor Kenny and I got it, since we must have already had it (you only get it once in a lifetime).  It is a virus that causes sores on your hands, feet, mouth, and BUTT, but especially inside of your mouth and causes kids to not want to eat because it is painful.  Apparently the girls had it, but we never knew as it is easily mistaken for a regular cold if you don't get bad sores, which Finn did.  He still has a few visible red spots on his knees, and it has been 3 weeks!

Finn also celebrated his first Halloween this past month!  We originally got him a Garden Gnome outfit, but he did not tolerate the beard/hat part of it at all!  So we just switched to a good 'ol Gator football player, complete with eye black and everything!  It was very fitting- he looked adorable!  We went to the neighborhood block party and just as we were about to head out to trick or treat, it started to rain!  Finn was such a trooper as we waited out the little showers and jumped through the puddles!  He loved watching all the kids from his perch in the wagon!  I even took him to a few of the last houses we stopped at and he got so excited, kicking his feet, like he knew it was something special and out of the ordinary!

We went down to Ft. Lauderdale the month and Finn got to hang out with some of Kenny's side of the family, and meet some of the for the first time!

I also gave Finn a haircut one day, as his bangs were starting to hang into his face again!  I am kind of proud of myself...I just stuck him in his highchair outside and cut it, with scissors and all!  Finn continues to adore his sisters, and reacts with such love and excitement when he sees them, especially when I pick Delaney up from school!  We all love this boy so much and he fits us perfectly!!