11 Months

The (not so) little fella is almost ONE! It's cliche, but time FLIES! I think it's going even faster this go 'round....probably because I know he's our last & I want to savor every single moment of having little ones around. Here's what the big guy has been up to this month!

*Beginning to wear 12 month clothing and size 2 shoes. He's still in a size 3 diaper

*He has 5 teeth with a 6th one cutting through...he has 2 on the bottom & 3 on the top! He's teething like a champ! Just some yucky diapers, a touch of crankiness, and a ton of drool!

*He began pulling up shortly after he began crawling. He cruises along the furniture really fast & I think he'll be walking any minute now.

*He loves his musical walker, wood blocks, activity cube, his toy phone, real phones & remotes, unplugging cords, and looking out the window.

*He is into EVERYTHING...and he gets to it FAST. You seriously cannot put him down for more than a second without him taking off & getting ahold of something. Even Ms. Cain says she can't walk away from him, ever. He's super fast and can reach things that you think are far enough out of reach. It's exhausting!

*He hates having to be still. You can forget about changing diapers or getting him dressed without breaking a sweat from him wriggling and rolling throughout the whole ordeal.

*He loves bath time and is all over the place in the tub...makes me nervous!

*As with all of our kiddos, he has many, many nicknames. The most common are: Bubber Boy, Bubbers, Bubs, Diddle Boy, Hey Diddle Diddles, Tubs, Tubber Bubs, Lijey, Buster, Buster Brown, Buster Boy, Turkey Turk, and Stinker Pot. ;) We throw in the occasional "Eli" too.

*We're slowly transitioning over to whole milk, so he's taking less and less formula. He's now getting whole milk with dinner and to sip on throughout the afternoon. He still takes a 8oz bottle in the morning & 2 at the sitter's and then a 4oz before bed. He's officially done with baby food and loves chicken nuggets, fish sticks, cheese, goldfish, graham crackers, pizza, quesadillas, green beans, banana and much more.

I seriously cannot believe he will be one so soon. It's bittersweet that they grow up so fast, but I don't take a single second for granted. We're blessed that all of our children are growing, developing, and thriving as they should be. Elijah, you bring so much joy to all of our lives and we can't wait to see what the future holds for you. Love you, bubber boy!

See? Into everything!

10 Months

Well, we are about 9 days away from your 11th "month day", but once again...better late than never?!

At 10 months you:

*Wear 9 months in shirts/onesies and a 6 & 9 in shorts. You can wear a size 2 in shoes, but you hate them so you never wear them.

*Still in a size 3 diaper

*Eats 4 or 5 six-ounce bottles a day and a baby food for breakfast & dinner. You LOVE the oatmeal & cereal baby foods and several of the fruit and/or veggies. We've tried moving to Stage 3, but you hate anything with a texture & spit out any pasta or meat, so I've given up. You are finally liking Puffs, Crunchies & things like french fries, so we're making progress!

*You are crawling everywhere! You went from barely even trying to crawl to crawling everywhere! I think you may have "army crawled" for 3 or 4 days, but then went straight to hands and knees crawling. And you are fast. Very fast.

*You still love your sisters, the animals, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, clapping, shaking your head "no", saying "Dada", blowing raspberries with your mouth and on my leg, your doggy paci & doggy lovie, giving fives, and being super happy & smiley all the time.

*We have spent a lot of time in the water this summer and you are doing pretty well with it. You usually fuss for a few seconds/minutes and then are perfectly fine and don't want to get back out! I think it's because it's always a bit cold at first & you don't like that one bit. We give you a paci & you quit fussing and all is fine with the world.