Ten Months

Sweet and spunky Mayson Pearl,

Guess what? 

You are technically 11 months old now but mommy is just now getting around to doing your ten month post. Better late than never right?

 

No definite measurements but I'd guess you weigh about 18 lbs and are 27 to 28 inches long.

I've officially packed all of your 6 month stuff away because you are wearing almost exclusively 9 month sizes.

Your diapers are still size three.

Which is funny because your shoe size is three as well!

At the beginning of the month you were still taking three naps but you've pretty much transitioned from three to only two naps a day and of course you still sleep through the night and wake up super early.

And you still love to eat! You eat three meals a day, plus snacks and you're beginning to prefer eating what mommy and daddy eat instead of baby food. Along with slowly phasing out baby food we are slowly phasing out bottles too. You are down to only three bottles a day, which is fine by you because you love your sippy cups with straws.

Here's some of the things that you were up to last month...

 

Your daddy got his post deployment leave and we went on vacation to NC and Philly.

 

You flew on an airplane for the second time and you did amazing.

 

You were reunited with your doggy, Atlas.

You got to go to your first children's museum in Philadelphia.

 

You love to greet everyone with that silly toothy grin of yours. You have two bottom teeth and two top teeth except your top teeth aren't the front two! We like to say you either have the smile of a redneck, hillbilly or one of a hockey player. 

 

Attended your first parade,

 

Your first firework show.

 

And went to your first amusement park- Hershey Park.

 

Plus your grandma came to Florida to visit.

 

And the most exciting thing (to your mommy, at least) - you said your first words, "mama", "dada" and "bye bye."

 

Things that you loved...

walking/running everywhere (still holding onto our hand of course!)

playing with remotes, phones, sunglasses and any other non-toy items you could get your hands on

swinging
"dancing" to music
carrying things around (your go to items- dishtowels, little people princesses, and a shovel)

playing peek-a-boo

clapping

opening and closing doors, cabinets, etc.

petting the cats and your doggy

flushing the potty

brushing your teeth
playing in your pool or with your splash pad
and

painting

 

Things you hated...

getting dressed

bath time (you used to love it)

putting on sunscreen and bathing suits
and

pureed baby food

As each month flies by and we get closer and closer to the one year mark my little baby Mayson Pearl is slowly but surely fading away and being replaced by a feisty and independent toddler!

Nine months

The hubby came home from deployment and as a result blogging fell by the wayside. We've been busy moving, vacationing and simply spending time as a family of three. Hopefully I can catch back up with the things that I've missed...

 Starting with Mayson's nine month letter.

 

My Maysie-Moo-Hoo,

On July 24th you officially became 3/4 of a year old!

You haven't had your nine month check up but I'd guess you are about 17 pounds or so.

You still fit into a few of your 6 month outfits but you are mainly wearing 6 or 6-9 month sizes now.

Depending on the shoe you wear a size 2 or 3

And you're still wearing a size 3 diaper.

You take either two or three naps a day and usually sleep 10-11 hours straight at night!! The only downside to this is that you are an early bird and are almost always up around 6:30.

You LOVE to eat and to try new foods. You still have 4 or 5 bottles a day and usually eat three meals. Some of your favorite foods so far seem to be pancakes, french toast sticks, fries, sweet potatoes, any type of melon, bananas and your ultimate fave - ice cream! I let you help me eat a vanilla ice cream cone and you cried when it was all gone!!

 

What all where you up to during your eighth month?

 

You finally started crawling more.

Moved back to Florida.

 

 

And into your new house.

You loved getting to swim in a big pool for the first time.

 

 

But most importantly your daddy finally came home from deployment!!!!!!

 

 

What you loved...

Walking, walking and walking. (You only need a finger to hold now.)

playing with your dollhouse

reading (and eating!) books

swinging

opening doors, cabinets, etc.

turning on faucets and lights

being held up high or upside down

laughing when you hear someone else laugh

letting go and standing on your own (only for a minute or so)

babbling - some of your favorite sounds to make or words to repeat are baba, bye-bye, gaga, hi, huh-uh, mama, dada, hello, no, geegee (so far I'm not counting any as words because I don't think you are actively associating the word with the meaning yet)

crawling after the cats

singing opera with grandma

and

playing with daddy :)

 

What you hated...

all the long car rides you had to endure

when you wanna walk and no one is willing to lend you a hand

crawling on a hard surface

being in your jumperoo for more than 5 minutes

using your walker/push toy

and

you still hate getting dressed; mainly putting your arms into sleeves

 

Overall this past month will always be remembered as the one that reunited your daddy with his little girl. While you won't remember your first reunion, the smile on your dad's face and the tears in his eyes will forever be etched in my memory.
 You're only nine months old but you already have your daddy wrapped around your little finger!