Guess who is ten months old?

Nicknames (some old, some new):

• Walkie
• Walkie-doo
• Walk-a-doo
• Buddy Boo
• Small Fry
• Bubby

Likes/Loves:

• hairbrushes
• light cords, outlets, the Christmas tree, night lights, anything that is off-limits
• spray bottles (especially the detangle spray)
• growling - and he'll even babble in a growling voice and he really likes it if you babble back to him using a growling voice
• climbing everything (or trying to)
• the small, kid-sized brown chairs in our living room
• graham crackers (or any kind of cracker)
• cruising along furniture
• letting go while cruising, thinking he's a tough guy (because he always falls)
• his sister's princess wand that lights up and blinks
• red plastic cups (like one would purchase for a party or something)
• water bottles/soda bottles
• his toothbrush
• playing peek-a-boo with a blanket (and sometimes he'll try to play the game by himself)
• real fruits - like strawberries, apples, oranges...he can't eat pieces of fruit or anything but he likes to suck on them and take small bites
• talking with you...if you say "ba ba ba" then Walker will respond with a "ba ba ba."
• bath time and the toys in the bathtub
• biting our arms/legs/backs/shoulders... I don't think he's doing this to be mean. I think he's doing it because it feels good on his gums and he just wants something to sink his teeth into. However, it hurts, and I think I need to start thinking about taking some steps towards correcting it.

a little taken aback by the flash

Dislikes:

• losing his balance and toppling over
• chunks of food

Accomplishments:

• climbing up and sitting on the coffee table
• crawling (he can crawl on all fours, but he only chooses to do this on carpet - not the hardwood floors)
• transitioning from a crawling position to a sitting position
• making funny sounds, like clacking his tongue and smacking his lips
• no longer minds his ear plugs
• will sometimes play in his crib for a while before falling asleep (this is a new thing for him!)
• has fallen down the stairs (no damage done)

Facts:

• will stop crawling and put his head in his hands and cry when he's tired - a clear sign that it's time for sleep
• has an extra tooth (we think!) - the top central incisor on his right side seems to have split in two. According to the dentist, he either has one big front tooth and one small front tooth or he has one big front tooth and two small front teeth. We'll know more as his teeth continue to come in. As another fun fact, Lainey has an extra tooth, also - it's in the place where she lost her first tooth last January. It may break through on the roof of her mouth. Ick. Both of our kids apparently get their "extra teeth" from Ben. He had one as a child that grew in on the roof of his mouth that he had to get pulled!

Walker is 10 months old today!

We love you, Walker. You are just too cute!