Kellan is 10 months old!

Our little guy is now 10 months old. I'm ashamed to say I missed his 9 month post, but he's been a busy boy the past 2 months! Right after Thanksgiving he began crawling, and he quickly learned how to pull himself up on furniture. He loves to cruise around the coffee table knocking off anything on it. We kept our Fisher Price manger scene here over christmas, and after I would set it up each evening after the kids were in bed, he would knock it all off again first chance he got the next morning! Just this week he started to be able to push his walker around on his own. He loves the independence and concentrates very hard. He needs help turning but I can imagine it will only be a matter of time before he can do that without any assistance! He's definitely getting into everything, being much more of a trouble maker than his big sister was! He loves to pull open kitchen cabinets, knock all of the alphabet magnets off the refrigerator, stick his hands in the dog's water bowl, pull the power cord out of the laptop...One thing that really makes him laugh is playing with Sophie (the dog)--he loves to pick up her stuffed and squeaky toys and play tug of war with her. I don't think Sophie is overjoyed by this but she's really good with him and goes along with it. Kellan starts laughing when she tries to pull her toys away. It's pretty funny to watch. Also, right after christmas Kellan started getting his top 2 teeth in. They are just breaking through, but that brings his total up to 4!

Kellan has been learning how to say "more" and "all done" in sign language. He uses both signs but I think we still need to refine his skill at determining when to use them! He has finally made a few sounds other than just "dada"--that phrase is still his favorite but he also says "mama" and "yaya". He likes to stand up in his crib and throw his favorite sleeping buddy (that we call his "lovie over the side, then scream his head off until you come give it back to him.

Kellan also enjoys pushing his little cars around the living room. The friction ones that Nana got him for christmas are ones he's enjoying right now!

He's still been a good eater--much better than his sister ever was! He eats a combination of some finger foods (bananas, cheerios, puffs, bread, peas) along with some chunky blended foods.

He loves being free of the baby bath tub and enjoys crawling around the big bath, often with his big sister. He is a happy, snuggly boy and we are enjoying the little time he has left as a baby. It's going by too quickly, but I'm definitely glad I am at home to experience it with him!

Last week I started babysitting for a 10 week old little boy, so it's been fun to be around a tiny baby again. Kellan is fascinated by him and wants to check him out. He has yet to show signs of jealousy, which I am grateful for. So far it has worked out well as I rarely have both kids awake at the same time, so it is not yet overwhelming.

Funny story about Alex, since most of this post has been about her little bro. Last week her friend Jarrett was over and I was making them dinner. I asked Alex if they wanted grilled cheese, and she said yes. She looked at Jarrett and said, "Do you want grilled cheese or boy cheese?" She then told me she would have grilled cheese, and Jarrette needed boy cheese, since he was a boy. It was only then that I realized that all this time she thought we referred to it as girl cheese instead of grilled cheese. Marlon was there for the moment as we laughed. Odd that this hadn't come up before because Jarrett has had "girl" cheese at our house a number of times. She's recently made a lot of comments regarding girl vs. boy--that the girls do things together, not with boys; that she wants to play with only girls, not boys at school, etc. Marlon definitely reinforces the "stay away from boys" mentality!