Happy 10 months, baby boy! It was quite a challenge to get Will to sit still for any photos this month, so I can only imagine what 11 and 12 months will be like for us. He's too interested in everything around him to be stationary for very long! We've just begun planning his 1st birthday party and have already been enjoying a fun-filled summer.
Will crawled immediately over to the bookcase, where he promptly pulled himself up, when I first tried to put him in his little chair. He just loves this bookcase, as well as the one in his bedroom. I hope that he grows up loving books as much as his parents and grandparents do.
He was really done with pictures at this point.
A few highlights from the month:
**Will starts each day with greeting the birdies in their house . He loves to listen to us whistle for the birds, and will watch them through the clear plastic side, pull them out of the hole in the top, and put them back inside.**
**I've been working on teaching Will some functional sign language for a few months now, and he's just becoming more responsive to signs for eat and drink. As always, banging on his high chair tray is his preferred method to communicate "more". **
**Also on the communication front, I'm beginning to suspect that he has said his first word! Will says "baba" and moves his mouth as though drinking from his bottle when he gets up in the morning and occasionally when he sees his bottle.**
**We've been working on the concept of opposites: up and down, on and off, hot and cold, inside and outside. His favorite is on and off since he gets to flip the bathroom light switch over and over again. **
**Will's little friend, Vita Mia, just turned 1 and has been struggling with Cystic Fibrosis since birth. Vita's family and friends, including Mommy and Will, participated in fundraising for research and walking a 5 mile course in late May. **
**Uncle Pat babysat for Will while Mom & Dad went out to celebrate Andrew's 37th birthday at GT Fish & Oyster.**
**Aunt Traci invited us to join the Knudson's for a childrens' play "Dot and Ziggy" at Victory Gardens Theater. Will seemed to really enjoy it, as did all of his cousins! See Will stealing a kiss from Katie below- I think we'll have our hands full with our little ladies' man. **
**The biggest event in Will's 10th month was Mom & Dad's first vacation alone. Actually, this was the first time I'd been away from Will for more than a few hours. We spent a long weekend in Napa and San Francisco, visiting wineries, catching up with friends, and missing Will. The little guy spent 4 fun-filled days with Grama, Grampa, Auntie Colleen, and his cousins, Kyle and Cameron. They went to the park, Aquababies, for walks, and from what I'm told, Will was a good boy for his loving family. I couldn't wait to get home and see my little boy. Even though I knew my mom was taking wonderful care of him, and I wasn't worried at all, I missed his sweet smiles and giggles and tucking him in at night.**
