10 months old

I can't believe our baby is almost one! Jacob celebrated his 10-month birthday while we were in Chicago. For the second month in a row he got to celebrate with his cousin Scout. . . . while she celebrated turning 5 months old. They are beginning to interact with each other and it's adorable. Much to Joseph's delight, Jacob is also interacting much more with him. Joseph is very good at getting giggles out of his baby brother. He really wishes that Jacob was a little tougher and could stand up to some full-on boy wrestling. . . . but that will come soon enough.

At 10 months old, Jacob is:
Crawling
Pulling Up
Cruising the furniture
Standing on his own
Climbing the stairs (see below - really must get the baby gate so mama can relax just a little)
Says: mama, dada, hi and uhoh
Eats: pretty much anything and everything. I have begun just mashing up his food instead of pureeing. We have also moved on to table foods as I want him to get used to eating what we do. He loves pasta, bread, rice, lentils, bananas, sweet potatoes, applesauce, cheerios, pears . . . (and dessert, shhhh.)
He is fiercely determined and has a great facial expression to go with it.
He loves his bed. He's a great occasional snuggle bug but when he's tired, he just really wants to be in his bed. On the other hand, I foresee him climbing out of his bed sooner rather than later. Joseph only started getting out of his bed (yes, even his big boy bed) on his own in the past year. I think Jacob is not going to let a silly thing like a crib stop him.

We love watching his little personality develop and love, love, love the joy he adds to our family.