10 months old

This month seemed like the one where you just grew up and changed so quickly!

• 8 teeth!! Right after you turned 9 months, your top 2 middle teeth came within days of each other. Then, almost a month later, right before you turned 10 months, a top canine and a bottom canine came in, so you had 3 on top, 3 on bottom. The last 2 came in about a week later. You were miserable with those 2 and screaming much of the night. I thought you must have had an ear infection, but you didn't, and then you improved once those 2 teeth popped through.
• You sleep terribly again and it's miserable! You went from sleeping in the night, to screaming about half an hour after you were put down. Dad would take turns to snuggle you and you'd fall asleep together in the rocking chair in your room. Then when I'd get you to sleep, you'd scream as soon as I got you in the bed. You also scream at nap time and don't want to snuggle in cradle position like you used to. But I eventually get you to sleep. Growing 6 teeth, going camping for 5 days, and having a cold all contributed to this bad month of sleep. I'm looking forward to you sleeping through the night again someday!
• Crawling like crazy, and added the bear crawl! Especially on tile floors, or outside on grass, dirt or cement, you get off your knees and bear crawl. And you're fast! You still like to pull up on things and walk too.
• Signing and talking! Your first word is "bye" pronounced "bah" in the cutest voice. I love it. You usually do it a minute after the person saying and waving bye has already left, but then you wave and say "bah." You're also learning to sign "more." All your other talking still feels like babbling, and the thing you say most is dadada. You like to "talk" and babble a lot.
• You like to initiate peek-a-boo and put your 2 cute little hands on your face to hide, or a blanket or pillowcase, or whatever else you find on your face or head. You also like to crawl down the hall to hide and just scream and squeal when we find you. It's one of the things that makes you laugh the hardest, and I can't get enough, I love playing it with you.
• You love to play with doors and open and close them. You're actually pretty good at not shutting your fingers either, you go pretty slow and stop when it hits your hands. You like to sit or stand and open and close it over and over, laughing if someone is on the other side.
• You're so busy and hard to keep up with, we are constantly running to make sure the bedroom, bathroom, and stair doors and gates are closed. You seem to know as soon as the boys' door is open and you hurry in to get their toys. We keep it shut because of the Legos mostly, but you also find all the nerf bullets, and everything else you shouldn't chew on.
• You love to be outside. You head straight for the dirt to eat rocks. You also like to swing, go on walks in the stroller, or pull at plants, and just crawl and explore. You've liked playing in water outside this summer too.
• You like to play with phones and watches and are always searching for them, and grabbing them when you see them.
• You've been going to the movie theater this summer and doing a great job of nursing and sleeping for most of it, which is great, because you're pretty busy and hate being held on my lap otherwise.
• You're doing great at eating most everything! You still prefer fruits or orange vegetables over the green veggies, but you'll still eat the green stuff, just slower. You love to feed yourself, and are still doing some purees, plus drinking from a straw sippy cup. You're always begging for our food and drinks and trying to steal some.
• You're still wearing size 4 diapers and some 9 month clothing, but mostly 12 month.
• You give the best kisses in the world. 
• You love to blow raspberries on people, especially your siblings' bellies. You love to poke their belly buttons too.
• You love your siblings and love having them home all the time. You still scream and squeal when you see them, and reach out to grab them. You kinda just grab their heads and hug them, and pat them while you squeal. McKynlee loves to tote you around on her hip everywhere, and she's great at taking care of you.
• You're a happy and wonderful boy and we love having you around! You've had a hard fussy month, and you're still the best and smiliest!