10 months

My baby boy is inching closer and closer to one year, and he's starting to act less like a baby and more like a toddler. Just in the past month, he has started tons of finger foods, learned how to crawl, and is pulling up on everything!

Caffrey is probably over 20 pounds now, but not by a lot. I have packed up most 6-9 month stuff and am switching over to 12 month with the exception of cotton pants. He's still a shorty, and some of the 12 month pants are way too long still. Even the few 12 month shorts we have look a little funny right now length-wise. We use mostly size 4 diapers now, but he does still fit in 3s. We just didn't bother buying more when we started running out. Caffrey also is cutting a 4th tooth on the bottom, which will put us at 8 teeth. His hair could use a cut, but we're trying to make do until he turns a year. I've noticed it curls up some in the back, like Keagan's did!

Caffrey isn't a big fan of "baby food" anymore, unless it's chunky. We've tried a lot of firsts in the past week including hot dogs, chicken nuggets, biscuits, goldfish, peanut butter cookies (yay for no allergies!), and bacon. He already loves good Mac and cheese, pancakes, green beans, carrots, and cereal. He's a pretty good eater so far, although he doesn't seem to like picking up "slimy" foods, like bananas. He'd rather eat the whole thing than have it in slices.

He loves being outside, and we have made good use of his baby swing Papa bought for him last summer. We can stay outside for a long time just swinging him, and he's perfectly content. Of course, when he's inside he is all about crawling around and exploring every inch of downstairs. He's gotten into quite a few of Keagan's toys already and may have already broken one. Fortunately he hasn't tried to go upstairs yet, but we have to sit him on the floor instead of our bed when we're getting ready in the mornings now. Let's just say I hope he doesn't get up before we're ready for him once we go back to work next week. It's not easy to get ready when he's getting into everything. He's already heard "no" a lot in the past week! 

He may be crazy, but he's so cute and fun right now, and I'm loving it! This is the phase where his little personality is starting to shine, and I can't wait to see what kind of crazy little boy he will grow to be. He loves his big brother, and Keagan is thrilled to finally have someone old enough to play with him some. He's been waiting so patiently.

And it's funny to look at pictures because I finally am starting to see some similarities between the boys. It's the facial expressions, I think. They're both so precious!

Click here to read about Keagan at 10 months.