9 AND 10 Months, Oops

Procrastinator Priscilla, Lacking Energy Lisa, and Don't Want My Baby To Grow Up Donna.  Put them all together and you get: AMY!  Every month I have procrastinated on writing my posts a little longer and now I have even skipped a month all together.  Why?  Well, to be honest, each time another month goes by I am very happy to see how Vaan has grown but on the other hand it makes me very sad.  It seems like just yesterday I had this itty bitty baby in my arms and now I am chasing him around the house.  How it is possible that time moves this fast?  Justin and I joke that if time keeps going by as fast as the last 10-11 months has we will be teaching him to drive next.  While 16 is a little drastic, time is definitely moving quickly.  As for right now, we are trying to soak up every moment and enjoy the good, the bad, and the ugly because after all, these days will be gone before we know it.

It has been nothing but pure joy and excitement to watch Vaan grow and learn.  Well, and maybe a little bit of exhaustion :-)  Here is an update of what has been going on the last two months!

Month 9 (March):
Let the madness begin!  Not only has Vaan mastered crawling at this point, but he feels the need to pull himself up on EVERYTHING!  He can easily dig in his toy chest, get at anything on the coffee table, and of course play around his jumper - because who would want to be in it when you can MOVE around it?!  He is also quite the chatter box now saying mama, dada, ball (ba ba), and all other sorts of baby goo's and gaa's.  This month we participated in Shrimp Dip at the YMCA, a mommy and me swim class.  Vaan loves the water and had a great time splashing around and singing songs.  The water, at this point, is about the only thing that wears him out.  We can not wait for warmer weather so we can swim at Grandpa Jim's.  Vaan had another great check-up with Dr. Z, weighing in at a lean 18 pounds, still wearing all his 6 month clothes. Vaan also got his first tooth this month!  The tooth arrived on St. Patrick's day while we were in Madison doing the Shamrock Shuffle 10k - great timing!  The second one came in 3 days later.  The last 'big' event of this month was Vaan's first hair cut!  Vaan sat on Dad's lap and did great, minus the puking episode after the cut - sorry Katie!

Month 10 (April):
We have a brave one on our hands, moving from one piece of furniture to another, racing around the coffee table, and taking a few steps (without hanging on) here and there.  At the beginning of this month he was taking two steps confidently, but then would drop to his knees where he could get anywhere and everywhere much quicker.  He was much more apt to try and walk when he didn't have an audience, or a camera, around (of course).  Towards the end of this month he gained confidence and started trying a few more steps at a time.  He has walked the farthest at this point to Dad.  He must have known Dad was eager for him to be cruising around!  This month Vaan also learned a lot of fun new games.  He will show you how big he is, and let me tell you, he is SOOOOOO BIG!  He also loves to clap, especially for himself!  Vaan has mastered the kick in the bathtub and plays pee-a-boo with anything (including himself in the mirror).  Lastly, he has gotten very good at waving hi, bye, and 'all done'.  Before having Vaan, I never would have thought I would be so proud of someone putting both hands high in the air when I asked 'how big are you?'!!  It's the small things that make life so great each and every day.

I will leave you with pictures from these two months.  I will return to this blog for an 11 month post, SOON!  For now, cheers to living, loving, and growing.  xoxo