10 Months!!

Once again, another month has gone by. Before we know it we are going to be celebrating August's 1st birthday! Am I ready for my baby to be one??? WOW! I have to admit that this month was a pretty stressful one. We started out the month with August having a 104.6 temperature. When I took him to the doctor he had a pretty bad ear infection so he was started on antibiotics. The ear infection really wiped him out for about 3 weeks. Of course, we started some pretty bad habits during this time....lots of holding and snuggling. He needed it of course...but now that he is better....he thinks that he still needs it :) One of the hardest things for us to deal with was him waking up several times a night screaming. I know, we are super spoiled around here. August has slept through the night since 7 weeks old. For him to be waking up in the night....that is normal for some people so I shouldn't complain. It is just hard when he wakes up several times and you have to get up at 4:30 in the morning to go to work for a 12 hour shift! Makes for some very long and exhausting days! Just this past week I think that August is finally feeling better. He is sleeping through the night and isn't so needy and is his happy go lucky self again. Its good to have him back. At times I wondered who snuck in our house and stole my baby and replaced it with a terror! :):):) August is now into EVERYTHING!!!!! Nothing is out of his incredible reach! That is one bad thing about have a tall kid...he can reach even the stuff that you think you are putting up high! He loves to play with anything but his toys and when you tell him NO, he turns and looks at you and laughs and keeps doing it! YIKES! I think that some serious discipline is in order here! August also has decided that he doesn't want anything to do with baby food anymore. He was going through about 4-5 jars of baby food a day and so I went to Babies R Us and bought 34 jars and the next day he decided that he was done! No more! So, he is now eating anything off our plate and if he can feed it to himself...the better! I am trying to teach him how to use a fork :) It's slow going right now...but he loves to do it. I got tired of hearing him scream when he was wanting some more so I taught him how to sign for more. He caught on pretty quick and it sure makes for a quieter meal! His favorite thing right now is puppies! He loves looking at puppies in books and he has several jammies that have puppies on them and he likes to point at them and make puppy dog sounds. Every day is a new adventure around here! August and Ava at their first halloween!
Mommy and August. The carrier worked perfect for going door to door. It was a nice night, a little on the cool side, but no snow!!! We went to about 15 houses and brought home lots of candy for mom and dad :) August liked to hold on to the basket and shake it up and down to hear the candy in it!
August the monkey!
August and Ava in their matching jammies
I believe that I have a picture of me doing this same thing at about this age. I can't do dishes without August being RIGHT there. I usually have to wait until he is napping to do dishes. I turned away for just a second and he had climbed up into the dishwasher.

August has figured out that he can play the piano by himself! It is great entertainment for him!
August is wearing the super cute outfit that Dan and Juliann gave him! Thanks! He is adorable in it!

Walking along the furniture.
I think that this picture is hilarious! I think he was trying to show off all his teeth! And his personality!
GREAT containment!
Eating his first pumpkin chocolate chip muffin. He really enjoyed it! And I had a big mess to clean up afterwards.
This is actually for August's first birthday but we decided to get it out early to see if he was already to big for it. He LOVED it! He was so intrigued by it I couldn't get him to even look at me for a picture. We put it up and will give it to him again on his birthday!