Ten Months

Hello everyone!  I turned ten months old this past week.  Mommy started piano lessons with me.  I excel at pounding on the keys and grinning! 

Now that I'm getting to be such a big boy I can play with my big sister.  This sometimes goes well.  Megan gets upset with me when I put her toys in my mouth and get my drool all over everything.  She also isn't too keen on sharing although she always tells ME to share.  Thankfully I've still got that "he's just a baby" excuse going on so I get away with a lot more than my sister. At this sweet moment we were playing nicely.  I was the customer at Megan's restaurant.

My favorite things to do these days are stand up and try to play with anything that doesn't resemble a toy.  I like to get into mischief!  Mommy bought these nice bumpers for the fireplace but I just like to take them off.  Mommy is hoping that the one time I take a nose dive into the fireplace that I find the spot where the bumper is still attached. They need to make these more sticky! It's way too easy to remove.  And check out my space monkey jammies. It doesn't get any cuter than that.

Last week we had baby dedication at our church.  There were 21 kids dedicated to the Lord!  Since I'm a "Vance" and it went in alphabetical order, we were unfortunately last.  I got pretty antsy! 

Me listening intently to Pastor Brett.  I wanted to make sure my parents weren't making any promises they couldn't keep!

Grandma and Steve took me home because Mommy and Daddy were in charge of children's church that day and I couldn't go to nursery because I was sick.  <More on that later!>

I have taken a lot of baths in the last few weeks.  I got a nasty tummy bug that would not go away.  That meant lots of trips to the bath to clean me up.  I went to the doctor twice in addition to many phone chats with the doctor and a trip to the Children's hospital lab for some tests. All tests came back negative for all the weird things it could have been (parasites, salmonella, etc).  I've been on a special lactose free diet (as well as some other restrictions) and am finally better.  We are all so thankful. Through it all I stayed pretty happy although not as giddy as I usually am.  This bath day was a few days ago when I was all better and back to my splashy silly self.

I'm always climbing up to standing. I figured out how to stand up in my crib even in my sleep sack.  I'm starting to walk along furniture.  I can climb the stairs with lightning speed..especially if I'm chasing a cat or my sister.

When you are 10 months old and you have a big sister...this was bound to happen.

I must say, I do like this hat! 

What else is new?

• I lost a little over a pound during my sickness. Now that I'm getting my appetite back I should be making up for that in no time. 
• I haven't been trying new foods also due to my illness.  It's been a lot of rice cereal and applesauce.
• My sleep has been pretty bad with being sick.  When I get up, I like to stay up for 1.5-2 hours  This past week while Daddy was in California for work I was nice to Mommy and slept all night one of the nights.  I also slept all night last night .  My parents are hoping to have more of these! 
• I can say kitty! It may not sound exactly like "kitty" but I definitely make the same "kitty" like sound whenever I see the cats.  They are really my favorite.  I just grin and giggle when they are around and I really want to pet/grab them at all times.  The cats so far have been very patient with me and I haven't been bitten or scratched yet.