Brothers October-December 2015

Pumpkin patch 

Halloween

Reece's baby dedication 

Thanksgiving 

Meeting Santa

Christmas 

New Years Eve

Reece 11 months

Reece,

You are 11 months old!  We absolutely cannot believe that in just a month we will be celebrating your 1st birthday!

You still just have 6 teeth. We keep thinking more will pop out any day now.  You have become quite the little parrot this month. If you hear anyone say anything with the da or ba sounds you will say those syllables back to them. You have also started to baby babble which is adorable. You will look at your brothers or mommy and daddy and start "talking." You want to be big so bad and to have conversations with us. You started to wave when we say hi or bye bye and have clapped a couple of times now. 

You are definitely a mover and a shaker. You are in constant motion and love to explore. This month you have discovered how fun it is to throw things on the floor whether it is food or toys or anything in close proximity to you. You still absolutely LOVE climbing the stairs and we had to buy another baby gate for the bottom of the stairs for you little crazy boy. You are starting to cruise around a lot more and I know walking will take place really soon. You will crawl so fast to something or someone you are excited to get to and will sometimes stop and look around to see where you want to go or what is happening. You have so many baby toys and you like exploring with them and playing with them but you would rather do whatever your brothers are doing (including putting their toys in your mouth.)

You celebrated your first Christmas this month. It was very busy with Christmas with both sides of the family and our Christmas at home. You were so cute how you had no idea what was going on and how you just wanted to put everything in your mouth or play with the paper. You also met Santa for the first time!

You still like to go to bed around 7/7:30 and wake up anywhere between 6:30-7:15.  You also still take 2 naps a day.

You are still taking 4 formula feedings and are still such a good little eater.   When you are ready to eat, see someone eating, or get brought into the kitchen you start smacking your lips together while making a clicking sound with your tongue. It is quite hilarious. Also when you are finished eating, you wipe all the food on the floor or throw it, and put your head over the edge of the high chair to watch it fall. 

You absolutely adore your brothers and they love playing with you. It is so sweet.

We love you more than words can say and are so blessed that you are a part of our family. 

Reece 10 months

Reece,

You are 10 months old! How have 10 months flown by so fast?

You are 30.3 inches long (95 %), 22 pounds 9 ounces (85 %), and your head is in the 96%. You are a big chunky boy!

This month you got dedicated to the Lord. Your brothers, parents, Eden, Aunt Jeralyn, Mawmaw, Pawpaw, and Mimi came to support us as your parents and to pray over you. 

This month was your first Thanksgiving. We went to Louisiana to spend it with mommys side of the family. Lots of family got to meet you for the first time. They loved holding you and you are such a joy to be around. You did awesome in the car and the hotel too!

You have 6 teeth now and we're pretty sure you're working on more. Your new favorite thing is to make a farting sound with your tongue between your lips. It's adorable how you like to do it and have someone else do it back to you over and over. You love to say "baba" over and over. We are trying to get you to wave and clap but you are not wanting to yet and just think we are funny when we do it.

You are still so busy! We have to really watch you because you will put anything in your mouth, pull things down, and will crawl all the way up the stairs. You are so quiet about it so it is hard to know what you're up to at times. We keep thinking you'll walk soon since you're cruising so much, but maybe not! We'll see...

You like to go to bed around 7/7:30 and wake up anywhere between 6:30-7:15.  You also still take 2 naps a day.

You are taking 4 formula feedings still.   You are still taking some baby food, but are such a pro at finger foods now too! You LOVE to feed yourself now and are so good at it! You don't seem to be a picky eater. You love yogurt melts, baby puffs, Cheerios, cheese, and fruit most of all.

We love you sweet little man!

Reece 9 months

Reece,

You are 9 months old! It hit us last night that we will be celebrating your birthday in only 3 months! 

We still haven't weighed or measured you this month. Sorry kiddo, life is busy. But looking at your belly and how clothes are fitting you, you are most definitely growing! 

This month you got to dress up for your first halloween. You looked so cute!

You love to make sounds. This month you have started screaming if you don't get your bottle right when you want it or if you are super tired. This is the first month we have experienced screaming in the car. We think your teeth are bothering you and you are just not a happy camper at time but are also learning that screaming gets you what you want sometimes. Speaking of teeth, you finally got the top two in and are working on your canines on the top and the bottom. Cutting teeth is hard work!

You are so busy! You crawl everywhere now, pull up on everything, and try to eat everything. You are starting to push things across the room while walking and are cruising around  while holding onto the coffee table. You can also turn completely around while standing to get to where you want to go. You finally figured out how to get from standing holding onto something back to crawling. You are all over the place and we are having to remind your brothers not to leave little toys on the floor that you could choke on. 

You have been sleeping through the night so good this month. You like to go to bed around 7/7:30 and wake up anywhere between 6-7. We still have a random night or early morning wake up, but for the most part you are sleeping awesome. You have figured out how to stand up in your crib when you wake up too.  You have late nights every once in a while when we are out and you do great going to bed when we get home.  You also still take 2 naps a day and sometimes they are car seat naps. You are so go with the flow though. 

You are taking 4, sometimes 5 formula feedings still and you have started liking baby food a lot more this month. You are holding your bottles by yourself now which is super helpful when I need to do something before I can get to you. You are funny because when you are full you either start blowing fart sounds on your tray or lay your head down.  You are starting to eat a little bit of finger foods. We haven't given you too much food yet because you have gagged and thrown up on it. You are starting to learn how to chew it and swallow better.

You are trying to say uh oh (it sounds like uh uh), have waved when I say bye bye or night night, and have said mama and dada (even though I don't think you know you're talking about us.) 

We all love you so much little man! You really do complete our family.