DOUBLE DIGITS....10 Months!

I am filled with anxiety, excitement, timidness and complete joy that we are two months away from being one! Although I intend on relishing in moments of being ten months and 11 months during as they are upon us (thanks for the reminder KK about enjoying every moment and remembering to live today because tomorrow today will be just a memory) I have to say it is hard to believe that we are closer to the one YEAR mark than we are to the one MONTH mark. It truly has flown by. We are so blessed and grateful to have a happy and healthy child who makes us smile every day. Maddox has two bottom teethe now. He crawls all over the place, pulls up on anything and everything possible and often lets go to test the waters of taking that first step. He is really close to getting from a sitting to standing position without anything to pull up on or without any assistance. He's close but not quite there yet...we will wait. We are really not in a big hurry. Maddox adores his Daddy. He lights up when Greg walks in the room. He loves crawling all over him when Greg lays in the floor with him. I have loved watching Greg be a Dad. He's an amazing one. Maddox has made me so complete and so happy. I am so proud of him and all he has learned and how he continues to grow. My favorite recent thing he knows how to do is give kisses. Of course it is just him throwing his head forward at yours and slobbering on your lips...but it's a wonderful and sweet kiss to me! He knows that the music means it's dancing time and loves to dance. He's our one and only and he is oh so loved!

Our Happy, Sweet, Loving, Relentless, Intense, Busy, Strong-willed, All Boy, Did I mention Happy, very loved 10 month 2-teeth little BIG boy!

Bath time has always been a fun time of day but it has changed during the last ten months. It started with a petrified Mom and calm Daddy bathing a tiny boy in the kitchen sink to the tiny boy outgrowing the kitchen sink and moving into the tub and bathing with me to a tiny BIG boy kicking mom out of the tub and enjoying the big tub all to himself with room to kick around and play!

Rub a Dub Dub!

Raspberries are so good...and messy!
Our little "I Wanna do it all by myself" boy loves that he has learned to feed himself. Dinner and Lunch may take an hour but watching him learn to pick his food up and try to find his way to his mouth makes me a proud Mama!
We got to celebrate Maddox's friend Wyatt's 2nd b-day at Overton Park.

Maddox couldn't run around like many of the kids at the party but he loved watching them play and he enjoyed playing in the mulch (and of course trying to eat it)!

Happy Birthday Sweet Wyatt...Maddox cant wait to run around with you.

And here he goes....
Those legs are too cute!
Trying out the park swing for the first time!

Maddox checking out one of his favorite girls, Annalea, who was not enjoying her time in the swing as much as he was!
Sweet Potato face!