10 Months

Dear Enzo,

What an exciting month. Each month gets better than the last! You have turned into my little climber. You aren't walking yet(although you love to cruise along the furniture) but you love to climb on everything! You use my legs as a step to climb up on the couch. You are my little monkey!

Which is exactly what you plan to be for Halloween. You had your first trip to the pumpkin farm(grandma took all the pictures) and enjoyed it as well as you could. You were stuck in the stroller for much of the visit, as we couldn't have you crawling around in the dirt.

You sure are fast at crawling! It is a constant battle to get you to stay in one place. You are constantly on the go. Busy does not begin to describe you. Diaper changing time is quite challenging! Mama has to distract you with a book or toy in order to keep you from taking off. If we are somewhere other than our house, forget it! It takes two people to hold you down.

You have mastered the high five, although you won't give one to just anyone. Mama can always coax one out. You are still my awesome sleeper, sleeping 11-12 hours a night. You naps seem to be changing a little, but you still get 3-4 hours combined. You have started to babble like crazy and will say mama, dada, baba, yuck and shake your head no. You also have learned how to growl at Mama when I do something you don't like. Although it is funny, I hope this won't be something you do often. You have become a little mimic, parroting sounds that I make. You won't do it on demand, but whenever I say "yay", two seconds later I hear a sweet little "yay! "

You had another tooth pop through, for a total of 7. Four on top and three on the bottom. Who knows when the next one will pop through. In the mean time, we are enjoying your happy disposition. I sure do love you little boy.

Love,

Mama

9 months

Dear Enzo,

This week you turned 9 months, holy moly! Where did my little baby go? You are on the go from the time you wake up to the time you fall asleep. You are into absolutely everything, and you aren't even walking yet! This last month you perfected your crawling, started climbing, and are working on the walking thing. You can walk along the couch with the best of them, around the corners and everything. You pull up on things I would have never imagined, like the back of my pant legs. Strong is definitely the best word to describe you! Your latest nicknames are bonk and dozer. You seem to bonk your head on everything and like to bulldoze anything in your path!

Your eating habits are still awesome. You have yet to meet a food you don't like. You are working on the whole feeding yourself thing, and are getting better at it everyday. You still love to sleep as well. Mommy still really appreciates that! Music, books, and exploring are your three favorite things to do.

You are such a happy boy, even while you are teething! Daddy and I are still waiting for your next tooth to pop through to make tooth # 7. Once it does, maybe all the drooling kisses will stop. Just the drooling hopefully, not the kisses.

Like most babies, you love anything electronic. The phone, iPhones, remotes, and camera are never safe when you are around. You love to stick them in your mouth and press all the buttons.

This month you crawled up in my lap for the first time and it just melted my heart! I'm not going to be able to call you my baby for much longer. You are getting so big! I weighed you the other day and you were 19.5 lbs, not too shabby. You are still fitting into 9 months clothes, but the length is getting a little short. You are at an in between size of diapers right now. 3's seem to small, but 4's are too big. I'm sure that will change in no time, as you are growing so fast!

I love you, my little boy!

Love,

Mama

playing in the laundry basket

messy eater

This is usually what Enzo ends up looking like after eating a meal. Whether is is breakfast, lunch, or dinner, it ends up everywhere! Notice how his jammies have oatmeal on them. Enzo likes to eat his clothes as well as his food.

8 Months

Dear Enzo,

Today you are 8 months old! This month again has brought many changes for you. Last week you cut your top two teeth, which brings you to a total of four. Now if Mama could figure out how to stop you from grinding them! You also started crawling. There is no stopping you now! If you see something that interests you, you go for it. If it is something that you shouldn't have, even better! Daddy or I will call your name and you go into turbo mode. You crawl as fast as you can while giggling until you reach the item. I like to call you bulldozer as you power through everything in your way.

You are my happy little boy who loves to sleep. You sleep an average of 11 hours a night and get in 4 hours of naps throughout the day. Since you started crawling sometimes you have 5-6 hours of naps. You just wear yourself out! From the time you wake up until you go to sleep, you are go, go, go!

Mama went back to work this week after having 5 wonderful weeks off. We had tons of playdates, went to the state fair, visited with cousins on both sides, went swimming, went to a wedding with you and Mama and Daddy went to a wedding without you. You had cousin pictures taken, went to John's incredible Pizza, went to the park, took our nightly walks, tried new foods, went out to lunch many times, and had tons of Mommy/Enzo time! Mama was really glad to be able to spend so much time with you, especially when I was healthy and had enough sleep to enjoy it! Luckily Mama only has to work 3 days a week most the time, so I get plenty of time with you.

This month marks the start of many new foods to eat. We started a couple nights ago with shredded cheese which you weren't too sure about. But once again, after trying it a few times, you loved it! Next with be yogurt, chunkier foods, egg yolks, pasta, rice, meats and more. Lucky for you that you will soon be able to eat most everything Mama does. You are my little vulture, swiping whatever you can off my plate, regardless of if you have had it before. Every time I eat something, no matter what it is, you stare at me with your little puppy dog eyes, begging me to give you some. When I tell you no, you get this smile on your face, like "I'm so cute, don't you want to share with me?!" Believe me, I do want to share with you, but not everything is safe for you to eat yet, but soon it will be! You have mastered puffs and bread, and are working at getting them in your mouth all the time instead of half the time. You tried your first cheerio today.

Your hair has started to come in all the sudden and it is golden blonde. With those beautiful blue eyes, the girls are going to be in trouble! You are already such a little flirt. But no matter how much you love to flirt with the girls, you love Mama best, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Love,

Mama

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