Nolan's 10 Month Pictures

Smile!

Eating in Mom's highchair from 1980.

How big is Nolan? SO BIG!

Splish, splash I was playing in the bath...

This is my mad face....ha!

Hello everyone!

Walking in Mom's walker from 1980!

Here's looking at you kid!

Feeding myself puffs!

Crawling up the stairs!

Baby Blue Eyes

Nolan's 10 Months Old

Nolan is 10 months old today! It is hard to believe that in 2 short months he will be 1 year old. Everyday is an exciting adventure with him as we continue to watch him laugh, learn, and play. People say when you have kids it's hard to remember what your life was like before. Let me assure you, I can remember. I remember only having to worry about myself, getting myself ready for the day, taking a nap when I wanted to, getting up on the weekends when I was ready, making plans on the weekends at the last minute, etc. Now that I can remember, I also know that I wouldn't want to go back to that time. I enjoy rushing home or to Kelly's to pick him up after work. I can't wait to get home to play with him and feed him dinner. I enjoy waking up in the mornings to him standing up in his crib, smiling and holding his arms up for me to pick him up. I love his giggles and seeing his little smirk on his face when he does something he knows he shouldn't be doing. I love watching him learn to walk and to see how proud he gets of himself when he takes a few steps! Blogger isn't letting me upload pictures right now...so I will put pictures in the next post.

At 10 months Nolan....

• Weighs 19lbs 4 oz
• Length- 28 inches
• Drinks 4 7oz bottles a day. (2 or 3 bottles are breastmilk and 1 is formula)
• Eats-apple rice cereal, fruit, veggies, yogurt, yogurt melts, Gerber crunchies, puffs, and turkey with sweet potatoes-his favorite Gerber "meal."
• Fed himself for the first time on Christmas Day! He now feeds himself puffs all the time. He switches between his right and left hand, but uses mostly left.
• STILL wears size 2 diapers.....I thought for sure we would be in size 3 by now...we bought so many size 3 yet whenever we need more diapers, out to the store we go for size 2.
• Wears a few 6 month outfits, but mostly 9 or 12 month clothes.
• HATES taking baths! He used to love them, but now that we are using the big tub he does not like them.
• Words he understands-stop, no (although he doesn't always obey), bounce, come here, up, ball, walk, no hands, stand, so big, puffs, bottle, more, all done.
  
• Nolan is able to follow simple commands such as: Come here, stop, go get your ball, put the ball in the cup, walk, bounce, put the toy in the basket, shake-shake-shake. We are working on learning the color red and finding toys that are red....he's doing a good job since we just started today!
• Claps hands, gives high-fives, waves bye bye, gives kisses on the cheek (licks your cheek basically) and knows how to do ..."How big is Nolan?......SOOO BIG! He will raise his arms up. He will also do it for hooray!
  
• Loves to play with balls-he will roll them to us, roll them across the room and go chase them, chew on them, put them in cups, baskets, etc.
  
• Crawls everywhere and learned how to crawl up the stairs,
• Cruises along furniture and stands holding on to things very well. He now has started to stand without hanging onto anything
• TOOK HIS FIRST STEPS!!! He is able to take 2-3 steps before falling down.
• Has started to drink from his sippy cup during meal times. He still is not quite sure how much he likes it.
• Loves music-he will shake his head to the music and now has started to move his body.
• He likes to be by people and where all the action is.
• He loves to walk in my walker I had from a baby-he moves so fast around the kitchen and dining room.
• He has learned to throw things off his highchair....once his throws it off 2 times I take it away. Yes I am that mean mom.
• He has started to drink from a sippy cup at lunch and dinner-he will have juice and water....he doesn't drink a whole lot.
• Said "Mama" on New Years Day. He says "Dada" a lot too.
• Brings joy to our lives each day!
  

9 Month Photos

Happy with Mom

Helping with the laundry

Santa...I really need more toys!

Pulling myself up on the couch

Walking with my walker

Happy with Dad

Can't I open just one?

Santa's Little Helper

Saturday mornings

Baby blue eyes

9 Months

Nolan is 9 months old and has CHANGED so much in the last month! He learned how to crawl around 7.5 -8 months and now in this past week he has started to pull himself up on EVERYTHING. He also began started to "cruise" along furniture and walk with his walker! It definately makes it harder to leave the room for a minute because you never know what he is going to get into or pull up on. Yesterday he also pulled himself up into the standing position in his crib for the first time...looks like we will need to get out the teething covers for his crib.



We are so excited for Christmas this weekend as it will be the first time Nolan gets to open presents. He loves to play with paper so I am sure he will enjoy it! Jimmy and I want to take him to go see Santa either tomorrow or Friday....I am sure Nolan will scream at the top of his lungs as he has developed "stranger anxiety" like you wouldn't believe! I think it will still make for a cute picture....and a memory!

At 9 months Nolan.....

• Weighs 18lbs


• Not sure about length...we go next week for his doctor appointment


• Wears size 2 diapers still


• Wears mostly 6-9 month clothes


• Takes roughly a 2 hour nap in the morning and afternoon


• Goes to bed between 7:30 and 8:00 p.m. and sleeps til 7:30 or 8:00 a.m. unless he is going to daycare


• Loves to shake his head to music


• Gives high fives, claps, and is working on waving bye-bye


• Pulls himself up on people, couches, toy tables, etc.


• Has started to take a few steps with his walker and will cruise along furniture


• LOVES bathtime and loves water


• Eats 2 70z bottles and 2 6oz bottles a day


• Is not really a big eater.....he will eat about 1/2 a jar of fruit, 1/2 a jar of veggies a day and cereal in the morning. He does not like anything solid....he spits it out.


• Loves to read books before bedtime-especially touch and feel books


• Sucks on his thumb when he sleeps


• LOVES TO CUDDLE!


• Has developed a sense of attachment to Jimmy and me....is afraid of strangers


• Loves to figure out how things "work." He will flip his toys over to see where the music is coming from and try to open it.


• Has the longest eyelashes and such big blue eyes


• Has started to learn how to stack cups inside of each other


• Shakes his head back and fourth when my mom says "No, No, No"


• Is learning what stop and don't touch mean


• Likes to look out the window every morning


• Had his first bath in the big kid tub


• Continues to bring joy to our lives each day!

Crawling

Nolan has been "crawling" for a few weeks now. At first it was an army crawl, then it turned into an inch worm crawl, and then this weekend it became an official crawl. He gets so excited and smiles when he does it. It's so cute when he gives you that look like "You can't catch me!" He also will try to stand on his back legs with his hands on the ground and try to walk or get into the push up position. (If he continues at this rate, he will have abs soon!) This Christmas will definately be exciting for Nolan and for Jimmy and me. He already likes the presents under the tree and we can't wait to experience our 1st Christmas as a family of three!