Daven is a few days shy of 10 months now and man is he a big boy! For about the past month he has been army crawling around, and he can get around fast! Now he is crawling on his hands and knees (unless he's tired or lazy). AND he can pull himself up to stand! He always has this proud look on his face after he does it. Either that or he gets frustrated when he can't right away and starts crying.
I have had Daven sleeping in his crib for I'd say at least a month now. I thought I was going to die at first, but we got a video monitor so that I can look up and check on him any time during the night. He's still nowhere near sleeping through the night, but most nights it's getting better.
It was really odd to me that we had to lower the crib so soon after he started sleeping in it. But of course that was all me. If he had been sleeping in it all along...at least I have come this far.
Daven has 7 teeth now and when he bites, it hurts! He's eating some table food in very small quantities. It makes me so nervous because he chokes so easily when he's eating anything that requires chewing. I'm still making food for him, but his favorite is the Gerber yogurt.
Just within the past couple of days he's started saying "dada" a lot. And he growls like a dino all of the time. Then he smiles. Then he growls some more. Last night we were out to eat and there was a little girl in a high chair at the table next to us. He growled at her. What a flirt!
Now thinking back...
Towards the beginning of October we went to the Louisville Zoo for their Halloween. Daven wore his costume and we all had a great time. I'm really glad we did, because on Halloween itself, there was family overload and Daven just ended up being grumpy and tired. He was our cute little Rex from Toy Story!
Also in October we went to New Albany's Harvest Homecoming where Daven tried his first snow cone and breading off of a corn dog.
Daven really liked the corn dog breading.
We went to Hubers to go pumpkin picking. Daven loved the tractor ride to and from the bumbie patch and he tried to eat the pumpkins.
Every day in between I have been racing from work so that I can spend as much time with Daven as possible before he goes to bed at night. Since A has been going to school 2 days a week, it's been rough. On Mondays and Wednesdays I don't see him until after 9 at night. I have been going to bed when Daven does for the most part. Pure exhaustion.
Thanksgiving was good. We went to my parents for lunch and then to A's parents for dinner. Lots of good food. Really not too much to say about that! Well, besides the fact that he had a major blow-out at my parents which involved me gagging and Daven getting bath #2 of the day!
I have been going a bit overboard in preparation of Daven's first Christmas and then his first birthday the next month. We've got to try to start planning for his first birthday party, which I'm sure is going to end up being massive.
Well I think that's about all the updating I can do for now. I'm hoping to get to this at least once a week. ::crosses fingers::
