Sweet sweet Ian had a pretty low key 10th month. Although, truthfully his parents did not! :)
The first part of the month we were given some "free" sod that my parents had left over from on of their backyard projects. A bit of warning, when someone asks you if you want some "free" sod, understand that it does not mean that it will be the easiest thing ever to rip out and replace the grass you are using the free sod on. It took up two days to rip out about 100 square feet. It was by far one of the most labor intensive things we have done to the house....until we then decided to re-do our shower in the mater bath the weekend after the free sod weekend.
The shower has needed an update from day one of us owning the house. We had gotten 3 quotes to re-do the entire bathroom but all three quotes were astronomical that we decided that we should just focus on the problem maker (the shower) and leave the rest for the next owner. :)
It took us two days to demo the shower, and really Sam did a lot more of the grunt work then I did. I just was not physically capable to break the thick concrete on the shower pan....we then hired someone to do the shower. Let's just say, it went a little over the time estimate he gave me by about 2.5 weeks! But it turned out great and he even did the counter top on the vanity. All and all we are very happy with the look and hope that it will add a little more modern touch to the house.
Ian is very talkative these days and has a lot of personality. I think this month was really the first month that I noticed that he understands humor. I was tickling him and faked him out a few times and he totally understood the "joke". He also does this to Sam and I when he is eating, he will fake us out that he is about to put the food in his mouth and then quickly throws it on the floor!
Teething has been a bit of a struggle. He seems to get several teeth all at once. So it makes him very uncomfortable and very drooly. Currently, he has 3 upper teeth and 4 lower teeth. He is eating a lot more food with flavor, I made a chicken pot pie a few weeks ago and he could not get enough of it. He has pretty much moved away from actual baby food and is eating more solids than anything. We have also started to give him a little bit of cow's milk and I have stopped nursing him. It was getting to the point that nursing him was becoming more of a want over a
need. Since introducing solids, he wasn't nursing as much which meant that my supply was very low. He has taken the transition very well and he seems to like cows milk. Fingers crossed that by his birthday, he will be on cows milk and no more formula.
Clapping and waving are now a common source of communication. His wave first started out with a great bit arm wave and now has changed to the classic backwards hand opening closing wave. He understands when we say hello, hola, bye and adios, he will immediately wave to those queue and give you a great bit smile to boot. He loves to clap as well....we discovered that if you said, Yeah!!!! he would then clap so the first couple of times we would say yeahhhhh for no reason....it has now become a normal thing to clap at whatever and whenever.
He is starting to make more sounds and I think he has a common sound for Cora, Sam and myself. With Cora it sounds very close to her name but it's a high pitch sound and he usually only makes it when he sees her. Dadadadadada is very common for Sam and I although I sometimes get the muuuummmmm.
We had a very low key Halloween, mostly because he was running a fever. I was very excited for Halloween only because for about 2 months I looked forward to his costume of Charlie Brown. Well the Charlie Brown costume "looked" cute but there was a bit of drama when putting it on. The hole for the head was too small and I had to cut it to have it fit over Ian's head. But that of course was only after I tried about 3 times to get it on. Tears were shed and apologies were made but he looked so sweet and cute in it that feel that it was worth it. :)
The last couple of weeks I have been very sentimental on Ian turning one. I cannot believe how fast this year went and I only wish that time went a wee bit slower at this stage. Alas, that will not happen so we will continue to take each milestone with pride and joy.
Until next month......
The first part of the month we were given some "free" sod that my parents had left over from on of their backyard projects. A bit of warning, when someone asks you if you want some "free" sod, understand that it does not mean that it will be the easiest thing ever to rip out and replace the grass you are using the free sod on. It took up two days to rip out about 100 square feet. It was by far one of the most labor intensive things we have done to the house....until we then decided to re-do our shower in the mater bath the weekend after the free sod weekend.
The shower has needed an update from day one of us owning the house. We had gotten 3 quotes to re-do the entire bathroom but all three quotes were astronomical that we decided that we should just focus on the problem maker (the shower) and leave the rest for the next owner. :)
It took us two days to demo the shower, and really Sam did a lot more of the grunt work then I did. I just was not physically capable to break the thick concrete on the shower pan....we then hired someone to do the shower. Let's just say, it went a little over the time estimate he gave me by about 2.5 weeks! But it turned out great and he even did the counter top on the vanity. All and all we are very happy with the look and hope that it will add a little more modern touch to the house.
Ian is very talkative these days and has a lot of personality. I think this month was really the first month that I noticed that he understands humor. I was tickling him and faked him out a few times and he totally understood the "joke". He also does this to Sam and I when he is eating, he will fake us out that he is about to put the food in his mouth and then quickly throws it on the floor!
Teething has been a bit of a struggle. He seems to get several teeth all at once. So it makes him very uncomfortable and very drooly. Currently, he has 3 upper teeth and 4 lower teeth. He is eating a lot more food with flavor, I made a chicken pot pie a few weeks ago and he could not get enough of it. He has pretty much moved away from actual baby food and is eating more solids than anything. We have also started to give him a little bit of cow's milk and I have stopped nursing him. It was getting to the point that nursing him was becoming more of a want over a
need. Since introducing solids, he wasn't nursing as much which meant that my supply was very low. He has taken the transition very well and he seems to like cows milk. Fingers crossed that by his birthday, he will be on cows milk and no more formula.
Clapping and waving are now a common source of communication. His wave first started out with a great bit arm wave and now has changed to the classic backwards hand opening closing wave. He understands when we say hello, hola, bye and adios, he will immediately wave to those queue and give you a great bit smile to boot. He loves to clap as well....we discovered that if you said, Yeah!!!! he would then clap so the first couple of times we would say yeahhhhh for no reason....it has now become a normal thing to clap at whatever and whenever.
He is starting to make more sounds and I think he has a common sound for Cora, Sam and myself. With Cora it sounds very close to her name but it's a high pitch sound and he usually only makes it when he sees her. Dadadadadada is very common for Sam and I although I sometimes get the muuuummmmm.
We had a very low key Halloween, mostly because he was running a fever. I was very excited for Halloween only because for about 2 months I looked forward to his costume of Charlie Brown. Well the Charlie Brown costume "looked" cute but there was a bit of drama when putting it on. The hole for the head was too small and I had to cut it to have it fit over Ian's head. But that of course was only after I tried about 3 times to get it on. Tears were shed and apologies were made but he looked so sweet and cute in it that feel that it was worth it. :)
The last couple of weeks I have been very sentimental on Ian turning one. I cannot believe how fast this year went and I only wish that time went a wee bit slower at this stage. Alas, that will not happen so we will continue to take each milestone with pride and joy.
Until next month......
