10 months old!!!!

Easton James

10 months old

Easton Loves:

binkies

bottles

blankets

books

baths

mommy

oranges

baby einstein

juice

blocks

Easton Hates:

bibs

being wiped

getting dressed

having his diaper changed

sitting still

A lot has changed in this past month. Easton is now a very fast scooter. He likes to stand holding on to things and he cruises around the furniture very slowly. He loves for us to hold his hands and walk/run him around the house. The faster we go the more he enjoys it. His little legs getting moving so fast and he can totally keep up. Both Case and I think he will be a speedy little bugger. He also tries to climb over or lunge off of everything.

He loves playing peekaboo with blankets. He can now wave bye bye, clap his hands, and give high fives. He insists on feeding himself and finally figured out how to hold his sippy cup. He is a very determined young man. He decided he was done nursing and basically weaned himself. At first I was really sad, but now I am loving the freedom of not having to pump at work!!!!

Easton makes the funniest noises. He always trills his tongue and makes these high little yelping noises. He says bah bah, momma, dada, and yeah. Yeah is my favorite and it kinda of sounds like uh yeah.

He is starting to learn how to be a stinker. He will look at Casey or I right before he is about to do something naughty and will shakes his head no, no. He can also shake his head yes but uses no a lot more often. He also has started throwing things out of the high chair, bath, shopping cart, car seat, etc.... He thinks he is hilarious. He also gets very upset when we take something away from him that he wants but shouldn't have. He basically flings himself on the floor crying. Isn't that supposed to happen during the terrible twos? We are in trouble!!!

Easton is really starting to love his books. This makes my heart happy as I am a fellow book lover. He can turn the pages on his own and will pat the characters and feel the little touch and feel patches on each page. He babbles the whole time like he is reading the story out loud.

We are so in love with our little man and feel like the time is flying by way too fast. It has been hard for me to let go of my sweet little baby and see him get closer and closer to the toddler stage. I kind of want to freeze time for a little while and just keep Easton little. I am sure many other moms feel the same way. Its hard to watch your babies grow up!!

Easton's first Easter

Easter has always been on of my favorite holidays. I remember that getting a pretty new dress was such a big deal to me. Well and the candy is the best candy all year!

I had a hard time picking out E's Easter outfit. I found the jacket and those adorable socks first and knew I had to have white shorts to go with them. This was not an easy task. When I finally found some they were $32!!!! I couldn't justify spending that much on something he was bound to wear only a few times and probably ruin anyway. After much heartache over walking away from the $32 pair, H&M came to the rescue. I think the outfit turned out to be darling. The tiny Sperry's were just the icing on the cake. I thought he looked so adorable I just had to do a photo shoot.

He didn't really care much about anything in his basket aside from the paper grass. He wanted to eat it so bad!!! Silly baby boy. It was a fun first Easter for our little man. So thankful for our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. He has given us everything and brings so much peace and joy!

9 months old!!!

9 months

love me some bare skin ;)

Easton James

9 months old

17.75 Lbs

28.5 ''

Easton Loves:

eating

moving

dancing

mommy

daddy

blankets

binkies

baths

Easton Hates:

being left alone

getting dressed

sitting still

having his hands held

getting his face wiped

Easton is moving all over the place now. He is a super fast scooter and is very determined to get where he wants to go. Changing his clothes and diaper have gotten ridiculous. I have to bribe him with all kinds of shiny objects, I otherwise would not let him have, just to get him to hold still for 5 seconds while I get his diaper off and a new one on. (cute and silly but also kind of stinkerish and buggy).

Easton still loves Baby Einstein, but he no longer will sit through the whole thing. He gets distracted with all of the potential for destruction around him. Whenever music plays he kind of bounces to the beat. So adorable. He has also learned to shake his head no. He still doesn't have the exact right context of when to use it, but its adorable.

Easton has 6 teeth now. Two bottom and four top. The top four took forever to cut though the gums and they made him miserable. He also got a nasty earache about 3 weeks ago. I was devastated to see my baby so sad and in pain.

Easton loves to eat solids!! He will open his mouth to anything I offer. He especially loves cheese and oranges. He gets ticked when I take the rind away from him. He also babbles as he eats. The second food hits his mouth he starts to make noise. (very "What About Bob")

We went to the park for the first time last week and he loved the swings and the slide. Easton loves being outside and going for walks. I am so excited that the weather is getting warmer. We will be spending a lot more time outside now!

Melty.....

Oh this baby boy brings so much joy into my life! I cannot express what it means to me to have the opportunity to raise this precious angel. Being a mother is the most amazing, tiring, confusing, exciting, and joyous calling I have ever been given. The poor kid basically gets smothered in kisses all day everyday. Love my baby boy.

mini missionary

I hope they call me on a mission.....

I promise to wear pants ;)

Scootin Baby

8 months old!!!!

Easton James

8 months

Happy Boy

Last time in the bumbo :(

(shortly after this picture he flopped

out of the bumbo. Luckily I had

moved it to the floor!)

Easton Loves:

baby einstein

mommy

dancing

banging toys together

baths

straps, strings, cords

binkies

riding in the shopping cart

Easton Hates:

getting dressed

having anything on his face wiped

blenders

sitting still

having toys taken away

Time is flying! I look at my baby boy and wonder how he got so big so fast. Easton is becoming very independent. He wants to feed himself and turn the pages of his book and hold whatever somebody else has. He no longer wants to sit still on my lap. He practically flings himself towards whatever he wants.

He is quite the scooter and roller. His scooting is hilarious. It is more like a swim stroke than actual scooting but it gets him where he wants to go.

He finally got his top two teeth after weeks of being a little miserable and a lot drooly! He has a fierce bite. I have to watch my fingers. He did the dreaded bite while nursing the other day. It was a product of him being tired and not really aware but man it hurt and made me jump!

We found out last night E has a nasty earache. He was screaming or crying a good portion of the day and by 7 p.m. he had a pretty high fever so we took him to the Dr. Poor little man was the most miserable I have ever seen him. It broke my heart. He is doing much better today though and is on an antibiotic to get rid of the infection. So glad my happy little guy is feeling more like himself.

Easton is the joy of our lives. His spirit is so sweet, fun, and goofy. He makes us laugh and smile all of the time. We are so blessed by this little man.