Dylan is 10 Months!

So this month's picture was a FAIL.  He immediately ripped off the sticker and crumpled it up.
Oh, well!  It's kind of funny.  :)

Owen kept saying "Me too!" when I was taking D's picture!

Sleep: Dylan's sleep schedule has not changed.  He still sleeps 11-12 hours a night and takes two naps a day.  He will take a short morning nap around 9ish and usually sleeps for about an hour.  Then he takes a longer mid-afternoon nap for about 2 hours.  We are getting closer and closer to phasing out that morning nap.  I think I'll be doing that much sooner with Dylan than I did with Owen.  Dylan just doesn't need as much sleep.

Size:  Not sure if his weight and height this month... but I'm assuming a little bigger than last month (duh).  He is wearing 12 month clothes and we have moved him to size 4 diapers.

Special Visits:  Pawpaw and Grandma came up a few weeks ago to help put together the playset for the boys.  They had a fun time hanging out with the boys, but I didn't get many pictures.  I know they took a bunch though.  We also had all my family over for Father's Day.  They all had a fun time playing!

Firsts:  Dylan is cruising around the furniture like nobody's business!  He has found the walker and started to walk around the house using the walker.  He will also walk while holding onto my hands - no, not even my hands, just my index fingers!  Jimmy and I have bets going as to when he will walk on his own.  I think it will happen before he turns 11 months.

Cruising!

 He also climbed all the way, YES, ALL THE WAY, up the stairs by himself.  I was doing dishes and heard Owen saying "Uh oh D!" So I came looking for him and here he was... standing at the top of the stairs holding onto the gate.  Yeah, the gate went back up that evening.

Owen helping him steer the walker.

Playing in the water table for the first time!

He is also using a sippy cup now.  He likes the ones Owen uses with the straw.  He learned this skill in no time, picked it up almost immediately.  He amazes us!

Likes:  He has become much more vocal, squealing and making all kinds of new sounds.  He now says "mamamama" and "dadadada" but we don't think he associates me or Jimmy with those words yet.  He loves going for walks and often falls asleep in the stroller.  It's getting so hot out that we haven't been on many walks lately.  His new favorite thing is to swing!  We put his infant swing on the playset and he will sit in that swing for an hour with a little happy smirk on his face while Owen runs around.  Makes it a lot easier for me to handle both of them outside.  He has become much more physical with Owen too.  He loves to crawl all over him and rough house.  Yes, it has begun!

LOVESSS the remotes.

Loves pulling the towels off of the stove. 

Are the cookies done yet?!?

He loves to shake the cabinet doors (they have locks on them) and, of course, Owen joins in too!

Hanging with brother in the play room!

All smiles.

Eating some steamed sweet potato.

Playing with brother through the screen door!

We are heading to the beach tomorrow morning for a family vacation.  Jimmy and I are both so excited to get out of town for a little bit.  I'll probably do a blog post when we return detailing our trip.

Happy summer!

Love,

Judi