Jordan, Kristine & Lil' Owen: 10 Months

I can't believe my little bug is 10 months old. That is just way too close to a year for my liking! He is getting more and more fun each day and we just love him more than anything!

Nicknames: Bug, Little Bug, Buggie, Owie
Favorite food: Cheerios or crackers. Realistically though, it's french fries and ice cream
Least favorite food: Eggs. He hates them! Also hates anything he is unsure about. When you try to feed him something, he will make my favorite face ever. He squints his eyes as tight as they will go together as the food gets closer and closer. It's the best.
Words: Ma, Da, Hi, Bye. He seems like he is going to be an early talker. When I say something like, "Do you want to go to the PARK?", he will sound it out and say something like "Paaa".
Learned to clap, make a fishy face and give the best kisses. Actually, sometimes the only way I can get him to give me a kiss is if I make a fishy face and give a fishy kiss.
He is a fast little crawler. He is still walking along things pretty well, but doesn't seem to have an interest in walking yet.
He is pretty skinny and little (or so everyone says). I swear I feed him plenty, but he is a mover and a shaker so he burns the calories right off.
Unloads the DVS on our shelf no less than 4 times per day. He would unload it more, but by the 4th time, I am so sick of restocking them, so I just leave them on the floor.
His FAVORITE activity is unloading things. "Oh, there are still things in this basket? Ok, let me just go ahead and keep throwing them out..."
LOVES dogs. He whines like he is crying because he gets so excited. I have found animal shows on TV a few times and he is in heaven. His favorite book is a little book of puppies his Grammy gave him.
Lives for any kind of beat. This kid is a dancer! Sometimes he will get on all fours and just bang his head up and down. And it isn't uncommon for him to dance so hard, he tips over. He gets so excited when we turn on music. He definitely gets this from the Gildea side!
His favorite things to get into are the last thing any mother would want their baby to get into: the toilet, toilet brushes and the plunger. It's so gross! And he definitely has selective hearing when we tell him "no" when he tries to play with it.
He has turned a new leaf and is becoming the best sleeper! He takes 2 naps that last at least 2 hours (sometimes more like 3 hours...) and he is even mostly sleeping through the night! (besides a few mornings when he wakes up at 5 just to eat). I can't tell you how awesome this is.
Still very into grinding his teeth and biting things. Grinds them on our coffee table, his books, DVDS and pretty much anything else that looks good. He even tried to bit my toes the other day.
Loves to be outside. We could go on a walk for hours and he would still not be bored. Loves to sit straight up in his stroller ready for action.
Sometimes I think that he thinks he is 4 years old. When there are older kids playing in our neighborhood, he crawls right over to them like he is just part of the gang. He also thinks that he can ride bikes and scooters. He is just so sick of being a baby!

Pics this month were a struggle (I know I say that every month, but this time I mean it!) He moves way too much and we took them too late in the day...

My sister Kate gave him this hat and I would be lying if I didn't say it wasn't the stinkin cutest thing I have ever seen. At first he wanted nothing to do with it, but now he will actually keep it on his head.