Month 11

Happy 11 Months to my Handsome Big Boy!  Wait…what???  11 months?!  :s

It seems like only yesterday that I was pregnant…but at the same time it feels like a thousand years ago.  I guess when you’re in the thick of it…time ticks so slowly, but then when you look back, it’s hard to believe the year is almost gone!  And oh boy, what a year of changes!

I'm getting socks for Christmas? Waaaah!

Well ladies and ummm ladies. (I don’t think many gentlemen read this blog), WE HAVE A CRAWLER!!!  Nov. 6^th is the official documented date when he crawled from the carpet to the dog dish.  Yum….Kibble! I was getting worried that he was never going to figure it out – and now my world is suddenly a lot busier.  He is into everything! Drawers, cupboards, bags!  Gone are the days where you could plonk him down in the center of a room and be confident that he wouldn’t get into trouble.  Along with the crawling, came the “pulling up” and “furniture cruising” - which has caused a few lumps, bumps, and tears!!!  Oh…and it also created some attitude!  Mr. Independent suddenly realizes that he gets a say (or so he thinks) about when and where he wants to go.  Now we’re all waiting for (or dreading?) the next milestone…walking!  :)

We put up the Christmas tree a little early - an artificial.  I have always decorated for Christmas, but now having a little one, it feels so much more important to make all the holidays special and create traditions.  Initially, he was petrified of the green tree “limbs” that I brought up by the armloads from the basement.  He would tentatively reach out to touch them and quickly draw back as if he’d been bitten.  Oh how I wish he was still terrified of the tree!  I finally had to move all of the ornaments and lights half way up as it was his single daily mission to remove/rearrange/eat whatever he could touch…including the artificial pine needles.  Sigh.  He’s like a cat that eats the tinsel!

Spaghetti face!!

Thankfully we found daycare for Bryce.  She comes highly recommended and had MUCH more interest than available spots.  She is only taking 3 little ones so I feel blessed to be “one of the chosen”.  As I said to “Daddy” at the interview…WE were the ones really being interviewed for her service!  It’s definitely going to be an adjustment for all of us!  And poor wee Bryce…he is unfortunately going to be “thrown into the fire” without the traditional week of “pre-visits”.  The daycare is not actually re-opening until January after being closed for a year due to family reasons.  There will be no time for slow integration! :(

We are busily and excitedly planning for Bryce’s 1^st Birthday party which will be a joint celebration with his Great Grandma who will be 99 years old!  I look forward to posting pictures on the 12th month update!

That's it for now.  See you back here soon.