Walker is 9 months....10 months.....11 months old!

I DID write each of these in real time....just never posted b/c they didn't have pics. I'm just giving up now ;) 

9 months old!

Weight: 21lbs 6oz (78th percentile)
Length: 29.25in (84th percentile)
Head: 17.75in (52nd percentile)

I thought this was pretty entertaining....the doctor saw his weight and asked if he has been sick lately? I said yes, he had a pretty mean stomach virus that seemed to last forever (we took him to the Urgent Care). He stated that it made sense b/c Walker's weight has dropped and that we should work on getting that back up. Whaaat?! He' still in the 78th percentile! But I guess he should be in the 90s? Ha! That won't be a problem b/c the kid loves to eat but my goodness. You'd think the doc would be happy with this chunky monkey as is!

Walker, you now have 4 teeth, JUST pulled up to your feet today!, feeding yourself more solids every day, can crawl so fast to keep up with your brother (and giggle the whole way!), and you want to get into everything!

You have been waking up at least once a night now for the past 2 weeks but the doc said this is normal for this age and should last 2 or 3 months or less. Let's hope!

10 months old!
No stats but you got your 5th tooth this month!

Sleeping like a rock star again - thank goodness! (Actually, I guess rock stars don't really sleep?)

This recap would have covered the month of December I guess? Sorry baby doll, busy month, totally skipped it, but cherished every waking minute with you!

11 months old!
Weight: 22lbs 10oz

We know weight b/c of a sick visit this month. You got the viral snotty crud with a 3 day fever. You didn't get sick until the day after Christmas so we will take it! You are absolutely the sweetest little guy when you're sick. Tons of snuggles, lots of sleeping, rarely fussy. What a little lover. I could snuggle you all day!

I'm in love with your perfect head of hair. Time to cut it soon! :(

Sleeping through the night again like a champ! You're my easy one these days since Gray has been waking up in the middle of the night and refuses to go back down until someone comes to lay with him.  (sigh) I'm sure once we get past this, it will be your turn again. :) I may never sleep again!

You just stand there and coo for me until I come to get you. Sweetest baby ever!

You started cruising the furniture this month! You seem so comfortable on your feet and really only hold onto things with 1 hand. Walking any day? Possibly!

You are simply delightful! Instant smile and giggles when we look at you, you love to engage! Lots of arm waving and giddiness from you. I think you also love music, which blows my mind b/c Grayson is just starting to show an interest in music and dancing. You seem to love to dance already!

With Cousin Edi on your 11 month birthday, New Years Day!

Your 6th tooth is coming in and overall, teething hasn't been too bad! You now eat everything we eat for the most part. I'm still reluctant with tough foods. Lately, you're on an all meat boycot. So that's nice and stressful.

So this randomly may just be a picture of you eating meat but if it is, it was the 1 and only time ever. Boo to your distaste for protein.

You say Uh oh! now. Dada is coming out more but you said Mama first so I'm totally calling this one! Grayson's first word was Dada. Yours is Mama. (Actually, it was Uh oh, but as far as parents go, it's ME.) ;)

You have become so curious and want everything of your brothers. You can wrestle with the best of them. Grayson can really bring you to a face plant on the carpet and you just giggle! It's the cutest. You are in my drawers like crazy now! We weren't going to child proof but I don't know how we will get by without it! Your Dad hated child proofing every single cabinet and drawer in our last house - there's NO WAY he'll do it in this one!

This is our last month with my baby before you turn the big 1! I can not believe how fast this year has flown by! I know people say that all the time but I am just left in awe with how you have grown up in the blink of an eye. We are planning your 1st birthday and will have more here on that! Your very 1st birthday falls on a Saturday this year - lucky you ;)

Holiday Recap 2013

This will be a relatively quick wrap-up of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and NYE...

Halloween
We had a season of fun crafts, school parties and dress up! Grayson wanted to be Batman - I thought for sure he would change his mind since I bought the costume about 5 weeks early and limited his play time with it hoping to preserve his interest. Sure enough - he still only had eyes for Batman! Walker went as The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The cutest costume I feel lucky to have come across. I mean, just look at them! :)

Thanksgiving has become one of my favorite weeks out of the whole year! It has become a tradition where Amanda and Andrew come in for a full week and Andrea and Rogan join us for most of that week. The only week out of the year where we are all together and for an extended period of time. I love it and I love watching all of them with my boys. They are the best Aunts and Uncles! We spent the week just being together, lots of couch time, some outings to good restaurants and a lot of play time on Grayson's "boat" (Mimi's runner area rug), building Lincoln Log houses, forts and army bases for all of Grayson's dozens of army men. 

I adore this photo! I wish we got one of Andrea and Rogan!

Annual golfing in Mimi and Pop's backyard

Fun times with Charmaine!

A lovely meal around all of our stuff. We were using this area as storage between homes :)

A lovely tablescape by Earlene and Andrea :)

Christmas was such a special time. The holidays mean so much more to me now that I'm a Mom. These little guys just make everything so much more meaningful. First, we kicked off Christmas with Grayson's school music show. They sang Jingle Bells, Away in a Manger and Feliz Navidad. They are learning Spanish this year, which is always cute to hear! :)

Superhero Grayson helped put up the tree with his Daddy and his cape. :)

We moved in mid-December but getting Christmas up was a top priority! 

Christmas Eve is always held at my parents' house but this year, my Dad was sick. :( We had a last minute shift to our house and kept it small with just Ma, Charmaine and my mom. I would love to have the entire extended family over at some point but we just weren't ready on such short notice.

I love this picture of Mimi with her boys.

Grayson got to open 2 presents on Christmas Eve before bedtime. I thought it would be a great time to read The Nativity Story and open his first Little People Nativity Scene. He really enjoyed it and helped to set it up. He knew exactly where Baby Jesus and the manger should go (courtesy of school, no doubt). So cute :)

We opened gifts at our house Christmas morning and had Mimi over for a while before we headed to the Reynolds Family Christmas. I had big plans to keep things simple with gift giving for the boys this year. We were going to do the Big 4 gifts that seem to be really popular right now in our church circles: Something they Want, Something they Need, Something to Wear, Something to Read. But somewhere between my decision to do that and Christmas morning, I blacked out and went a tad overboard. Still nothing like I've seen some people online but it was more than I intended. :/ 

We could have just given Walker pacifiers and he would have been happy!

Around this time, I started noticing that people clean out their play rooms to make room for incoming Christmas gifts. I offered a few friends to take some baby toys off their hands. ;) I wrapped them, they're new to us, didn't spend a dime and Walker was happy, happy, happy! Here he's playing with his new (to him) guitar.

Walker also played with Grayson's new pots and pans. You know, for the kitchen we gave away when we moved (sigh)

We gathered at Kara's house (Beau's sister) for Christmas Day fun and food!

Grayson had an idea that he was getting a toy gun for Christmas and asked every single person every 10 seconds when we were opening gifts. :)

Pawpaw helping him open the box. He thinks it's really cool that all Reynolds men carry a knife on them at all times. ;)

Payton and Edi with Aunt Kara (Edi's mom)

Edi is the cutest little red head that you ever will meet!

Cousins

Dadgy helping Grayson open his big bag of gifts from he and Grammy

Payton got her first real rifle

New Years Eve

My girlfriends and I decided to do a family-friendly NYE celebration since finding that many babysitters would be tough on such a big night! It was a blast - we gathered at Lisa and Lenny's house, they had some awesome food, the kids were crazy and Kelly and John brought tons of liquor! Cheers to her brother being a Patron rep! We always talk about getting the kids together for pics and I'm always sad when we don't but we each have two kids: a 3ish year old and a 1ish year old. With there being 10 or 12 of them together at a time. That is a beating of a photo attempt!! :) So this is all we have...

Thank God for play rooms! We actually got some good conversations in ;)

Lisa, Lindsey, Martha, Kelly and me. Just missing Ruby!

That about covers it! Hope everyone had a Spooky Halloween, lots to be thankful for over Thanksgiving, a very Merry Christmas and Cheers to a Happy New Year!