10 Months

Wow, I'm really slacking on all of Tyler's monthly updates!! Maybe one of these days I'll actually get a picture on the actual day he turns the next month old and get a post up on that same day!!! I really can't believe how fast time is flying by. It seems like just yesterday that Tyler was born, and now he is only 2 months away from being 1. What happened?! Well he is getting more and more fun as the days pass by and it's so fun to watch as his personality keeps growing. This month has has mastered "scooting" backwards to where he wants to go, which usually consists of under the coffee table where he then does his daily workout of lifting the table with his legs! (Go here to see what I'm talking about). Crawling hasn't been of interest to him yet, and I'm really starting to wonder if he'll do it at all or if he'll go straight to walking. He is loving to stand at the coffee table or chairs and play and won't bend for the life of him when we try to sit him down on the ground. His coordination is also getting much better when he holds onto our fingers and walks with us.

Fighting/bugging Parker has also been something that he has picked up on rather quickly. When we go to Sam's Club and sit the kids next to each other Tyler immediately starts grabbing Parker's shirt, hair, anything he can reach and then Parker will either do the same, or get annoyed and start screaming. It's actually quite entertaining, although I'm sure I will get bugged by it later on.

One huge difference I'm already seeing between the two is their eating habits. Tyler is no stranger to food and inhales anything that is put in front of him (Parker on the other hand rarely ever finishes his dinner, if he even eats it at all). I have a feeling he will be the child to eat us out of house and home. Baby food is no longer tolerated as his main food source, which means I have quite a bit of it sitting in my cupboards untouched! Sippy cups are also not a problem for him and likes to take Parker's cups and drink from them too. He even learned how to sip from a straw in a matter of about 30 seconds and is a pro at that also.

Tyler knows what he wants and when he doesn't get it, clenches his fits and screams/growls until his face gets red and then is happy as can be when he gets it. He will get mad when Parker takes a toy/book away from him, which happens quite often. This kid is definitely a HUGE fan of the water, making bath time entertaining. We have taken him swimming at the YMCA here in Oklahoma and he was a huge fan of the little slide, of the water shooting up from the ground and even wearing a life jacket and laying on his back and kicking up a storm in the lazy river! The instant he sees any sort of water he starts kicking and getting all excited to go play in it...definitely will have my hands full this summer!