10 months old!

Gav has started saying mama!!!  I couldn't be happier.  I love that kid so much and it is the best feeling to know he loves you back.  He really is a very talkative little one but every time I try to get him to talk to someone on the phone or on Skype he won't say a peep. 

I know I always say this but, this kid is getting into everything!! No joke.  Gavin has started to really get into cabinets and he is exploring every nook and cranny we have in this little place.  I have been so exhausted watching him and making sure he doesn't get into anything he's not suppose to.  He crawls so fast now I can't seem to get away, I feel like I've got a third leg at times.  He loves to play in Mom and Dad's room or even his own.  We got it pretty well known now what needs to be moved everyday so its out of his reach.  Blinds, cords, the laptop, things he can climb up on and make sure the bathroom doors are closed!  It can be so tiring and so exhausting if you forget something.  When he sees something he shouldn't have he bolts for it, then when you take him away from it, its like a wrestling match to get him distracted and wanting something else.  He has become quite the walker.  The little walker Jake bought for him is by far his favorite right now.  I always have it up against the wall to keep it out of the way and he wiggles his way back behind it and takes off.  When he gets going he looks right at you with the biggest grin.  Poor kid hasn't figured out that you have to stop when you run into something.  He's had a few casualties when he's been stuck against something and keeps pushing which causes him to fall right over it.  But he keeps getting up and he'll walk forever.  Gav has also learned how to stand up with out the couch.  He's getting so good at standing that I'm getting really nervous that he's going to start walking any day now.  He has had a step or two where he'll be walking along the couch and let go while taking a step but grabs back onto the couch before he falls.  He's so close!!

He loves when we read books to him and now when we read to him he stands up to look at the pictures.  I love when I take a peek at him and he's sitting on the floor with books surrounding him and he's flipping through the pages.  He's pretty good about entertaining himself with his mountain of toys.   Its fun to watch him play around with all his toys, going from toy to toy banging them together, playing music just being a happy kid.  He's getting to be quite the eater as well.  Every time I'm skyping with my mom she's saying you need to feed him he's hungry!  Buy my goodness.  That kid can eat.  I feel like I feed him all day every day but he still wants more!  He's not real picky either.  He's willing to eat anything.  Especially if his Mom or Dad is eating it.

We didn't get out of the house much this month.  It was okay with me, it is HOT!  It's fun to spend time with Gav, to see him grow.  Love that kid.