10 Months

 Little Man is 10 months old! There is only about 6 weeks til he is one. This year has gone so fast!! Brecken has been so close to walking this week. He walks around everything he possibly can - but now stops holding onto the couch, stands by himself, and tries to take a step, then falls. I am excited to see him walk, but then I know that will open a can of worms. This kid already gets into everything - cupboards, oven drawers, shelves, and basically anything an exploring baby could manage to get into. He loves to explore but hates to be contained to an exercauser, high chair, ect for very long. Roaming the floor is his favorite activity, and of course trying to scale the stairs while looking at me first to see if I see him sneaking up them.  Lately, I have discovered that he LOVES kid cars (like those Cozy Coupes). He sits in them and has the happiest face I've ever seen. Is he all boy or what?
He now has 8 teeth and loves trying new food. Last night I let him try ice cream and he had a mini meltdown when I wouldn't give him any more. I think this kid will have no problem eating cake on his birthday! He loves sweet things already!
Just this last week, he has been saying "mamamama." This is the best sound in the world!! :) I'm not sure if he knows I'm Mama - but he's starting to say it! He seems to be growing lately - I have him in alot of 12 month clothes/9 -12 month clothes but some still seems too big for him. He is a skinny little peanut.

These last two pictures really capture how daring he is - he is always trying all these dangerous things.... crazy boy!

9 month photo shoot

Recently, I did a little 9 month photo shoot of my little man. Here they are... enjoy! :)

9 Months

My little baby is turning into a little boy and now he is 9 months old. It is hard to believe he is already that old! 9 months has brought alot of new changes as well and Brecken is constantly doing new things! He has 5 teeth, but it looks as though his 6th will poke through someday soon. Breck is crawling super fast and tries to be sneaky and scale the stairs or try to put his hand in the toilet when I'm not looking. Only the second time of sitting in a cart at Target, he had figured out how to get out of the buckle and was almost standing up in the cart. I have a feeling this kid will be a handful (well he kinda already is).

A couple of weeks ago we happened to capture his standing on his own on video. It shocked me that my little baby was standing on his own - he hasn't really done it again but I am sure soon he will be doing that all the time! He is now walking along things and loves to push his dinosaur walker around the family room floor. At his last doctor's appointment, the doctor said he may be walking around 10 months. Yikes! He measured in the 75% for his height at 28.7 inches, but only the 15 percentile for his weight at 17.9 pounds.

It is crazy how much new stuff he does each time I blog. It is so fun to see him grow and discover new things each day, although it is bittersweet to see him grow. I just love his happy and outgoing personality that he is developing. Althought I love seeing new developments to his personality and mobility, his smile funny babbling and "kisses" (open mouth kisses on the lips that only Todd and I find welcoming) are my favorite parts of being his mom.

8 months old

My little man has been 8 months for a couple weeks now and he is busier than ever. He hates sitting for too long in his exersaucer, high chair or walker but just wants to get down and play. He is crawling so fast, pulling up on everything with ease, and getting into everything! Just the other day I caught him climbing up the stairs. Brecken defines the word 'busy.' 

 He loves puffs and cherrios and has been starting to try new foods. He is now getting his 3rd and 4th teeth in so he has been a bit moody. He is in mostly 6 - 9 month clothes and growing alot - I am not sure how big he is and I am waiting to see how big he is at his next appointment. Brecken keeps us very busy

7 months

Brecken is 7 months now! I thought 6 months sounds old but 7 months sounds so much older! He is now closer to being a year old than he is to being born... so crazy! Not much has changed since the last time I blogged. He is still moving and crawling everywhere and pulling himself up on everything and standing. Brecken still wears some 3 - 6 month clothes but is mostly wearing 6 - 12/ 6 - 9 month clothes. I don't think he has grown much in the last month, but he has certainly been learning new things. It is so much fun to see the new things he is discovering to do.

6 months old

     I am finally getting around to blogging his 6 month photos... now that he is almost 7 months old. I can't believe he is already half-a-year old! My baby is growing up! This 6 month marker has brought HUGE changes in the past couple weeks. He went in for his 6-month appointment a couple weeks ago and was 26.3 inches long and 16.4 pounds.
     At 5 months he started army crawling, then progressively got faster and now just two weeks ago, he has been crawling on his hands and knees. Breck still does a hybrid of army-crawling and normal crawling but he is FAST - it a matter of seconds he is getting into something like cords, paper, bags, remotes - you know, the things he isn't supposed to have.
    Just last week he started pulling himself up on things. If I thought it was hard to keep track of him when he was crawling everywhere, its even worse that he can pull up on things now! Breck also has two teeth through so that probably explains the moodiness and waking up multiple times per night. That has to hurt! Poor Baby!
    I've also tried to start feeding him some solids. We've been doing the rice cereal for a while, but he does not like that. I tried some veggies first - sweet potatoes and green beans but he didn't like either. He does like the fruit though - apples, peaches and pears. I'll have to go back to the veggies and make him learn to like them as well as cereal!
    There has been so many changes this month, but it is so fun to see him grow and discover new things. He is our little joy!

    

Obviously, it is getting harder to keep him in the chair for the pictures!!

5 Month Christmas Photo Shoot

Wow, so this post is way behind. We are now past the Christmas season and Brecken is almost 6 months, but I took these fun photos of Brecken for his 5-month photos. I also used them for our Christmas card. I think they turned out so cute. Of course he was very interested in eating the box and the lights but I tried hard to keep everything out of his mouth and was successful!