Henry at Ten Months

Dear Henry,

Right now Month 10 feels like a hard one, since you have been so sick for the past couple of weeks.  We have spent a lot of time reading books and cuddling and visiting the doctor...and a lot of hours in the night rocking and rocking and rocking.

But when you're well, you are so much fun!  You are a good eater, devouring any number of things we put in front of you, and if your obsession with chicken taco meat is any indication, you seem to have your daddy's taste--the more flavor the better.  I feel like feeding you takes up most of our day again, since you like to feed yourself (yay for Mama getting to eat lunch, too!), but you take your sweet time.

You've finally added a front-scoot to your backwards crawl.  It is hilarious.  You have to work pretty hard, so you only use it when you really want something, and it makes you look like a guy out of a Western who has been shot and is dragging himself to water.  You've also discovered the joys of throwing something and watching it bounce...or, in most cases, watching Mommy or Daddy pick it up again for you.

After months of mastering one sound at a time (ya-ya-ya, ma-ma-ma, buh-buh-buh), you are suddenly a babbly chatterbox.  I suspect that is why mealtimes take so long...  And you are SUCH a fan of your daddy.  I try not to be offended when you attempt to leap out of my arms and into his.

While you love your daddy (and your mama, I know), you are in full-fledged stranger anxiety mode.  Extra fun, since we not only had lots of friends visit recently, but you just started with a new nanny.  It takes you a bit of time to adjust to someone new, but so far your nanny, Lissette, is proving to be the answer to prayer we needed!

We love you gobs and gobs, Henry.

Love,
Mama