10th Month
- Had your first pedicure. Daddy painted them for you for vacation! They were such a hit!
- Have figured out how to crawl into things, like the moving boxes!
- You went to your brother's and my adoption ceremony! We were so happy to be officially family according to the law!
- Went on your 2nd big car trip to TN to drop off a few trailer loads of our things into our new house! We got to see your Pops, Bebe, Aunts & Uncles, and you go to met your cousin Hattie for the first time! You two will be the best of friends once she gets a little older :)
You LOVE your Pops
With Aunt Caity and cousin Hattie - We had our first Mother's Day together! This was the best one I will probably have as you were here to celebrate with us! I love you so much my Doodle!
Mommy's loot! You and Wilkes got her a locket with your photos :)
- Laugh so hard. Daddy is the best are making you laugh. He just tickles you or makes funny faces and you crack up!
- Have discovered you have dogs. You like Jax and he gives you kisses and you just laugh!
Jaxon was sleeping and just let you bother him - Are getting around in your own creative ways! You like to pull your supposedly STATIONARY activity table behind you to get to things. And you cause lots of messes for mommy b/c you have figured out you can do this!
Baby proofing needed to happen soon!
- Had your first father's day with daddy!
Daddy's fatherly gifts of joy - Took
your second airplane ride and this one we didn't fair as well. Thank
goodness Daddy was there to help mommy. You were such a wiggle worm and
did not want to sit still. Longest 2.5 hrs of mommy and daddy's life!
Don't let your smile fool you, you weren't happy! - Went
on your first family vacation to Florida! We went to Jensen Beach
where Nana and Daddy Don vacation every year. We were thinking you'd
enjoy the ocean and the sand, but as it turned out you hated both! You
screamed and cried when we put your toes in either, but it sure did lull
you to sleep. So, nap time was spent on the beach chair under the
umbrella with Nana.
Nap time! - You went in the pool for the first time on vacation! That on the other hand was a completely different story. You
loved it! You splashed so much and went under water (briefly) with
Daddy's help and smiled so big when you came up! You are like a fish in
the pool Doodle, you didn't want us to hold on to you to help you swim, you wanted to go go go and if you could've you would've!
We spent most of our time in the pool together - Took your first trip to the zoo!
- Are moving all over the place! We can't keep up with you. You crawl like a big girl (no more military crawl). Now you can get anywhere in the house you please. You can pull yourself up onto things and use them to walk around a room too! Almost walking without help and mommy is not ready to see you get so big!
- You moved! We moved from your very first home in Chicago back to TN where Daddy is from. It was bittersweet for mommy, but you handled it like a champ! And love that your new room actually has a closet for all your clothes!
This is how we slept our last night in our old house. Mattress in the living room and was the only bed for all 4 of us! 
Chicago Home!
New Home (what an upgrade, huh?!) - You love love LOVE LOVE your bubba (big brother). You two have gotten so much closer now that your interactive and more fun to play with! You just adore him and sometimes crawl on top of him when he is sleeping to wake him up to play with you!
This is how you sit and watch TV together
Say, "wake up Bubba!!" - Give kisses on command and we love it! Mommy can't get enough of those sloppy kisses.
- Are trying to get your first real word out. Dog. You get "doooo" with a long o...not quite catching on to the G, but its right there I can tell!
