Two weeks ago you turned 10 months old! That's crazy, not only crazy that it's taken Daddy two weeks to write this post (Daddy blames you...we'll get to that later) but also crazy that you are in double digits! One month closer to being a year old. As Daddy has said before, it makes sense, you were born on Christmas Eve and it's getting to the holiday season, yet at the same time, nobody can believe it's almost been a year already! As always here you with Roxie Bear.
This past month can be summed up with the one word...no not the word everyone is thinking, teething....the word is family. One, Mommy, Daddy and you have been spending and enjoying more and more time together as a family...Two, Grammie Sue and Gramps were here to visit for a week...and C,
we all took a trip down to CT to visit Daddy's cousin's family and you finally got to meet GG (Great Grandma) Moenke. So not only has Daddy been busy with work and enjoying being home after all of that family visit/travel, you are demanding more and more of Daddy's time everyday. Long gone are the days that you slept for 18 hours of the day...some days it feels like we are now at the opposite that you are awake for 18 hours and craving attention every minute of it. Even when you go down for a nap, all Daddy can do is crash on the couch exhausted and enjoy the few minutes to himself before running off to do laundry, dishes, take out the trash, clean up all the toys and the thousand other things that always need to be done around the house. So long story short, you've been keeping Mommy and Daddy pretty busy lately, but we wouldn't have it any other way!Grammie Sue and Gramps stayed at the McCusker B&B for a week. They use the excuse of coming up to VT to go to all the restaurants they enjoy up here, but sshhhh they really come to just see you! They hadn't seen you since our trip to Pittsburgh back in July. You were about 7 months at that point and a lot has changed in the last three months. Before when Grammie Sue or Gramps could just put you on the floor to play, you'd roll over a bit, maybe even sit up with some help. This past visit if either of them put you down on the floor...you were off like the Flash crawling away at lightning speeds to go grab some toy to play with or some cat to chase. At the same
time you were even more fun to play with for them because you could sit up, pick up toys better, and laughed all the time when they would tickle you or smother you in kisses. You even helped Gramps with one of his many projects around the house...Daddy guesses it's never too early to start you using power tools right? We all know that Grammie Sue and Gramps can't wait to get back up to VT and see you again, so don't worry they will be back in December for your birthday and Christmas.Also this past month we took a trip to the South West corner of CT to visit Daddy's Cousin. His youngest of 3 kids was being baptized so we went down for the weekend to catch up with some of Daddy's family. You traveled really well for not starting the 5 hour drive until 4pm since Mommy was working a football game until then. Aside from having one "get me out of this torture device of a car seat" meltdown, which actually timed around us stopping for dinner pretty well, you were great in the car.
You slept most of it, which was a blessing. Mommy and Daddy had a great time seeing some of Daddy's family, some of which we haven't seen since our wedding but really everyone wanted to see you. The top of that list was GG Moenke. You were the only one of her 8 great grandchildren she hadn't held yet, so that was something to get off her to do list as quickly as we could once we got to CT. Amazingly both nights that we were away from home you slept great. It looks like you knew you were to be on your best behavior in front of all the family or you really just like saving those 4am intermissions for Daddy...thanks!With the holidays right around the corner, an 11 month post and a year old post will be here before Daddy knows it. Until then Daddy will work on getting another post or two in before your 11 month birthday post since we need to have a few conversations about your eating habits lately and this whole separation anxiety fun we are all experiencing. Until next time....
We Love You,
Mommy & Daddy
