10 months today.

heres the update:
-hes pulling himself up on E-V-E-R-Y-THING. and he sure has gotten good at it too.
-his conquests: the couch. the stairs. the armoire. the bathtub. his crib. his drop and roar dinosaur. and his little red table.
-he is still doing the buggle scuttle crawl. and is faster than ever.
-he crawls into the kitchen every chance he gets. and he loves to pull out the baskets that are full of his baby food.
-he'll crawl over to his highchair when he wants a snack.
-hes not a big fan of the country breakfast.
-but he does love banana cookies and string cheese.
-he loves to turn our hallway light on and off using the pull switch. (really, he has been doing this for a couple of months now.)
-he is terrified of the vacuum cleaner. and insists on being carried while its on.
-if there is a leaf somewhere on the floor in the house, he will find it and try to put it in his mouth.
-he has a specific blanket that he loves. and it has become quite the necessity for bedtime and nap time.
-he is sleeping a sound 12 hours each night in his crib. and still taking two good, long naps.
-several times throughout the day, he'll crawl into his playroom and just play all by himself for a couple of minutes.
-his favorite toys of the month: his elephant shape sorter. his busy ball popper. and his drop and roar dinosaur.
-if you hide something from him, he'll look all over for it.
-he gets really mad if someone goes outside without him. and especially if they take hudson.
-if he hears keys in the door, he knows someone is here to visit. and he gets crazy happy.
-he has discovered our big tote of magazines and is constantly trying to get to them. he loves to tear them all up.
-he gets really excited when his momma sings take me out to the ball game.
-he is talking up a storm. and loves to play the repeat sound game with you.
-he understands the words "hudson" and "doggie."
-he has waved bye-bye two more times. once to his grandma jan and grandpa scott. and once to his momma.
-and he has such a great little bond with his daddy. you should see the way his face lights up when he sees him.

it sure has been an amazing month. so many fun discoveries for owen. and sooooo much personality.