What's it's like to be 10 months old

So being 10 months old is tough work. As you can see from this picture (and from the Mother's Day pictures if you looked closely), James got a little battle wound between his eyes. We chocked it up to a very quick baby learning to pull up on not so stable toys. It didn't seem to bother James too much once he got over the shock of seeing a Little Tykes toolbench toppling over on him. Thanks to dad's big foot, he was able to stop it from being a major disaster.
The "James" teething characteristics = BRIGHT red cheek after 12noon on the side that the tooth is coming in and Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde behavior that last until the offender is through the gumline. These lunchtime shots indicated that tooth #8 was on it's way...This past Monday we saw the little guy poked through some very sore gums. Dr. said he is seeing 2 more on the top which look like they will be next. Brace yourselves Mom and Dad.
10 months old also brings a new understanding of the camera coming out and James is happy to oblige with a flashy smile whenever Mommy asks. Oh and what color ARE those eyes? For those of you who still say they are brown, James once again shows us that his eyes are ever changing in color. We think they will settle on a deep blue/hazel. We shall see.
The 10 month bear picture was pretty elusive to capture. Being a man on the move, Mom just propped the bear up against James as he cruised around his excersaucer. There is no thought of ever getting back IN the saucer now that he can go AROUND it, but we keep it around for some of the toys.

10 months also gave us our first sickness (hence the lack of blogging). Those of you who are parents will know what it means when we say, "we all had the stomach bug". Poor James had it the worst and is still not 100% almost a week later. However, both mom and dad had it at the same time, so we're all even. All of his friends and their families also were unlucky enough to get this potent bug so Mom has been able to swap stories and receive lots of support. Just when you thought it was over...it would return and rear it's ugly head. What a way to get our first crack at parenting the sick baby. 7 days later, we think we may be seeing the light, just in time for a beautiful Memorial Day weekend. Enjoy!