Has It Really Been 10 Months???

Well it's been way too long since I've posted, but I guess that's what happens when you have a fast crawling 10 month old in your life!  Tyler turned 10 months this past Monday and he's showing more and more personality.  He has a little notebook at school that the teachers will write in each day- comments about Tyler that make me smile.  For example, "Tyler tried to console another child today.  The boy was crying so Tyler went over to him and placed his hand on his face to help him calm down".  Too cute!  Just the other day they wrote "Tyler was so tired today that he fell asleep sitting up in his crib, then he fell over on his side and didn't budge".  I really love that they do this for the kids (and mainly for the parents) since we do miss out on some of the funny things that happen. 

Cheesin' like always!

He is also learning new things every day, and most recently he is starting to imitate us.  If we make a raspberry noise, he looks at us for a second and then does it right back.  It is so funny every time and the more and more we think about it, we probably shouldn't be encouraging this.  Oh well, I guess we'll deal with that later. 

Raspberries!

I did hear some good news last week too:  Tyler will be weaned off of his bottles around his first birthday!!  Music to my ears- naturally I chose at random the bottles that have 6 parts to them- so I am so excited to never see a bottle again (for a while at least).  The school will start the process and all I have to do is continue what they start at home.  It sounds painless, but we'll see...  He is finally able to drink his water out of the sippy cup all by himself now, so that's a good start.  Sometimes I feel like he doesn't even need us very much anymore, but I can't complain because on my end it has been easier and easier to care for him. 

Also, now that his two bottom teeth are showing more, we decided to have our first oral hygiene lesson!  He smiled the whole time I brushed his teeth.  See for yourself:

Lately all I can think about is what will Tyler be for Halloween???  So many options and I would love to take advantage of all that hair that he has.  I saw a pic of the Adams Family baby (black hair parted right down the middle and a little moustache).  It was adorable!  I doubt his Giraffe costume will fit now, but I might put it on him again just to see- and get some more pics of course :) Anyways, here are some recent pics of him in his pj's playing with Dakota...

 Kisses!

Checking Dakota's teeth