10 Months!

Dear Baby Owen,

You are so amazing! It's fun watching you grow and learn things each day! We lost your 9 month monkey picture so this letter covers the last 2 months.

You have shown us that you are a boy that's on the move! You are crawling at top speed and you can pull up on just about anything. You can even stand up from sitting without holding on to anything! You want to take your first steps and we can see you thinking about it, however, you just don't trust yourself yet. That's okay with us, buddy. We're not ready to see you running around the house. You are still our little bitty baby and to see you walking would mean you are growing up.

You are becoming very vocal. You have a little friend at school that you like to talk to. One of you will make a sound and the other will mimic it. Your teachers say you 2 can yap it up for a while, going back and forth. You can say mama and dada. I'm convinced that you are learning to use them in context and it melts my heart. I love your voice.

You are still a pretty chill baby. Mommy and Daddy are learning how to schedule our plans around your schedule. If we get it right, you are a ton of fun to take out on the town. You are making your way through the Atlanta festival scene. I think you enjoy seeing all the fun crafts and weird people they have to offer. We like taking you out to dinner, too. We have discovered that Mexican and Italian are your favorite foods. We had to order you your own bowl of guacamole because you were about to eat all ours!

Feeding you has gotten fun too. Mommy isn't making as much baby food for you as she used to. You prefer to eat table food. Pizza, ravioli, cheese, pancakes, cheerios, yogurt, fruit (any kind and lots of it!), avocados, corn, turkey, hummus, and sweet potatoes are the main staples in your diet. We need to work in some more vegetables but we are happy with how you are doing.

You are a great little fella! Please don't grow up too fast.

Love,

Mommy and Daddy