Jonathan: 10 months

Sweet Boy, 

You are growing up so fast and I shutter to think that in a mere two months from now I'll be writing about you as a one year old. Can't be. Won't have it. You are not getting any older!

In the last month you've been busy developing right on schedule and wow-ing the pants off of me, Papa and Big Sister. You are a delight and I love you dearly. Here's what's been going on in the last month:

Ornery little bugger!

• You've discovered Cheerios and like the rest of the fam, you're a fan!
• At your check up you weighed 20.5 pounds - yay!
• Some other foods you like include turkey, tortillas, pumpkin, peaches, mixed beans, spaghetti (especially if you get to feed it to yourself), plums, grapes and quinoa. 
• Foods you don't like as much? Strawberries (who are you?!), carrots and peas.
• When you're holding on to something like a sturdy piece of furniture, you take a couple steps!
• Its become harder to get things done in the kitchen while you're around, mister! You love getting into the dishwasher and all of the kitchen cabinets. Child-proofing is just around the corner. When you finally get a cabinet door open, you're quite proud of yourself and you enjoy clanging pots and pans onto the floor. You pull everything out, really. I let it happen as long as you're safe and as long as my nerves can tolerate it. You've gotta explore, right?
• You've developed a little singing voice Jonathan and its just about the sweetest thing. Papa hasn't really heard it, but Z and I can detect it and we say More! More! More!
• When music comes on, you stop, smile and start bouncing and/or clapping. Adorable.
• You hear the word NO a lot and lately, you've started to react to it. Sometimes -rarely - that means you stop doing what you've been scolded for, but usually it means the tears start flowing and you try to manipulate us into caving. No siree! Little devil, you...
• You've learned to make the N sound. It doesn't really go with anything, but to hear you do it is music to my ears no matter what.
• And now, for the news that's the biggest deal of all... 

You've started sleeping through the night!!!!!

That's right, October 16th was the first night that you slept all the way through the night and it was amazing! There was a period of about an hour and a half where you screamed off and on and seemed quite pissed that no one was coming to your rescue, but you worked it out on your own. You slept for nearly 11.5 hours, Jonathan! Thank you, Bud! The following day you took a 2.5 hour nap and then slept for 12 hours straight that night - no waking and screaming. Hallelujah! You've done wonderfully as we've transitioned to this new stage of life and Babe, I'm so glad!

You are the light of our family these days, sweet boy and your Mama, Papa and Sister love you dearly. Keep getting smarter and wiser and funnier and cuter, okay? You're keeping us on our toes and we love it!