10 Months

This has been a big month for Austin

 Green smoothie mustache

• He started crawling and pulling himself up to standing at the beginning of the month. 

The morning this picture was taken he was sitting up when I came to get him from his nap. The mattress was still up high so I knew that was a sign that we needed to lower it. Tanner and I lowered it when he got home that day. No more than twenty minutes later I put him in his crib so I could vacuum in there and he did this! I'm glad I followed the prompting I had to lower the crib or he might have landed on his head. 

• Because of his new found mobility, he is always on the move. If the bathroom is ever opened he makes a beeline for it. Church has become a little more exciting too. He is constantly trying to crawl under the benches and grab everyone's stuff. 

He loves looking out the back door and watching his brother and sister play out there. 

• Austin loves books, especially ripping them. We have to be careful about where we put things now because he will get it and destroy it, all with a happy face. 
• He has two more teeth on the top and was a little grumpy from it. 
• Besides the new teeth he also had his first fever. It lasted two days and he was so unhappy about it all. I was surprised he went so long without being sick. 

Poor sick boy

• Because of the teething and illness, he hasn't been sleeping so great. Hopefully that trend is ending soon. 
• Austin has started growling when something bugs him and we think it's so funny. He definitely doesn't let his siblings push him around. 

What happens when Dad fixes his hair...

• I gave him his first big haircut and it was a little crazy. Mariah tried to help me by holding his hands but Austin was having none of it. He even grabbed a bunch of hair and shoved it in his mouth before we could stop him. So the haircut isn't great but it had to happen eventually. 

After the haircut...such a cherub. 

Although I'm completely exhausted, and most of that is because of this stinker, I am still so crazy about him. Funny how that is. If most people treated me like that I would have kicked them to the curb long ago. Mother's love is a funny, wonderful thing. And I'm so glad Heavenly Father  has given me this opportunity. Even if I am tired. 

This was taken at the end of his two day long fever...the boy is too sweet.