10 months

Oliver is 10 months, as of the 4th of July. He's getting so big and has so much personality. We love him tremendously. 

At 10 months, Oliver:

-Is simply hilarious. He makes us laugh everyday with the silly things that he does. And he laughs with us too all the time. He brings us so much joy!

-Has the most beautiful, toothy grin with his four teeth. He does a pretty good cheesy face. 

-Is such a great eater! He loves food, all food. He's gotten great at picking it up and putting it into his mouth. He loves fruits. We've recently tried blueberries, and he's hooked. Although he loves fruits, he really will eat vegetables too (squash, broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, celery, etc.). He also enjoys meat or chicken and breads and cheese. Pretty much anything we'll give him. He's a growing boy and loves his food.  

-Crawls like a champ. He's getting fast. Stood by himself for a few seconds once, but really is hanging onto things or us. Falls forward to his hands and knees to get quickly moving. Has started a little bit of climbing (I blame Chris :) He gets up on the fireplace and has crawled into the cupboard. 

-Loves the bathroom. It is a danger zone with him unrolling toilet paper and loving the toilet. 

-Is a Curious George. He is into everything and wants to see what things are and how they work. He loves wheels and spinning them. He's really good at making a mess as he discovers. I love that he is so curious and eager to explore. I hope he never loses that. 

-Is so sweet. He gives lovely, wet kisses occasionally. We love butterfly and Eskimo kisses still. We love when he gets so excited to see us or come to us. He's delicious and such a good boy.

-Has been doing this weird head bobbing on his tummy on the floor. We don't know if he's trying to do push ups like papa or is just excited or something, but it is pretty funny.

-Likes other people. At church he goes around a grins at people. He's still a charmer. He likes being around other kids and is very observant of them. 

-Is a talker. He is a very noisy and verbal boy. Recently he does lots of talking with his tongue. He also has been doing lots of mama (not specifically directed at me, but I pretend so). He's started growling a little, which is funny. He ooos quite often too with his lips all puckered up (pictured below). He's also been exploring a range of other sounds and noises. We love talking with our boy.

-Has a little farmer's tan from some days of sunshine here. I think we have a tanning boy on our hands. 

-Has gotten the nickname of Ollie Wally that we use occasionally. Mostly, he's still Oliver. 

-Points at things. We think he sometimes waves, kind of. He likes to put his arms up when he's really excited. 

Oliver is a happy, energetic, funny, and yummy 10 month old boy. We love him so much!

He looked so handsome for church yesterday in this adorable outfit from Grandma.