10 months

Landon is now 10 months old. He's starting to look more and more like a little boy and less and less like a baby. I still can't figure out how this happens so fast. Here are some things that he's up to lately:

- Dancing. Whenever he hears music, he shakes his little booty up and down. It's so darn cute!

- Giving kisses. The open-mouthed, sloppy baby kind. The best kind ever, if you ask me. He will usually give them on demand, and occasionally, he'll give some unsolicited. He knows when he hears the kiss sound or the word kiss, to give one. It melts my heart every single time. Ironically, he learned this the same week that he had hand, foot, and mouth disease. How can you say no to baby kisses? Especially the first ones?! So of course, I graciously accepted my kisses and risked the virus.

- Playing peek-a-boo. He'll pull a blanket (or a diaper, or whatever else is around) up over his head, and when we say "Where's Landon?", he pulls it down himself, with a huge grin. He will play this game for quite a while, especially in the car.

- Rearranging the furniture. Despite having 23954874 toys, several of which are walking toys, he insists on pushing around the dining room chairs, bar stools, and his high chair. Justin says he's going to be a mover when he grows up. ;)

- Waving bye-bye. He does it every time you ask him if he wants to go bye bye, but he won't do it if you actually ask him to wave bye bye. Silly boy.

-Eating more and more big people foods. We're still on some purees, but he's getting very good at actually getting the peas and other foods into his mouth. Daisy and Tebow still eat very well when he's in his high chair, but now I can see that he's getting at least half of his food into his mouth. His current favorite (besides yogurt-his favorite food of all time) is grilled cheese. He's also saying "nom nom" while he eats. Apparently, he wants to make sure that he knows he's enjoying his food.

I say this every month, but I love this age more than any age we've experienced so far. I love that he can really interact with us and play games, and test us. I also see that he's going to be walking and talking very soon, which makes me feel excited and a little bit sad all at the same time. I love watching him grow, but I also want him to stay my baby forever. I guess that's a feeling that every parent experiences. I just love him more and more every day.

Me and my little angel:

1st haircut

We'd been putting off cutting Landon's hair for weeks. Months, really. It had gotten so long that his bangs were in his eyes, the sides hung down well past his ears, and it was starting to look, well, ratty at times. So after much convincing, Justin finally gave in and agreed to get it cut. We took him to Snip Its at the Avenues Viera, where they specialize in children's cuts (and it shows in the price, but it's worth it). Here he is before the big cut:



As soon as the lady sprayed water on his head, the fussing began. It was cold and it startled him, so the whole thing started off on the wrong foot.



They put on a video for him to watch on a little TV right in front of the cutting station, but Landon was not amused. Justin ended up having to hold his arms down, and I had to hold his head when she got to the front. The stylist(? barber?) still managed to cut her finger. We felt bad, but she said it happens at  least weekly. At least it wasn't his ear!



The whole thing only lasted about 5 minutes, and when he was done, he got an animal cracker for being such a good boy. And we got a certificate and a lock of his beautiful red hair. We weren't terribly happy with the cut, but it will grow back. I just can't get over what a big boy he looks like! Here he is enjoying his animal cracker.