Dear Max,
You are now 10 months old. You continue to learn new things all the time. You have learned how to bite, and bite me almost daily. I try and tell you "No!" but you just laugh and keep doing what you're doing.
You are SO close to standing on your own, but you just won't give in yet. You still have to have at least your hand slightly touching something as "support" in order to stand. But man can you move! Your dad will chase you and you practically run using the couch as support and squealing and laughing the whole time. It makes us laugh so much.
You are becoming a better sleeper. For the past two nights you only woke up once for about 5 minutes, then slept all the way past 6:00! It makes me so happy.
You like to "help" mommy fold laundry by taking all the clean clothes out of the hamper and putting them on the floor, then taking the folded clothes and putting them in the laundry basket.
One of your favorite things to do while we are getting ready for the day is stand in your crib and take all of your toys and drop them one at a time onto the floor. If I put them back in, you immediately start dropping them again.
You are quite a hand full! A real busy body. You are constantly trying to put things in your mouth that you shouldn't. I will tell you no, but you know I'm going to take away whatever you want to eat so you put it in your mouth as fast as you can. Then I'm stuck trying to get it out before you choke, all while you are biting me as hard as you can.
You also enjoy spending time taking all of the dvd's off the shelf and spreading them all over the floor.
You are definitely my little shadow. I used to be able to block you into the living room and let you play with your toys, but now you insist on going wherever I go. I don't mind, except that some places have too many things for you to put in your mouth or that will hurt you.
For example, one day you opened a drawer in the kitchen and pulled the plastic wrap out as far as you could. It was funny, but you could have cut your fingers. We now keep those things up high.
You continue to amaze me all the time. Though you are definitely a boy and enjoy burping, getting into things, and often hitting, I still love every bit of you.
You make me happier than anyone ever has. I know you were meant to be our son. And I love you so much. I hope you know just how much you are loved.
Love Always,
Mom
