Dylan is 10 1/2 months

I haven't posted Dylan's monthly developments since 7 months, and the has certainly developed lots of new skills!  For starters, he is officially a walker now!  He started standing on his own around 9 months and then started taking a step or two around 10 months. In the past two weeks, he seems to have got the hang of it pretty well and uses walking as his primary mode to get around.

He recently acquired a few nicknames..."Cookie Monster"  because he LOVES eating and feeding himself. Imagine how Cookie Monster grabs food by the handful and shoves it into his mouth, dropping crumbs along the way...well that's how Dylan eats.

His other nickname is "Little Rotten" because he got spoiled rotten when my Mom watched him.  Aunty Sophia also calls him that because he is her only boy, with 3 of the other kids being toddlers, and Dylan still plays rough with them.  He tries to climb on them, take food off their plate, pulls their hair, tries to hit the baby, and tears up the books.  Of course, this is all being done with a big smile on his face!

He has 6 teeth now, prefers table food over baby food, can drink from a sippy cup, hold his own bottle, and is saying a few words - Mama, Dada, Uh-Oh.  He understands "no" but usually chooses to ignore it.
And he strongly objects when something doesn't go his way.

At his nine month appointment he weighed 19 pounds 4 ounces and was 29 1/4 inches long.

Dylan's first pair of shoes!

Blurry picture, but he was driving his car and talking on the cell phone at the same time. We need to get him a bluetooth hands-free set.

Loves playing in Marley's water bowl. When we tell him "no no no", he turns around and smiles and continues to play in the water.

Cookie Monster in action. We have one of those snack trap cups with a lid that kids can put their hands in to get their snack without spilling the snack everywhere. Dylan figured out how to take this lid off so now he spills his snack all over the floor. Notice who is lurking in the background ready to clean up anything he misses.

I had mentioned a few months ago that several people think Dylan looks like me - my Mom sent me some of my baby pictures to compare and I would say that we do favor a little!

This video is a mixture of clips from the past few months...from first words to first steps, a lot has happened since May!