10 months

At 10 months, Kai is...

• crawling around really fast
• standing up on his own
• walking with help
• learning how to use a spoon
• getting into everything (this boy is ACTIVE!)
• waving hello and good-bye
• crawling up and down the stairs
  
• saying his first word, "HI!"
• thrilled when he sees new people
  
• smiling and laughing tons!

I was laughing so hard yesterday. I turned on the TV to tape a show. Since Kai is never around the TV, he stopped and watched the TV while I was turning on the VCR. He was fascinated. An ad for diapers came on with babies. Kai got so excited seeing the crawling babies. He started to wave to them and said "HI" over and over again. Then, he crawled as fast as he could over to the TV, stood up, and gave the TV a big kiss. Yep, this boy LOVES to be social! (even with the TV!) I wonder where he gets that from? :)

Unfortunately, Kai has had a double ear infection for a couple of weeks. But, it really has not stopped him or kept him from being busy. He still crawls around and gets into everything. But, now, he just lays down and rests for a few seconds and then bounces back up and he is off!! His favorite thing to chase, of course, is Maxie, our cat. Poor Maxie-- she is chased around the entire house.

Here are some photos of him tonight. He doesn't want to eat anything but finger foods, unless he gets to control the spoon. So, here is tonight's meal, all over his face and hair!