Ella Jo is 10 months!

Wear size 3 Pampers Cruisers 

Have been sick most of this month. Your first double ear infection and sinus infection, then a fever virus, then a second double ear infection that would not heal due to your congestion. Twenty days of antibiotics left you with terrible diarea and then a diaper rash so terrible you could not sleep! I think we are finally on the mend. Both times we went to doc for your ears we were not sure if anything was wrong or not. You still were fairly happy and not too fussy just enough to think something was off a little and then the doc would say, "wow her ears are terrible." You are one tough cookie!

Crawl and cruise like a pro

Are trying to figure out how to stand, you get this one leg almost up

Demand your brothers attention

Love for your bros to try and catch you

Love to play in the bonus room with your little kitchen

Love to scream in delight

Love to say "bye bye" and wave to anyone you see especially in the stores. Strangers come up and talk to you and you grin and say "bye bye"

Make this scrunched up face now when you are mad

Grind your teeth together and it sounds like nails on a chalkboard

Have a mouth full of teeth

Are trying all kinds of new foods

Nursing 4-5 times a day

Sleep 8p-3:30 or 4am eat then back down until 7a or 8a. 

Went to the church nursery for the first time and cried the entire hour.

Still do not nap consistently or on a schedule and you still cry every time we lay you down for a nap. 

First Snow!

We woke up to snow this morning! We really have not had any for probably two years. Our first snow in this house and it was beautiful. You can see the wooded trail and it looked like a winter wonderland. I felt like we had met a milestone because I put the boys snow clothes on and sent them to the backyard and they played and played and I watched from inside with my coffee. Most of the big boy moments make me sad- me having to play in the snow does not! It was the perfect day to play. It was not to cold. Gaines did not complain once which is surprising! He had pure joy. Will did not like his hands wet and cold and went through about 8 sets of gloves. 

9 months

Ella Jo Odom, time is flying by. I say this every month and as much as your sleepless nights and only wanting your mommy are killing me I also love snuggling your sweet self. You have had such a fun month. Celebrating your first Christmas full of eating wrapping paper and bows to ringing in 2015. You had your first encounter with Santa and it did not go well. You are really developing into your own personality which is such a mix of your brothers. 

At 9 months, YOU:

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Wear 12-18 months in length

Just started wearing a 4 diaper