First Hair Cut!

I know, I know.  I never thought of taking Jonathan to a get a haircut this early.  Especially as he started off bald!  But, over these last few months, the curls have set in and people have been commenting of how long his hair has been getting.  I was crushed when someone came up and said, "oh she is so pretty."  Ok, that's it.  Mom made an executive decision and said, "We are taking him first thing tomorrow and getting a haircut." Steve came in after his bath that night with a comb and a pair of scissors, and said, "here, I'll cut it."  I love you, Angel, but NO!  So, Saturday morning, off we went to Sharkey's to get his hair cut.  This place was awesome.  Painted in bright, child like colors.  The lady has Jonathan sit on Steven's lap.  The big screen television in front of my son displayed his favorite Sesame Street character, Elmo, and he was content.  I even caught him moving to the side to watch his cartoon, as the sylist worked in front of him to trim those curls that I have come to love.  When it was all said and done, all I could think of was, "where did my baby go."  He looked like such a little boy, not a baby.  And no doubt about it, he looks just like his daddy.  So here we go, starting down the road of little boy things....haircuts to start.  I think next time, though, Steve might bring out the scissors again!

Ready to go!

Get out of my way lady, I'm watching Elmo!

All finished!!  Man, I look handsome!

10 months old!

We have hit the double digits!!  10 months old already.  Before you know it, I'll be planning his first birthday.  Ok, lets not think about that just yet.  Jonathan continues to be on the move!  We had our 9 month well check and he is a little over 17 pounds and 23 and 3/4 inches long.  I know he has grown more than that is the last 2 weeks.  Jonathan had his first illness this month.  On August 27th, he started with a slight fever.  But, as the night went on, the fever got worse, and my little man was not himself.  We had our well check visit that day, and the doc said that he definitely had a virus and to take some children's tylenol and watch him over the next 24 hours.  The max his fever went was 101.4.  Thank goodness that he responded well to the Tylenol.  That morning, my little man stayed on the couch with me for over 1 and 1/2 hours.  I know he wasn't feeling well.  Jonathan doesn't sit!!  He snuggled with me for a bit, and then would lie down on his pillow with his favorite stuffed monkey, Buddy.  He did break his two top teeth later that week.  The doc told me that there is no evidence that children get fevers before their teeth come in, but I bed to differ.  I think otherwise.  The last two times teeth have cut, he has gotten a fever.  This was a bit more severe breaking two teeth at once!  As of now, he has his two top, bottom, and two others (one on top and bottom) that are on the verge of busting through!  Lookout!
Jonathan is becoming more and more talkative, too.  He likes to imitate you, which Steve and I really have to watch.  He says "nana" for his banana in the morning and I swear he says "mamaw" for grandma and "papa" for grandpa.  I can't get it too consistent, but its getting there!  He will say "mumum" for his paci.  We still haven't figured out that one yet!  He plays pat-a-cake, claps when you say "yeah" and, just in time for football season, throws his arms overhead when you say "touchdown!" He will point to his head and his nose when you ask where each is, and when you ask him to give you something, or "let me have it", he will give you what he has, even if you don't put your hand out to cue him.  He is on a good sleeping schedule.  He takes two naps through the day for 1-2 hours at a time.  Usually when he starts getting fussy, you can tell him, "Jonathan lets go take a nap."  When we get to his room, he points to the ceiling to turn on his music and lights, and he will just lie in bed.  Usually you hear him talking to himself, or banging on the toy with his foot.  Before you know it.  It gets really quiet, and he's out!  He does the same for bedtime, too.  He doesn't like to be rocked but will go to his bed without a fight, and put himself to sleep.
Jonathan is eating great, too!  We introduced chicken this month.  He wasn't too crazy about it on his own, but when all else fails, add sweet potato!  He eats like a champ.  Some of his foods include:  sweet potato, peas, carrots, green beans, banana, oatmeal, yogurt, mango, pineapple, apples, whole wheat past, wheat bread, avocado.  He also tried refried beans for the first time, too and loved them!!  He continues to drink his bottle, too and loves his cold water in his sippy cup.  I even caught his feeding his cereal to Caesar the other day; a habit we are working on breaking!  Caesar loves it, though.  He continues to walk with his walker, wait, I should say RUN with his walker.  He doesn't quite have the turns down, but he can walk 10 laps around the kitchen and living room if you let him!!  He continues to crawl up the stairs on his own, without any trouble, and has just started getting down by staying on his stomach and scooting himself backwards down the stairs on his own.  He still crawls up on the couch (an action I still haven't caught on video) and he lets himself down by scooting onto his stomach, turning around and feeling for the floor with his feet.  He has given me a slight heart attack each time he does this!!
So as you can see, Jonathan is growing quick.  He is moving quickly into the toddler stage and is losing his baby features by the day.  Steve and him love watching cartoons in the morning and football in the weekends!  I am just trying to savor each moment, and his is growing quickly and leaving little room for slowing down!