10 months

We are a little behind on our blogging because our camera has been in the shop but it's fixed now and we will be picking it up soon! Deacon turned 10 months old on Easter Sunday. We recently got his 9 month proofs back so I will share a couple of my favorite pictures and do his 9 month stats. Then I will be taking his 10 month pictures this week and sharing those as well. I'm hoping to start blogging more as more and more of my friends are getting blogs.

• Deacon is eating mostly table foods. He will eat anything we put in front of him and we feel so blessed by this. He loves all fruits, veggies, veggie burgers, cheese, pancakes, soft pretzels, and oatmeal. We are introducing new things all the time.





• He has signed the words: more, please, and thank you in the last week. He does more very consistently and appropriately. He won't do it unless he truly wants more of something-he won't do it on command. A few times we haven't given him what he wants quick enough so he will throw in please but it's not very consistent. We are working on finished now and he does something similiar to finished but I'm not sure if it's purposeful yet.





• He can get down off the chair or couch without tumbling head first. He knows to turn around and slide off.





• He can blow kisses, make an indian noise, and make a sound that sounds like our boat when we ask him how our boat goes.





• He says mama and dada consistently and Ma for Maddy. He can also use hey, hi, bye bye and mum mum pretty regularly. He has said several other words but not enough for them to be purposeful.





• He is sleeping 12 hours a night and taking 2 naps a day for the most part





• He went to Bowling Green on an overnight trip this month, dyed Easter Eggs, went to an Egg Hunt, went to the movies, played outside and lots more fun things I can't remember





• He is the best shopper in the world and will stay in his stroller all day long!





• He can stand briefly unassisted and can walk around all the furniture. We know walking is right around the corner.

We can't wait for the fun things we have ahead of us. I'm in full 1st birthday planning mode and I'm trying to get as much accomplished as possible while he naps and after he's in bed.

May God bless you all this week!

Sorry

This post will have no pictures as our camera is in the shop:( This is good for Deacon and terrible for us! Thank goodness we have our cell phones and another camera. I have his 9 months picture that I will post when the camera is back. We have been busy the past few week but are enjoying the time we get to spend outside. I have been working in Princeton the past couple of weeks so it's been nice to be so close to home. It makes for much shorter days. We have several Easter activities planned for the next week. We bought Deacon some plastic eggs and he has been practicing his egg hunting skills. He went and saw the Easter Bunny last weekend and wasn't scared at all. He also saw his first movie theatre movie-HOP and loved it! We are making Resurrection Rolls with our Sunday School class this Sunday. I hope that we can convey the death and resurrection of our Savior in a way that is meaningful and something they will remember forever!

Almost 9 months...

We have been taking advantage of this nice weather and playing outside as much as possible. Deacon loves being outside which is good because we do too!

Swinging


We had a wonderful time at the Wizard of Oz


Jackson, Deacon, Amelia


Sweet boy in his adorable shirt

His new trick is to do his hands like this when we ask him how big he is...so big!

Playing at church

He loves his car

First trip to Rupp to cheer on the Marshals!

Mommy's boy

Love him!

With him fam!

Such a ham!

Styling before church

8 months old!

You are 8 months old sweet baby! We can't believe you have gotten so big! We have had so much fun with you.

Highlights:

• Size 3 diapers- very close to size 4
• 6-9 month clothes
• Words-bye-bye, mama, dada, hey, poppa, ocar (oscar)
• He can wave bye and can sometimes point to mommy's nose
• He got his first black eye by falling into Maddy's toy box
• Pulling up and walking around furniture
• Can walk behind his lion toy
• Nurses about 5 times a day
• Sleeps about 12 hours a night and takes 2 naps (Thank you God!)
• Eats food that mommy and daddy make: blueberries, strawberries, pineapple, peaches, pears, applesauce, banana, broccoli, peas, green beans, mixed veggies, chicken, squash, sweet potato, carrots-we buy organic yogurt and oatmeal
• Started going to the nursery at church and does so good

Just this week Deacon has learned that even though he can't see one of us we are still there. If he's in the room with me and hears Derek in another room he crawls as fast as he can to look for him. The other night I was in the bathtub and he was in the living room with Derek and he crawled all the way into the bathroom to find me. He is learning so much every day and we are blessed to get the opportunity to raise him!

We're off to see the wizard...

Saturday night we are off to see the Wizrad of Oz with the Boone's at the Carson Center. I've been dying to host a movie night but I knew Deacon wouldn't appreciate it yet. So I got the idea to have a Wizard of Oz movie night and invite the Boone's. That way we could refresh our memories on the movie before seeing the play. A movie night is simply a themed party to go along with the movie you are watching. Lots of blogs I follow do these for their children and I AM IN LOVE with the idea. The Smith home will be having movie nights at least once a month when Deacon is old enought to watch a movie. All you do is watch the movie ahead of time and plan a themed party around the movie similiar to a birthday party. This movie night cost less than $20 and the kids loved it!

Uncle Michael and Aunt Jill brought Deacon the Wizard of Oz toys



The kids on the yellow brick road

Follow the yellow brick road-I'm lucky to have a husband who goes along with my ideas:)

The yellow brick road made by D

The witches brew....I'm melting....

Toto's dog food

Scarecrow's diploma

Wicked Witch cookies

Tinman's heart

We also had somewhere over the rainbow fruit cocktail and munchkin mix which was miniature oreos, teddy grahams, and nutter butters. This was the favor the Boone kids took home with them. The first movie night was a success.