{Micah - 10 Months}

Micah Owen, you are 10 months old!

You have mastered your crawl and now you are working on learning to walk. Right now you are trying to stand up unassisted and cruise along furniture,  you definitely seem to be getting more confident. Now that you're pulling up to a stand, you love being at the front windows to look out at the neighborhood. You also love trying to sneak up on mama from behind the couch and think it is so fun to play peekaboo around the couch.

Micah you are incredibly curious and you are getting into all the things. If we accidentally leave the door open to the trash and recycling you like to reach in and pull out whatever you can grab onto. Sometimes that isn't a problem, but recently you pulled out coffee grounds and ate some.  Or you happened to find a bowl of hot cocoa mix that was out low and you definitely enjoyed that discovery. Mama and Papa have been lax at childproofing around the house which means you like to get into any drawer that you can reach and try to empty everything out.  You definitely require more attention right now as you explore. 

More of your personality is starting to peek through. You've started throwing tantrums when you do not get what you want. Usually that is around not getting picked up or held as long as you would like. And while you tantrums are not as big as your brother's - you have tried to shriek over their tantrums so that you can be the loudest. It is actually pretty hilarious.

Micah you love listening to music and will come into the kitchen and stand at the drawers so you can hold on and bounce up and down. It is so sweet to see you trying to keep up with your big brothers! 

We like to joke that you enjoy keeping us on our toes with your sleep. At bedtime, when you are not quite ready to let us out of your room, you start crying. Sometimes you want to be rocked to sleep. You also can be hit or miss with your overnight sleep, though usually you're still happy with a pacifier.  Micah something sweet that mama has discovered is that  you get very ticklish under your chin when you are tired. It makes it fun to see if you're ready for sleep.

During your 10th month we went on an adventure to pick out a Christmas tree. It was our first family experience at a tree farm and you loved exploring and helping pick out the perfect tree. You're not quite ready to help with the decorating, but you've really enjoyed pulling ornaments down to check them out. Mama did set up a felt Christmas tree for you, but it turns out that you just wanted to put the pieces in your mouth - so that didn't last long. Also as we prepare for Christmas, you have loved the bin of Christmas books, though your favorite activity is to pull them all out.

You experienced your first Thanksgiving, and we celebrated outside with Grandpa! You enjoyed the mashed potatoes, stuffing, and the pumpkin pie. You also really seemed to like eating outside.

During your 11 month of life, we think you are looking forward to celebrating Christmas and your first New Years trip with the Kaetzels'.

Here are some photos from your tenth month of life.