Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Adam is 10 Months - Learning to Walk

We are living the crazy life these days!  Our move to Sioux Falls, SD a month ago has kept us busy, along with working 80 hour weeks in the NICU.  Unfortunately that means I have not had a lot of time to update the blog for Adam so here goes!

This week, Derek is in Canada fishing with my dad and brother.  My mom then came to Sioux Falls to hang with Adam while I am at work during this week with the plan to drive back to the cities together on Friday.  Of course, having grandma around means Adam has gotten very spoiled over the last week.  Grandma and Grandpa bought him a Thomas the Tank engine toy that he walks behind and has a "secret place" in the seat.  He thinks this is the greatest!!  We originally started letting him walk behind the lawn mower, but it would go pretty fast for him, so he would fall and then started getting scared to try.  Dad ordered him a new walk-behind toy and now the new train means he got two walk-behind toys this week!  And let me tell you....he is cruising!  He has gone from timid to speeding around the kitchen in no time flat!

 


Other new things for Adam:  He now has 5 teeth, 2 on the bottom and 3 on top.  He is a great eater and loves to have everything that we have on our plates.  He is smart enough to know when you have something that he doesn't, and he will sure scold you about it until you share.  His favorite of these items in ice cream.  If you hold ice cream in the front seat of the car and try to eat it without Adam knowing..... good luck!  He catches one glance in his mirror and he will scream until he gets some! haha great!!  He has learned to start annunciating to make works.  He makes a sound like "all done" if you ask if he is finished eating.  When grandma takes Journey outside and Adam goes along (which he always has to do or he gets mad), after she goes potty, he knows that grandma says good girl, so he will say "goo gool".   Now that he is walking, he is starting to get new shoes, which makes him think he is a big boy!! And he sleeps great through the night.... occasionally not getting up until 9 or 10!  Love that kid!  All sorts of fun.

We are missing Derek like crazy and have had a few chances to Skype with him this week, which has been great for Adam.  He runs around the house most days saying "Dadda"!  Can't wait for our week long trip home this weekend!!