Beautiful Time of the Year for the Beach

Today I'm enjoying the sun, nice breeze, and beautiful scenery here at the Gulf coast. It's such a nice time of year for the beach and not crowded at all!!! Some of my girl friends and sorority sisters from college reunited for a weekend beach trip and it's been great so far! Good company, great food, and no mommy duty involved! It's the first time I've left my baby for longer than a 24 hr period!!! It was sooo hard to leave him but I know it's nice for me to have time for myself to reenergize and for him to have a bonding weekend with his daddy. That's right.... It's a father-son weekend and the first time my hubby has been on daddy duty by himself for longer than 6 hrs. But I know my baby is in the best hands possible!!!! Even if my baby did get sick within the first 5 hrs of me leaving home..... But my hubby handled it like a champ.... called the MD for advice, kept his cool, and cared for our baby through the screaming, crying, nose-suctioning, and fever. Talk about a first-time-daddy-left-by-himself and first-time-mommy-leaves-daddy-and-baby-by-themselves parenting experience! But we made it and I'm sure are better and more confident for it! Now.... Back to basking in the sun ;) 

10 Months Old!!!!

I can't believe my sweet baby boy is 10 months old!!!! It's going by WAY TOO FAST!!!! And he's walking!!!!! He is on the move constantly and he gets sooo excited every time he is able to put several steps together! It is so cute! Motor development and language skills are right on track... however he still has no teeth. I suppose he gets those genes from his daddy because mommy got teeth really early. Oh well. I'm sure they will come eventually. But in the mean time he is eating everything placed in front of him so his lack of teeth is not holding him back in that area! The boy eats everything.... grilled chicken, tilapia, salmon, carrots, squash, beans, waffles, sweet potatoes, yogurt, ritz crackers, avocados... his absolute favorites: cream cheese and cheerios, cooked apples, yogurt bites, sweet potato fries, mac and cheese, black eyed peas, blueberries, pancakes, and broccoli! Honestly, I haven't found anything the boy won't eat, haha! He's a little porker :) but a very, very cute one I must admit!