busy baby boy...

yikes! it's been TWO weeks since my last post - i am so sorry! it's a busy life being 10 months old... but i'll try to catch you up on all the things i've been doing in a hurry. if you like pictures of me, then you're going to like this post a lot...

first, i had a great visit with mimsie and grandpa - yea!! :) i sure do like them... here we are outside of a restaurant that i really like. i love all kinds of bread, and i got to eat a croissant there - yum!

mimsie and i played a little at the table...

and here i am laughing as i lean back in the highchair. i started doing that lately and it's pretty fun... :)

back at our house, i showed them how i can push my airplane from behind as i practice walking... i'm not sure if you can tell or not, but i like attention and approbation...

we had a great visit and i can't wait to see them again in just a few days for thanksgiving!

otherwise, i still love to stand up and scoot along furniture. i climb up anything that looks sturdy enough for me, and even things that aren't so sturdy... for example, the 5-foot screen in our front room that holds a collage of mommy and daddy's wedding pictures is not sturdy enough for me to stand on. the outside (and inside) of my crib, however, is...

here are some other pictures of me playing around. i still love those door-stoppers - here i am in my too-long pj's, chewing on the end as i crunch down real low to the ground after sneaking up on it...

my favorite thing lately has got to be climbing the stairs! i did it all by myself, all the way up, for the first time last week. that is so much fun! but it is quite a workout...

i also like to clap for myself a lot. i clap when mommy says i am a good boy and she's clapping too... and i clap when i'm doing something that i like or having fun with a toy... i also clap just in general for added cuteness. (no picture of this, but you can imagine...)

i also love to play outside in the grass. here i am in our flowerless bed, which i walked all the way around while holding onto the bricks.

and here i am playing in a bush. leaves are good.

and here's my bum in the tub. i'm not supposed to get the faucet, but sometimes i can't help myself. why do they make it so fun if little kids aren't supposed to play with it? it's shiny, it has a lever to pull up and down, and it sticks out at just the right height...

okay, whew! this is enough for now, but i will try really hard to update again soon because there's more to tell! we went to the ranch last weekend and i played with some of my cousins, and there are other fun things to tell you about too, so check back again soon! and less than one month until we get to go to indiana for christmas and see all of our family and friends there - YES!! can't wait!! bye!