One step, two step

Wednesday 8-22. A big day. Keegan took his first two steps! Repeatedly. He took two steps inside. Two steps outside. Two steps on the carpet. Two steps on the grass. It has begun. The beginning of the end of babyhood is here. :sigh:

Los Dientes

Keegan is a toothy, toothy small friend.  He now has six teeth- four top, two on the bottom. Two of the four on the top just popped through the gums this week and you can hardly see them but you sure can feel them.
While he has six chompers- he seems to be getting at least four more.  His gums are red and swollen, there are raised little lumps of tooth in and under his poor gums.  He is grumpy, he is whiny, he is chewing and drooling, he is pain and it is breaking my heart.  BUT truth be told- it is also beginning to break my spirit a bit as all of this pain and sadness means I have gotten about 3.5 hours of sleep per night.  I just might go a bit insane soon if this poor child doesn't get these darned toothers through his gums.  I had forgetten how much I hate this part- when a whole bunch of teeth roll in at once and the poor baby hurts and the poor mommy doesn't sleep.  blurg

Ten months old

The summer is nearly over and Keegan is nearly a year. It is all just going too fast. Mr Big Stuff is a dynamo. He crawls rapidly and silently so you often have no idea where he might be (& frequently he is right under your feet somehow) he is like a ninja... Or a cat. When he is not practicing his stealth crawling Keegan is standing and seeing just how little support be needs to do so. He is frequently spied holding on to a gate or the couch with one hand while banging a toy with the other or swinging out and back. He can balance leaning up against the couch while playing or eating something with both hands. Keegan thinks it is hilarious if mom or dad holds his hands and he can do jumping' jumping' and then take some steps. Holding onto hands he can walk the full length of our house.
Keegan is a big eater these days and has branched out to enjoy and destroy whole bananas, bratwurst, taco meat, chicken breast, and deli sliced ham in addition to his other foods and baby foods. He is a sucker for baby yogurt and prefers to have a container with each meal.