10 Months Old & On the Move!!

T minus two months until he turns 1!! This is so crazy! He has definitely graduated from the army crawl, mastered the regular crawl ,and started to walk behind a toy in the past month. How did this happen?! I have the hardest time keeping tabs on the little guy these days; he's everywhere! I fully expect him to be walking independently by his first birthday; probably sooner! He now has two teeth on the bottom, three on top, and another on top about to break through any day now!

Speaking of 1st birthdays; I've started planning Austin's. Work keeps me pretty busy these days, so I have to be well-organized and plan things in advance. We've decided to do something small and low key at the house, with just close family and friends that he sees regularly. And I think we've decided on doing a sports theme, and I'm trying to decide what to do with his cake.

We had to take him to the urgent care center yesterday. He's had an upset tummy almost all week and started running a fever on Friday and nothing was helping. They said he had an ear infection and gave us some antibiotics. He still wasn't feeling much better today, so we'll see. They weighed him at the doctor's office and he was 20lbs. 11oz. This kid just keeps on growing! :)

I had a four-day weekend over Labor Day weekend. We borrowed a nice big camper from a friend and headed to the lake. We had such a great time, and Austin was so well-behaved. And there were so many other friends there willing to watch him for an hour or so, while Jordan and I enjoyed some time on the jet ski and the boat. Now we've kinda got the itch to buy a camper, but can't decide on that or a pool next spring.

We went shopping today for some fall clothes for Austin (sizes 12-18 months!), and I also picked up our preliminary choice for a Halloween costume. I picked out a Hulk costume from Party City. Of course, I had to try it on him when we got home, and he just looked so damn cute!! My sis has off from school and student-teaching on Fridays, so she's going to start watching him here and there, and bringing to have lunch with me at work. It's so wonderful to be able to see him a little extra during the week. Work has been getting a little bit more chaotic lately, so I've been having to work a couple hours after Austin goes to bed. But I'm managing. Starting to get a little nervous about the upcoming busy season, so we'll see how it goes. In the meantime, I'm just thankful to still have a job, after another round of layoffs two weeks ago.