We are reading together

Pace is going to be 10 months in a couple days and from the video Andy posted, you'll see how much he has grown and changed.

Some new things Pace has started to enjoy:
-Reading with us. His favorite book is "The Wide-Mouthed Frog" (thanks Phil and Virginia!). He loves pop-up books and animal board books.
-"No Hands!" He'll pull himself up on our legs, on chairs, tables, couches, walls, anything that's solid. And then carefully puts his hands up and let's go and looks at us as if to say, "look at me! No hands!" It's hilarious when he is sitting down or leaning against something and then lifts his hands up and looks at us - does he really think he is standing up or balancing? Silly boy.
-Making us laugh. He'll give lots of kisses and then if we start laughing, he'll start laughing too.
-Playing chase/hide and seek. He'll chase his buelo (grandpa) all over the house as his buelo ducks behind walls, counters, tables, etc. He squeals if you get down on the floor and chase him after he has found you.
-Going on the baby swing at the park. Today was his first day on the baby swing and he loved it. He also liked going down the baby slide, although that might have been a little much for him.

Some old things Pace still enjoys:
-Singing - his range gets better everyday
-Going for walks
-Crawling
-Taking baths

Some things Pace enjoys less than when he was younger:
-Nursing. I'm still breastfeeding but am nervous about being able to go much longer because he is SO busy that it's hard for him to settle down to nurse for any length of time. Thankfully he still seems happy with what he's getting and I'm still producing milk but I'm pumping every night just to make sure I don't dry up before a year.

Some Pace FAQs:
-Sleeps about 12 hours a night from 6:30pm to 6:30am (Kira and Andy miss sleeping in!).
-Nurses about 4 times a day
-Eats solids 3 times a day. A typical breakfast or dinner is spelt and oatmeal or multi-grain mixed with bananas and a typical lunch is asparagus or peas and sweet potatoes.
-Still at the 25th percentile for weight (19 1/2 lbs) and 50th percentile for height (28 1/2 in).
-Has 8 teeth (4 on top and 4 on bottom)
-Increasingly more separation anxiety and is very clingy with mom!
-Still cloth diapered but is more wiggly and has ever-so-much more poop.
-Not interested in walking yet