Brendan at 10 months (June 26, 2008):

Teeth! His two bottom teeth popped up on June 14th - we've been waiting for them...

Crawling? Hmmm, kinda. He has mastered the "army crawl", "inch worm" and "stretch and roll" moves, but crawling in the traditional sense seems to be sporadic. Today, June 29th, when Mommy got on her hands and knees to show him, he crawled across the floor on his knee perfectly! But, he seems to love his "inch worm" technique - hands and toes with a little "hop" maneuver. Very cute.

Bren still loves to stand and bounce. He is not pulling himself up yet, but if you put him in position, he loves to stand.

We found a food he doesn't like - yogurt. We tried all sorts of homemade fruit mixes, but nope, he doesn't want it at all. We'll try again another week.

Sounds he loves to make: DA DA DA (while looking at the cat or the ceiling fan), MA MA MA (while looking at the cat, the mirror or the bathtub, and once at Mommy), GAH! (at any ceiling fan), and plenty of words that sound like English, but who knows? We've heard sounds that resemble the following: "hi guys", "yep", "for sure" and "oh boy" but we're just having fun.

He loves the mirror. Loves it. He loves to see himself in different mirrors so he can talk to that cute baby that lives in the mirror.

Bren also loves seeing pictures and videos of himself. They look just like the Mirror Baby, his best friend.

He sits up great and has strengthened his torso, so now, when he wants to see something behind him he doesn't tip over.

His favorite toys have stayed the same - a loyal child, Brendan is - but he has added the remote control (sans batteries, of course), plastic measuring cups, and anything that he shouldn't have in his mouth.

His favorite books are those with texture and he pats all pages of non-textured books. At the bookstore the other day, I had to keep a "popper" (aka pacifer) in his mouth to keep him from trying to eat every book we had not bought.

Bren is full of life and laughter and is a happy, happy baby...