My Journey Through Mommyhood: Month 10

Hey Everyone!

Month 10 has come and gone! This boy will be turning 1 NEXT MONTH! I cannot believe it! I've been slowly gathering birthday party ideas for months now and telling myself I would slowly purchase things here and there as I found stuff. Well.. now its 1 month out and guess what.. We have nothing other than plans and invites!

Ya'll this kid fits into 12-18 month clothes now! I had to go through his clothes a few weeks ago and pull all the stuff that fits now and put away all the stuff that is now too small. Luckily for us we have quite a bit of clothes from 12 months and up and a lot of that includes pants so we are mostly set for winter. He needs some more shirts and jammies but I'm sure he will be getting clothes for his birthday NEXT MONTH!

The most exciting thing about month 10 was that Alden got to celebrate Halloween for the very first time! He dressed up as Raphael from Ninja Turtles. I honestly wanted him to be Mickey Mouse since he is so obsessed with him, but all the costumes were thick and fuzzy and that just wouldn't work for my heater of a child. Of course he looked ADORABLE!

Obviously Alden had no idea as to what we were doing the whole time. At first he seemed a little reserved which probably had something to do with being surrounded by his cousins who didn't look anything like his cousins because they were in costumes.

We went to one house where the guy was giving out these light up necklaces that were big enough to where Alden would be able to play with it as a toy. The guy didn't want to give one to Alden though so daddy stepped in and saved the day. By saved the day, I mean he literally stood there blocking the line until the guy gave him one.

After that Alden was SO happy! He didn't give a crap about the candy but that necklace left him totally satisfied. We have been letting Alden taste the suckers and have bites of the chocolate, but lets be honest.. taking him trick or treating was just an easy way for mommy and daddy to get a bunch of FREE CANDY!

Alden now pumps his arm and says "YES!" when he gets super excited. He also loves dancing to Hotline Bling (Drake), Drag Me Down(One Direction), One In A Million (Joshua David Evans AKA JoshuaDTV), and The Hot Dog Song (Mickey and Friends). If any one of those songs comes on at any time, he stops everything and starts busting a move.

He is getting really good a balancing now so he doesnt really need a ledge to help him up. He can get up just placing his hands on the wall. He also like to walk along the edge of the bed, which lets me know any day now he is just going to start roaming about with no support! I will be needing prayers at that point because this boy is wild and mischievous on all fours, I can't even imagine how much wilder he will become when he is on 2 feet!