Ten Months Old!

Jack turned ten months old yesterday. Here is an update all about our incredibly sweet boy:

• Jack loves to crawl and he is so fast! He can cross a large room within seconds.
• Jack also loves to stand, cruise, and he is beginning to stand without holding on.
• Jack enjoys kneeling while playing and while looking at books.
  
• Jack has the sweetest personality. Jack always smiles whenever he looks at me or whenever you smile at him! He has the best laugh too. Jack laughs at EVERYTHING Grace does. He thinks his big sister is so silly.
  
• Jack loves sign language. He signs "more" independently - mostly during mealtimes. Jack also signs "dog" and he is beginning to sign "all done."
  
• Jack is imitating gestures. His favorite gesture is putting his arms up when he hears, "So big!" Jack also waves bye-bye and blows kisses. Jack loves to clap his hands too.
  
• Jack can climb up a full flight of stairs by himself!
• Jack's attention span amazes me. Jack sits on the floor with me every morning and attends to books for nearly an hour. Jack also plays with toys for very long periods of time.
  
• Jack loves to dance. When Jack hears the word "dance" he will stop what he is doing and start bouncing up and down. Jack also dances whenever he hears music.
• Jack continues to have very clear preferences for favorite songs.
  
• Jack loves to talk. He says "dada" and approximates the word "all done" (ah duh). Jack loves to talk to Grace.
  
• Jack points to pictures in books. He identifies common objects, some shapes (circle, star, heart, crescent moon), body parts (eyes, nose, mouth, hair, toes) musical instruments, toys, and animals. Jack also uses eye gaze to look at named objects and people.
• Jack is a great eater! He loves finger foods and feeding himself. Jack will eat anything.
  
• Here are just a few of Jack's favorite things: books, music and music group, dancing, playing with Grace, being outside, transportation vehicles, clocks, pumpkins, apples, ladybugs, our play kitchen set, crawling up the stairs and to the tub, water play, the American flag, calendar time, finger foods, painting, our art table, musical instruments, and sound play games.