How Time Flies....



10 months old

For all you parents out there I am sure you understand why I am so behind in Layne's blog. As Layne has gotten older he has become very curious and unfortunately, my computer was subject to his wonder and I lost a key. So, I am rarely able to go online with Layne around for fear he will do something worse to my computer. Updates, Layne has started to walk. He took his first step on the morning of November 11th as his daddy was leaving for work. He was standing by the ottoman and turned around and let go and took a step and fell on his butt. Here it is December 3rd and he's taking multiple steps at a time. It's amazing to watch. He is also eating regular foods like chicken noodle soup, french fries, and basically anything he sees us eating. Maybe he is finding food more appetising because he has more teeth! His bottom teeth came in but I think I already said that and now his upper teeth have come through. I started by giving him a french fry the day we went to his last doctor visit because the doctor said that if Layne kept rejecting food we would need to take him to a speech therapist. Layne is now 24 lbs and 30 inches. But I think since we've been giving him table food he is probably more than 24 lbs. The doctor allowed us to take Layne off that really expensive formula so now he is back on Enfamil Gentlease and seems to be ok on it. Speaking of bottles, he can hold his own bottle too while he is drinking. It is crazy how he has gone from being so baby to being so much more and doing so many things day after day. Halloween was fun and exciting. We went to Ponte Vedra ( to get the good stuff ) and of course my child had a costume change. He was a monkey for the first half and I dressed as a banana and then we went back and suited him up in to a Superman costume. Layne even got the hang of grabbing his own candy! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at my Dad's house although Layne was a little grumpy because unfortunately, he is not sleeping great at night. Sometimes he is waking up twice and sometimes he wakes up so many times at night that Matt and I loose count. We are really tired but he's so cute that the patience always comes through. We are looking forward to his first Christmas and will be spending it in Michigan!! We already have our Christmas tree and Layne helped to decorate and supervised mommy putting the lights on. Matt and I are doing great and as time goes on we are really starting to get the hang of this parenting thing. We are arguing less and working together to help one another more. Matt has been really supportive and loving and of course a Great Dad. I am really proud of us. It hasn't been the easiest thing but having each other to lean on and vent to sure has helped. We actually went to a class today to get the ball rolling on getting Layne's baptism too and it was really nice to talk to Tom who led the class. He really made us understand the depth of the baptism process and I will be happy to have our son involved in the church as I am excited to have Matt and myself more involved. Layne's first birthday will be an event too and we will soon begin planning that. I want to encorporate a Korean tradition to it. Anyways, we hope that all is well for everyone out there, friends and family! All of our Love and Thanks for everyone's love and support!