I am 10 months old!

Here I am at 10 months old! It has been a very growing two months since we talked, especially for Mom and Dad. First off, we had a BLAST on vacation in the Outerbanks. Wow, the ocean is so much cooler than my sound machine makes it out to be. I loved splashing in the water, playing in the sand and watching the seagulls. AND while I was there I learned to crawl!! Daddy called it my "leper crawl" when I first started because I keep one leg bent. But now I am quite quick and can get around great. It was fun to hang out with my cousins all week. AND Nana and Pappy. They read me lots of good books, which I am finally finding interesting! They were right, there's lots of cool stuff in books! On the way to vacation, we had an adventure: the car broke down in the tunnel of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge! Our car had to be towed and then we had to hang out in Wal-Mart for a few hours. Dad said he felt like we were homeless. BUT, we made it there.
A few weeks after being home, I got super sick with a fever virus for about a week. Mom and Dad took me to the doctor's three times in one week, but they kept saying nothing was wrong with me. I cried a lot and didn't sleep very well. I was sad to see Mommy crying with me sometimes. Before this I didn't like to eat much, except an occasional avocado, but then when I got sick- I didn't want to eat at all.
The next week, after I started to feel better, was my surgery. I already wrote to you about that, but I think it went pretty well. The worst part was a few days after when the pain started getting to me. I didn't feel like eating then either. I lost a few pounds so my parents were kind of worried. My scar is healing really well. Mom puts lots of different ointments on it and I pretty much leave it alone cause it still hurts and is all gooey.
So at the end of these few weeks when I wasn't eating or sleeping well. Mama said she was "bouttolosehermind" -whatever that is. I interpret "bouttolosehermind" as letting me cry it out at night and not sleep with Daddy. I was pretty mad about this, especially the first day. I was so mad that I threw up everywhere. Mommy said this was the hardest day of being a Mom EVER. Daddy says I am just like Mommy:stubborn. I like to think of it as persistent. But then I gave in, and as usual, they are right. It's pretty nice sleeping for long periods of time in my own bed. Boobs still comes in and feeds me once or twice, but for the most part I just go back to my dreams about ALL my boyfriends.
Speaking of boys, I am all settled in at my BFF's house, Jonah, with our Nanny Shirley. I go there three days a week. They have so many cool toys and Shirley thinks the world of me. The other days I am home with Mommy and sometimes I get to visit my other local boys Porter and Bodhi. I also have a friend Issac that I got to see this week. I wear all his big sister's clothes. I also get together with London sometimes, he is my NYC fling. Dad is concerned that I don't have any girlfriends, but it's okay- I have my cousins for that.
Something weird happened this week after I started sleeping more, I got hungry! One day I just decided to start opening my mouth when Mama tried to feeding me. WHOAH! Food is GOOD. I have eaten: apples, bananas, raspberries, ham, cheese, rice and beans, spaghetti. sweet potatoes, at least a half an avocado a day, bread, french fries. . . I feel like the VERY hungry caterpillar! I can't get enough! AND Mama tried dairy again and I don't have an allergy anymore. I love cheese and yogurt! I wonder if I will know if I am supposed to make a cocoon like the very hungry caterpillar does in the book?
Mommy and Daddy are really happy about all this eating. Daddy says he can't see my ribs anymore. And you know what more eating means. . . more pooping!
I also had my first real holiday- Halloween! It was really fun watching Mom and Dad get all excited when I wore the costumes. And I got to go to a baby party! All the other babies were in funny costumes and we ate puffs together. I am really starting to look forward to Thanksgiving when I get to see cousin Logan AND I hear there's LOTS of new food to try. hmmmmm. . . I wonder what turkey will taste like.
Gotta go- talk to you later!