Past Ten Months…

I have been meaning to post this blog for almost a month. So…ten and eleven months will come pretty close together…and with how time has flown they feel way too close together.
Month ten has been amazing! Such a month of growth and change. He has just taken off…literally and figuratively. (Moving from St. Louis to Denver has been a huge but exciting change for Anderson, as well as the whole Barnard clan.) Our new place with carpet has made movement for Anderson so much easier. Anderson is pulling up and standing on everything his crib, every chair, walls, my legs, my hair….you get the picture. He is a crazy crawler and climber. The climber part is great developmentally, but not great on a Mom’s heart! (An entire flight of steps in two minutes flat!)
He babbles like mad man, but he has this shy side which causes him to get really quiet and just take it all in. His laugh is contagious and he has started to realize that he is funny and delights himself and his parents by the way he laughs at himself. (He comes by it naturally…his Mom and Dad laugh at themselves all the time!). I also believe willfulness rears its ugly head after month nine. It seems mobility increases and so does self will. Anderson can arch his back with the best of them and he lets me know what he wants and what he doesn’t. Oh…how fun and challenging. (I am sure just a preview of 18yrs to come!) The funny part is now that he has tubes in his ears he yells a lot more. It truthfully is really funny….he yells to show sadness, happiness, and just because he can. I have to admit it is pretty amazing! He is so delighted by the sound of his own voice. We now are working on an inside voice. Finally, he is eating pretty much all table food. He loves it all! (And loves to poop just as much.) This has lead to a major improvement in he spit up ….I thank God for this each day. It is not completely gone, but 90% better. He soon may be able to ditch the bib! Well…those are the basics. I promise to add pics in the next day or so!

A Quick Note…to my favorite little guy (Small, but mighty)
Little man….thank you for such a fun month! I delight in you so much. The last month has been amazing getting to see you grow and change. Watching how beautifully you are designed and made in God’s image….only makes me long to share the Lord with you more and more and to be the spiritual example that God calls me to be. (I know in this I will fail way to often. This will give me the chance to show you the grace that God gives his children.)
Watching your curiosity explode…it such a neat time. It also make me realize how parenting requires a perfect balance of protection and allowing you try things out to see what you can do. This theme will repeat itself so many time in the future…which is both scary and exciting! At times just like now you will fall and cry, but your Dad and I will be there to guide and help you stand up and try again.
Know you are loved, prayed for boldly and you have parents that realize how much God has blessed them with you!!!!

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