Happy 10 months Ely!

Length: 29.5 inches 50-75 percentile

Weight: 20.01 pounds 25-50 percentile

Walking yet: not yet on two feet but walks on knees using a walker

Ely has gotten much stronger in just one month. He can pull himself up onto his feet and play with big-boy toys. He can even walk on his knees while pushing on a walker. He isn't confident enough to walk on his feet just yet but he loves holding onto things and standing.

Row-row: Yes, Ely can row, row...

Ely will grab onto my hands or my shirt and rock back and forth when I sing "Row Row Row Your Boat". It's quite funny because he'll pull himself up and no matter what he is doing, if I sing to him that song, he will rock back and forth.

Ball: Ely loves balls!

Ely loves to throw balls. We were playing under the Christmas tree and he threw an ornament on a glass ornament and it broke the glass ornament. It was his "baby's first Christmas" glass globe. Ely has quite the arm. He can throw over-handed and apparently it take a lot of shoulder muscle and it's a technique that toddlers master.

High-five...kisses....

Daddy taught Ely how to give high-fives. Ely has also started to kiss me but he leaves his mouth open and slobbers all over my face. It's a very sloppy & slobbery kiss but it's Ely's kiss.

Uh-oh: First serious Dr. visit.

Sweet little Ely has a clogged tear duct. He is a little fussy but is cheery as ever. He doesn't mind and goes on about his day. He has stopped rubbing his eyes and scratching. We just started giving him eye drops so we're hoping that his eyes will clear up very soon.

Ely, you are such a patient sweet boy. You hug everyone at daycare and wave "hello" to everyone. You've got quite a throwing arm and perhaps you will be a pitcher or a quarterback. Daddy is very excited about it. I hope your eyes get better soon!

It's December already?

I cannot believe that it is already December, not to mention already December 8th! I finally got around to taking pictures for our Christmas photo cards. It was much more difficult to get all three boys - Toby, Charlie and Ely to all pose for the camera.

First I had Ely all dressed up and managed to have 5 minutes before Ely started to crawl away. He's sure a fast crawler.

Another 30 min later, I tried again, this time, putting Ely inside the sled. I found that the lighting wasn't just right. Here is Ely raising his hand to object.

It was past Ely's bedtime and I tried again (pretty risky thing to do) and I finally got a good shot! Here is Ely making a funny face (this is not the pic for the card :P)

Ely is growing up super fast. He is getting much sturdier and heavier. He is also learning much faster. He loves to observe and study things...and tries to figure out how things work.