Ten months old for Hawk

We've had a long, tiring, busy, stressful few weeks since our move (and hence no time for blog posts and photos) - but here we are at the beginning of March and glorious spring days, and this little boy is 10 months old! The daffodils are blooming and trees are blossoming, and Hawk too seems to be learning and doing new things almost daily. Just this week he started...

• banging toys (we've been working on this in therapy)
• scooching himself in a circle
• rubbing food in his hair
• making more jibberish sounds
• waving bye-bye! For a boy who has stiff shoulders and wrists, waving is no small achievement! (I admit it, I teared up.)

eating melon at the dining hall (becoming a regular Friday night feature for us)

Favorites:

• Food: apple/banana/pear-sauce; orange slices; homemade baby rusks; sliced strawberries or melon; sliced cucumber; the crunchy part of romaine lettuce
• Smiling at people! Yesterday a woman followed us down the aisle at the store to say, "Excuse me, I just want to say what a friendly, cute baby he is." And he just grinned and grinned. A few minutes later the cashier said, "Oh, you're so cute, I just want to pinch you!" (and then she did...) He really does make eye contact and smile at almost everyone.
• Being around people and playing. He especially likes going to the church nursery.
• Going for walks in the stroller, although he isn't quite sure about the swings at the park yet.
• Learning to bang toys, and pick them up and drop them, and wave them around. Right now he is particularly excited about his tiny, squishy soccer ball.
• Being tickled on his chest.
• Getting tackles and kisses and funny faces from Timo and Mattias.

See how his fingers are opening up!

And split pea soup is a favorite, too!