The boys turned 10 months old last week!  I can't believe they are getting so close to being a year old already.  I'm definitely going to miss the little baby stage but at the same time it's fun to watch them grow.  Owen is cruising along furniture on occasion but doesn't seem too close to walking just yet.  I think I have at least another month or two.  Eli seems to be happy just pulling up to his knees at this point.  Chloë had just started crawling when she was 10 months so the fact that they get around so much at this age is new for us.  Owen has 6 teeth and Eli has 8.  Chloë got her first tooth at almost 11 months!

The boys continue to look completely different- I don't even think they look like brothers most of the time! Eli has a lot more hair - in fact, he had his first "haircut" earlier this week.  Myke trimmed around the sides after we decided we didn't like the baby mullet look so much.

Eli before

(no, this is NOT really Eli in case you weren't sure)

Owen, on the other hand, barely has any more hair than he had the day he was born.  

They're both really great babies.  They are great at entertaining themselves, and now each other, which is awesome and definitely a necessity with three kids!  They are overall pretty content, happy little guys.  They're good eaters, they take good naps (at least one of their 2 naps is always a good 2-3 hour one), they sleep 7pm-6am and then play and talk in their cribs until 7am (but that said, it took them a long time to sleep that long), they put everything in their mouths- some oral favorites being shoes and dog toys.  They love stroller and car rides- they very rarely make a peep during either.  You forget they are even there.  I guess they just love looking at the scenery go by.  So, while they are very different, they are also a lot alike in these ways. And very different than Chloë was.  She would never fall asleep in the car, she would cry at every stoplight because she didn't like the car to stop moving, I could never even really take her jogging because she didn't want to stay in the stroller.  She would NEVER fall asleep in the stroller or the car (except maybe when a tiny infant).  She mostly just wanted to be held or worn in a baby bjorn or moby wrap.  She was and still is a very strong-opinionated person...she lets you know what she wants.  Myke and I can only imagine what her teenage years will be like!  

All of that said, she is a GREAT little girl. I'm in no way trying to speak negatively about her- it's just a fact that she was a more "high maintenance" baby.  I'm a totally believer in in-born temperament and the idea that you can "see" the temperament from a very early age. She is a very strong-willed little girl who has a very sweet side, as well.  She can be so loving with her brothers and always wants to hold them, feed them, bring them toys to play with, etc.  At the same time she also likes to ride them and I know she can't wait until they are big enough to wrestle with.  

VERY different babies- this is them after eating pasta....

The slob of the family

snack time in the stroller

Access DENIED

They LOVE to race to the dog's food bowls first thing in the morning (and any time they get a chance) so we had to put a gate up in front of it.

I've swiped more pieces of dog food out of Eli's mouth than I care to divulge...

He LOVES it!  

Early rebellion against his vegetarian upbringing maybe.  

Superhero Big-Sis Chloë

And the beautiful beast, Kyla :)