Fraser is 10 months old! So these pictures were actually taken 2 days after he turned 10 months old, but I swear he looks almost the same as he did when he was exactly 10 months old (complete with booger covered face and copious amounts of drool). Yes, just like so many month milestones before this one Fraser decided to commemorate the 10 month anniversary of his arrival on the planet by getting sick, yet again. And yes, a part of me feels really horrible for him when he's sad and coughing and can't breath, and part of me is getting really tired of being puked on. Plus his sleeping habits have regressed about four months and he is again getting up several time a night and sleeping in bed with us for most of the night.

On a more positive note Fraser has also greatly improved his ability to get back down after he pulls himself up on things, which has greatly decreased the amount of screaming and head smashing we need to deal with on a daily basis. In the past two days he has also begun "cruising." That is, attempting to walk by grabbing furniture and then moving to a new piece of furniture or other object. Unfortunately for Fraser our furniture arrangement isn't really conducive to this purpose, and more often then not he tries to move from something stable (like the couch or baby gate) to something slightly less stable (like one of his walking toys or a cat). This, of course, creates unanticipated complications in his plan and, more often than not, results in more screaming and head smashing. Still, he doesn't seem any worse for wear (though a few of the cats may be) so I think there is still hope he will continue trying to learn to walk and won't simply throw his hands into the air and say "To hell with this. How about you just carry me everywhere from now on mom?"