Can you believe how much he's grown in 5 months?!

Month 5!

My sweet baby boy is 5 months now! It's so amazing to see him change and grow. He is getting so much better at sitting up, and we're hoping soon he'll be able to be totally sit up on his own. He has also found his voice. He LOVES to SCREAM! Happy screams but sometimes when I'm holding him my ears will ring when he's done. Haha he is such a funny kid. He is so fascinated with anything in front of him. I love watching him enthralled with his toys or even his hands. He loves his feet too. It's so funny. Anytime I try to change his diaper or his clothes he's got one of his feet in his mouth. He also started to roll over. He's not a pro yet, but it's cute to see him roll onto his tummy, struggle and then cry out for help. Haha he doesn't know how to roll from his tummy to his back yet. What a silly boy! I weighed him today, 17 lbs!! And I just ordered size 2 diapers from diapers.com and now I'm going to have return them and get size 3 now! Good thing returns are free! Today Noah was snuggling with me. So I snapped a picture. I love snuggles!

This is my sweet baby boy playing with his feet!

Noah's pumpkin!

4 months!

It's crazy to think that my baby boy is 4 moths old now!!! And he is getting so big!

We went to the doctor last weeks and these are his stats:
Weight: 15.2 lbs (tripled his weight is 4 months!)
Height: 24.5 inches
Head Circumference: 16 inches

He is learning so much now, it's like he's doing a new thing everyday. He is sitting up on his own for (just) a few seconds at a time... we're working on getting him to stay up, but that may take some time.

When I give him tummy time he holds himself up really good, and sometimes he gets his top half of his body onto his side... he just hasn't quite figured out how to get his bottom half how to follow just yet.

When he's on his back, about 4 weeks ago, he learned how to put his feet up in the air. And now he does it all the time. Sometimes he stomps his feet down on the ground, it's kind of funny to watch him do it. But just a week ago he's figured out how to roll onto his side from his back. He puts his feet into the air and then rolls over. Now all he has to do is figure out how to get from his side to his tummy. When we are a church we put him on the floor on his blanket and he will turn himself a whole 180 degrees! Like a clock, at one moment his head is closet to me and his feet are pointing towards the isle and the next he's turned himself so that his head is pointing to the isle. It's really funny.

Noah has also learned how to make this funny noise with his mouth. He keeps his mouth shut and makes his sound with his tongue. The only way I can describe it is have you ever made that sound that mimics a pig? Not the oink oink sound but the actually grunting sound. You make that sound by sucking in air in your closed mouth and you have your tongue to the roof of your mouth. Now have you ever made the sound by doing the same thing, but instead of sucking in your blowing out? I know it probably sounds weird and confusing but that's what he's doing. I keep trying to get a video but I haven't been able to catch it just yet. Anyways, he LOVES to make that sound all the time. Along with blowing slobber bubbles!

Noah also loves to stand. Sometimes he gets so mad when I wont let him stand. When Daniel and I were at Shoe Carnival I saw these baby nikes and I had to make him try them on! And he just loved them too! To bad they were 30 bucks! Oh well babies don't really need shoes. Haha but he was pretty darn adorable with them on!


Noah also loves to talk! His favorite 'words' are "Agloo" and "Aboof" He has also just learned that he can scream now too. So in church today he decided that was the perfect time to test out his screaming ability. Haha He thought it was pretty funny, and so did a few other people around us...

Funny Story

So since we've moved, we're in a new ward at church. This ward is in a building with a really small chapel... So last Sunday we were running a little late (like always!) and the chapel was already full when we got there. So we had no choice but to sit in the very front, facing the bishop no less...

Well as we were sitting there in the middle of the sacrament Noah decided this was the perfect time to start grunting. So picture this: A silent chapel full of people we don't quite know yet, and Noah starts pushing one out! He's grunting, and grunting, turns red, and straightens up like a board, and grunts AND.... FART! A big loud, long, juicy one! And then a SIGH! He couldn't have been more obvious! Or loud! haha

Well, Daniel and I have not been known for being able to be discreet when Noah does something funny... i.e. laughing when he starts crying in public! I know it's horrible, but sometimes he can be just so darn cute!

So, can you guess how Daniel and I reacted to Noah's show? We start to giggle! We tried to be quiet, but it got to the point I did that snorting thing in the middle of the prayer! I tried to pass it off as a cough, but that just got Daniel to start laughing more... haha So I had to scoop Noah and the diaper bag up as fast as I could and book it out of there.

The good thing is we made the Bishop laugh too!



Here is a picture of Noah lovin' his bath!

3 months

So much has happened in the last 3 months. Noah was so tiny when he was born, and now he's getting so big! At his 2 months appointment he was 10.44 lbs. He is now just over 13! He's getting so good at holding his head up, my mom and I went for a walk yesterday and he did so good in the back pack!


2 weeks ago I graduated BYU-Idaho, and my sweet baby boy was there to see it!


He was also blessed by his daddy on July 22nd. He got to wear the very same outfit that his daddy wore on his blessing day. How very special it was.


Noah does some pretty cute things now. He is starting to coo a little. He also loves to chew on his hands. It seems like every chance he gets. He can't quite figure out how to get his fingers in there so he does his best to suck on the sides, making loud sucking and smacking sounds. He also loves to stand. The silly little kid wants to stand anytime you're holding him. Of course you have to balance him, because he can't do that yet. The other day he insisted on standing while Daniel fed him. It was so funny.


He also has the cutest little smile! And you normally can get him to smile if you get close to his face and give him a huge open mouth smile. He'll do the same thing.

When he was little he had gas and acid reflux, so he had a hard time sleeping flat on his back. So we used a boppy pillow to prop him up. Now he's doing so much better sleeping on his back! We are so proud of him, growing up!



We've had a very eventful summer. And with one month left before the fall we are looking forward to spending lots of time with our sweet baby boy.

My sweet baby boy!

It happened! Noah Daniel Baily was born May 4th, at 4:51pm. He was 5lbs 2oz 19 inches long. 4 weeks early.

This was the first picture taken of Noah, and the first time I got to see him. It's funny to look back at this picture and see how swollen he was! So Thursday the 3rd I went into the doctors for a routine appointment. In the past they were worried about my blood pressure, but the Monday before it was 132/80. Pretty darn good for what it was. So I was expecting about the same. I thought going into the appointment that I would be in and out like the last 2 weeks had been. They were really busy that day so it took an hour before I got to see the Nurse. She was surprised they hadn't checked my urine for proteins, got my blood pressure or weigh me yet. So she said we'd do that real quick so I could get out of there. The first sign was that when they check my pee they dip the strip in, and then dump it and toss it out. This time she dipped it, checked it, and then took it out of the room with out a word to me. I was tired at this point so I didn't even think about it. Then she came in weighed me, and then checked my blood pressure. 168/111 WAY too high. Not a good thing. She had a nurse take some blood and then said that she'd be right back, told me to kind of rest and she'd be back to check it again. I could hear her outside the door talking to another nurse, she was asking the other nurse to try to get Dr. Allred on the phone. She came back in and checked my blood pressure again. Still not down. By this point I knew they were going to put me back in the hospital. Needless to say I was not very happy. The nurse went out again to talk to Dr. Allred on the phone. I could hear her say that my blood results came out ok, but I was spilling protein in my urine and my blood pressure was way too high. And then she said "I agree, I will send her up there right now." GREAT! They are sending me up to the hospital! Well, even though I was supposed to go right up there I came home and got Daniel from school. I also grabbed a few things like my body pillow and etc. Luckly last time my mom was here she helped me pack my hospital bag so that was already in the trunk of the car. Then we got lunch real quick, and it was off to the hospital. Daniel stayed with me till he had to go to work and then came back after. When I first got there they told me there was a possibility that I wouldn't even have to stay the night... Ha! That didn't happen. My BP didn't get and better so I did stay. The next morning Dr. Allred came in to talk to me. His exact words were "Ok so you have sever preeclampsia. As of right now it's not effecting baby, but it will soon. So would you like me to break your water and we try a vaginal birth or schedule a C-section?" I think he assumed the nurse had told me that I was going to deliver today. At that point I was still thinking I would be going home! Thank goodness that night before Daniel and I had discussed what we would do if they wanted to deliver him early. We decided that if the Dr. thought I could go a vaginal birth and he was confident it would be ok we'd do it, and if not we were ok with a C-section. Well, Dr. Allred was worried about my preeclampsia turning into eclampsia which causes seizures. He checked me and said that I wasn't dialated at all and he thought it would be better and safer to do a C-section. So we agreed and he scheduled it for that afternoon (because he came in right after I ate breakfast and you can't have food in your stomach for that) at 4. When they brought me into the OR I was terrified. I was scared and all I wanted to do was cry. I didn't, but my whole body was shaking really bad. All the people in there were so sweet to me. One of the nurses brough me a couple of flannel blankets that felt like they were just pulled from the dryer. And another nurse hugged me while they gave me my spinal block. When they laid me down I was just starting to get numb. They hadn't put the screen up and they opened my legs (I swear) as wide as possible! They started cleaning off my belly and other area's, and the thought ran through my head at that moment "I don't want to do this anymore! Please let me go home!" I guess I got a little scared... haha At this point the medication they gave me made me nauseous and I started dry heaving... not fun when you are numb up to your chest and can't really control your heaves. The anesthesiologist was very nice to me holding a barf bowl up to my face and using one of those sucker things that they have at the dentist to get the droll coming out of my mouth. Since I hadn't eaten since early that morning there was nothing to come out. And they were able to give me some anti nausea medicine so right when I was feeling better Daniel was let into the room. He said when he got there I was already open! I had no idea (Thank Goodness!) It was so much better to have him there. He came right over, gave me a kiss and after he sat down he stoked my cheek to comfort me. I can honestly say I have never felt so comforted in my life. Litterly in a matter of 2 minutes of Daniel sitting down they were telling "Dad stand up if you want to see your baby born!" And he did just as they were pulling him out. All I remember after that is Noah started to cry and then he was out of the room. I tried to look back behind me to the door to the NICU where I knew they would be bringing him, but I couldn't see that far back. So I didn't get to see him. Daniel said that when they pulled him out he was blue and covered in nasty. My doctor told me later that the cord was wrapped around him twice so it was a real good thing we decided on a C-section first.

These were the first pictures taken of Noah. Daniel was allowed to follow him into the NICU when they were cleaning him off, weighing and measuring him and etc. When I later saw the pictures I just couldn't believe that he was my baby and I got to keep him! I just can't describe the feeling when you get to see your baby's face for the first time, after you have been dreaming about it, not only during your entire pregnancy, but for me since I was a little girl. He looked nothing liked I expected, but also it is so amazing to look at him and see features that are from Daniel and some from me. After then closed me up they put me in a recovery room where Daniel soon met me there. I was actually amazed by how fast my spinal block wore off. But again the medications that they gave me a nice side effect. My face got super itchy, they gave my benadryl to stop the itching, but it didn't work, so they had to give me another medication. I, without knowing, scratched the heck out of my face. The next day it stung really bad. They also had me on this medication called Magnesium Sulfate to prevent seizures and other things. This medication gave me the worst blurred/double vision and just made me feel terrible in general. Because i was on this medication they almost didn't let me go see Noah that night. But my Doctor, bless his heart, told the nurses to let go. Unfortunately I don't remember a whole lot about that visit. I do remember being so drugged I was having a really hard time feeling any sort of bond with him. (Don't worry it didn't take long after that night)

This is when I got to go see him on Saturday, Noah was 1 day old. I was feeling a bit better. The drugs I was on still made me have double vision, and I couldn't eat anything without throwing it up until later that evening. But it was so wonderful to be able to go down to the NICU and see and hold my baby. On Sunday evening they discharged Noah from the NICU and let him stay in my room! He was attached to a "Billi Blanket". He was a little Jaundice so he needed that special light to get his billirubin count down. He looked like a little glow worm!

The next day we got to go home!!! Noah was so small he didn't fit his cloths or car seat very well! So cute! Needless to say I was still in a lot of pain, but was so ready to be out of the hospital and be home!

Noah, now 2 1/2 weeks old, is slowly but surely getting bigger!

34 weeks

I was cooking dinner for Daniel before he went to work, and he took this picture.

Going to the doctors twice a week now isn't bad... Trying to find time to go all the time is hard. But it's cool to see Noah on the ultrasound twice a week.

Noah is getting bigger now, and I can tell by his movements. Last night when I went to bed he started his nightly routine of keeping me up for 20 mins or hiccups and then 30 mins of squirming. I put my hand on the side of my belly and I could feel either a knee or an elbow move right across my belly several times. It was cute.

Daniel and I are taking the same computer class. I am taking mine online and Daniel is taking his on campus. Except Daniel has no real schedule and can finish his class as fast as he wants, and class attendance isn't required. I on the other hand can only work 2 weeks ahead (which should be enough). Looks like I signed up for the wrong class!!

33 Weeks

Getting bigger little by little!

So I've been seeing the doctor twice a week. And even though my blood pressure has been 'decent' the only thing they've been getting after me is my weight. I'm not gaining. I lost 5lbs after the hospital, and then I haven't gained a lbs back. I keep getting asked "Are you eating?!" and my answer is always "YES!" I swear I eat too much. I don't know what's wrong with me. But the ultrasounds are saying that Noah is healthy. I hope he's gaining weight. He was so little when I went into the hospital.

And I asked my doctor last week what the chances were of him coming early, and his response was "we're just shooting for 37 weeks at this point." Oh how comforting Doctor! It'll be ok, that's only 3 weeks early. But that's also only 4 weeks away.

Right now Noah's favorite things to do is crowed my ribs (which makes it hard to breathe!) or punch my hip bone! I'm told that will go away when he drops... but then he's going to be so low that will be causing other problems... I would assume. Haha

Week 33

It's amazing how so much can change in a week. Last time I wrote I had just gotten out of the hospital. I am still on bed rest (will be for the rest of the pregnancy) but things are going so well right now.

Last Monday my mom and kid brother Jason drove down from Marysville, WA to spend the week with Daniel and I. Jason got to hang out with Daniel, and my mom helped me clean and organize my house. We were able to get rid of so much and the trailer is so much nicer now.

When we first moved in to the trailer the water heater was busted and was spraying water all over under the house, soaking the insulation and making our trailer damp and moist... causing mold to grow. I was so sick with the pregnancy, and Daniel worked full time and was going to school full time too, we just couldn't get this nasty trailer decent. But then my mom got here and saved the day, so to speak... it was more like saved our lives!!

I now can spend my time like I'm supposed to be, with my feet up. I'm thinking I need to take on some more sewing projects because I've got a whole lot of nothing to do now that I have a spotless house and no more homework!! It's a little weird having nothing to procrastinate!!!

I am going to the doctors twice a week now to make sure that my blood pressure isn't affecting Noah. And so far they say it isn't. He's probably going to be a little small when he's born, but now that his lungs are developed they say that he's right on schedule and doing really good. It's really cool to see him on the ultrasounds so often now. We even got a picture of him sucking his thumb. It's hard to see because I took a picture of it with my phone from off my fridge.

March 29th-30th

Daniel being the supportive husband he is! haha

I took this before I went crazy...

Oh my word... It's been madness! A true roller coaster!

So I had a doctors appointment at 8:50am Thursday the 29th. It was just supposed to be one of those 10 minute ones. In and out right? No. My blood Pressure was 168/111!!!! They took it 12 times, shuffled me from room to room, trying to get me to calm down (like that will work!) and get my pressure down. Then they ultrasounded Noah, and then monitored his heart rate and etc. for another half hour. Needless to day 10 minutes turned into a frazzled 7 hours. For 2 of those I was at home, but I had to come back.

When I came back and spent another 2 hours there with no progress they sent me right over to the hospital. Just like that! Daniel was at work, so after I got myself checked in laying in that bed half naked hooked up to all these machines I was finally able to get him to call me and he left work and made it to the hospital at about 6:30pm.

They were worried about pre-eclampsia, and so along with baby's heart rate they were watching my swelling, head aches, swelling and other symptoms. One was a 24 hour pee collection. To check for protein. They gave me a shot to develop Noah's lungs in case they need to deliver him asap.

So I was ordered to lay down (no sitting up) mostly on my left side, and only move if I need to pee. Needless to say that night I dozed for 20 minutes at a time, but mostly I counted tiles on the ceiling, and worried about what I was going to do if they wanted to deliver Noah next week! Probably not good for my BP, but when you are a along all night, awake, there's not much else you can do.

I was finally released today at about 5:30pm. Both hips bruised from the shot (there was 2 doses) and from not being able to sit up for 24 whole hours! But the urine test will come back probably tomorrow telling me if I have pre-eclampsia. But my doctor is sure it is just chronic hypertension. So I'm on BP meds, and strict orders to continue my bed rest. Because 24 wasn't enough to drive me NUTS! I know I got off easy, as some women have weeks of that. Poor dears.

So that's what's been going on in the last days... crazy crazy crazy. As from now Noah is healthy, just a little under weight :-( And I'm ok, just stir crazy and tired. I will be going to bed now for the next 14 hours! haha My house is a disgusting, embarrassing disaster, but It's just going to have to wait.

So glad this happened the weekend before FINALS WEEK! Doing finals from my bed should be interesting.... haha

30 Weeks

So I've hit 30 weeks! I can hardly believe that I'm 10 weeks away. Crazy. But I am also getting closer and closer to being totally ready to have Noah. I am STILL SICK! What luck hu? I'm just trying to deal with it as best I can, but it's no fun trying to finish the semester and be having all of these other issues. Stress may be playing a part in all of this, which is no good. I really try to not get so stressed out, but it's really hard not to.

To tell you the truth I'm actually kind of excited for next semester because I'm just taking 2 online classes and they should actually be pretty cool. I'm sure my teachers will be ok with working with me during mid-terms (exactly when the baby is due). Most teachers are pretty cool with babies and such like that! haha

I will be having my baby shower on April 7th. I'm doing my best to get the invites done, but because of school and being sick, and my general lack of a brain most of the time if I forget to send you an invite, or you'd like to come or whatever, just let me know! My mom is helping me with it. It's going to be small, but we've got some games planned and we'll have a little food. :-)

Hopefully by April it will STOP SNOWING! The weather has been pretty stupid lately. It was warm for a little while, and then snowed again yesterday and today... more like blizzard! And I found out on saturday that my coat (that has fit me perfectly before my pregnancy and all throughout...) is now very snug on my belly. So I'm going to need to be leaving it unzipped here pretty soon. So I need it to start warming up so momma doesn't freeze!

28 Weeks: Third Trimester!

So I've officially made it to the third trimester. It's crazy, because sometimes it seems like I've been pregnant forever, and in another way the time is flying by. Which the latter is a good thing because I'm kind of tired of being pregnant. Haha Daniel and I are both so excited for Noah to get here.

So it seems like I'm not growing! The doctor is obviously not worried about my belly being small. I've just got extra room in my long torso, apparently. It's funny, because I'm still mistaken for being about 5 months. Oh well. I guess I should just take this as a blessing!

Another good thing about being so far along now is that school is almost over! Well... this semester. And then I will just have one last one. Which Noah has conveniently decided that midterms was a perfect times to make his entrance into this world. Haha That's ok, lets just hope I have more understanding teachers next semester than I have this one!

26 weeks

So Daniel cut my head off in this picture, but that's ok. I really haven't gotten ready for the day yet. Haha

I can't believe that I'm 26 weeks! I'm almost at the third trimester! I have a doctors appointment on March 1st, they are going to test me for gestational diabetes. So I get to drink that really sugary drink and get tested... That should be fun. haha

I can feel my muscles split apart in my tummy as Noah gets bigger. The other day it was really bad. Daniel and I were walking around in K-mart and I felt like everything was going to split open and fall out! Yucky. I'm thinking that I'm going to look into getting one of those support belts for my belly. I know I am not that big, I've see lots of girls at the same stage as me with much larger bellies than me, but I don't know how they do it! I also am curious to know how it's going to be when I get even larger in the next 14 weeks. Woohoo Only 14 more to go!

I keep having dreams at night where my doctors want to deliver the baby now. I hate these dreams. I keep telling them "he's not big enough yet!" I don't want them to deliver him because he's just too darn small, and needs more time to grow in my tummy. But they still put me in the hospital and put me on pitocin to get my contractions started. Last night in my dream I was in the hospital alone. Daniel had to go to school and My mom hadn't made it there yet. I remember laying there in my hospital bed waiting for my first contraction, scared about how it would feel. I did not like that feeling. I don't care if Daniel has to work or has school, when I'm in the hospital he's going to be there!

Music

Noah really loves music!

Today I turned Pandora on. I haven't listened to anything lately so I figured I was in the mood for something mellow, so I chose Mae. It's got a good variety of Anberlin, Relient K, Death Cab For Cutie, Jimmy Eat World... etc. And even some new bands I haven't heard before, but I was very pleased with the selection.

So I turned it, and this whole time Noah has pretty steadily moved around the whole time. :-) I've got the lap top on my tummy, so I'm sure he can really hear it. I think it's really cute to feel him dancing around in my tummy. I think he's going to turn out to be a real music buff like his momma and daddy.

I wrote Derek a letter today and told him that "Uncle Derek will have to introduce Noah to all the greatest bands" when he gets home from Brazil.

Fitting in things may get harder!

I took this in my family relations class on Tuesday... I'm starting to have less room everywhere I go! Haha.

24 Weeks

WOAH! I'm feelin big! I'm slowly but, most definitely, surely growing out of my desks at school. Luckily in my 2 sewing classes I am on a nice swivel chair with wheels at my sewing station, so I've got plenty of room there... unless I need to lean over the table to cut something out or work with a pattern piece.

Any time there is the tiniest amount of pressure on my belly, Noah goes nuts. I think he's starting to feel cramped and therefor appreciates his space. Haha

I'm feeling better, still sick a lot at night, but I'm eating a lot more. Thank goodness I've only gained 10 lbs, pretty good for 6 months.

Things are going well, other than a little stress from school!

Kicking!

It's really hard to see I know... But if you ignore my breathing you can see one to two little jumps of the plate on my belly. Noah was kicking up a storm and I thought I would try to catch it on video. When he get's stronger I'm sure it will make better video's.

22 weeks

This past week I have actually been feeling pretty good. Of course I'm still on the medication keeping me from throwing up, but it feels like I'm getting a little better. I've slowly weened myself down to 1 pill a day, which is a big accomplishment for me I think! I still get pretty nauseous here and there, but it's getting easier to handle.

Weight gain is a slow process.. thank goodness! Haha! I've still only gained a few pounds so at least for now I'm on track.

Noah has been very active lately, especially yesterday. We've been able to see the slightest movement on the outside of my belly when he kicks. And his kicks are getting stronger everyday, which means ouch for momma, but daddy is enjoying feeling them. I read on whattoexpect.com that the baby should be about 1 lbs this week. But since he was about 11 oz 2 weeks ago, he may be slightly bigger! ha! He's going to be a big one! :-)

In my birthing class they talked about the more active the baby is the better. That makes me feel good. And I've already started counting his movements every evening to make sure I feel 10 kicks in a hour. Normally when he starts at it, I can get a good 15-20 or so in 15 mins! So that is pretty comforting... emotionally!

We keep getting more and more ready for him, even though we've got a ways to go. My mom has been 'controlling' herself, and only getting a few things every-so-often. But it's nice to start stocking up. And Daniel's oldest sister Laura has been amazing with sharing all of her baby boy stuff with us, and still has more to give! We are truly blessed with wonderful families. Noah's little (TINY!) room will be full before we know it!

Week 21: Stretching!

Just thought I would share this funny story...

I'm laying in bed with the laptop on my tummy, trying to read my sociology homework, when I feel Noah kick. He'd been asleep for the past little while so it startled me, and then I assumed he'd be doing his daily routine of Tae Kwon-Do, and then settle down again. But this time that feeling in my side wasn't going away. For the life of me I couldn't figure out what was going on. I text my mom, and she said, "Oh silly, he's just stretching!"

Haha DUH! He's getting big enough now that when he stretches I can feel it. And boy does he push hard!

Week 20: It's a boy!

Yup that's right! It's a boy! And I'm sure as all of you probably know by now, we've decided on the name Noah Daniel Baily. We felt Noah was cute for a baby and will grow with him as he get's older. We think that's important.

We were ecstatic to find out that we were having a boy, not that we wouldn't be if we were having a girl, although now everyone can rest assure that the Baily family name will now go on another generation! Ha! The pressure is now off.

When the nurse was looking to see what the sex of the baby was she was having a hard time. His legs were crossed at the ankles and he had his legs closed tight. She laughed and said that he was being shy. But after me laughing a bit about that and her nudging him with the ultrasound wand thing, he eventually opened up a little to reveal his little secret. She asked us if we wanted to guess, and it wasn't all that clear on the ultrasound (as you can probably tell) but I thought I was seeing... 'stuff' there so I guessed it was a boy and she said "yup you sure are right!"

Daniel is very excited and happy to have a son. And I am too. Noah's cousin Carsten will be a year older than him, but we are hoping they will become best friends! And they should! I'm sure they will be getting into trouble together in no time!