Sweetest Abby! You are 10 months old and cute as a button! You are still so petite people are always so surprised you are 10 months - but your motor skills confirm it! This month you let go and started taking steps. About 10 days before you took steps you started standing straight up in the middle of the floor and just standing there with nothing around. Walking has been a much longer process as you are quite happy to take a few steps a day for fun and use crawling as your main means of transportation. You've got speed crawling down pat, so walking is really for the thrill! Last night on your 10 month birthday you made it about 6 feet in distance before losing balance - you are always so proud of yourself! A couple days ago it sounded like you said up when you wanted picked up and you imitate vowel sounds regularly, but you aren't using any words consistently.
You love all toys with electronic buttons - the pink guitar, little phone, autumn's computer... and doors - the front door that I've rigged to never shut, all kitchen doors and the play kitchen door. You continue to love giving raspberry's especially to my thigh - it is so funny! You give them during church, Autumn's gymnastics lesson... you make everyone who can hear it smiles! You are a snuggle bug and especially when you are tired or someone is talking to you when we are holding you, you bury your head into our chest or shoulder. For longer periods of time you can self occupy yourself at the play kitchen or crawling around using the chairs as walking aids. Night and napping are about the same as last month - most nights you are up at least 2x and take mostly shorter naps with an increasing number of longer naps as long as it is really quiet. I've tried having you nap in the guest room but you just wake up upset after a short time - so it is worth the risk of noise to have you in your crib.
You eat pretty much anything now but prefer avocado, watermelon, cheese, dried apricot, smoothies, seaweed and eggs. You still love mommas milk and seem a long time from weaning. You still love cups, which is hard at meal time because you want one, want something to be in it, but then spit out or spill anything that is. So I let you have a little and try to appease you with an empty one. You are very good at using a straw but unless it is a smoothie after the first few sips you mostly prefer to leak it down your front. You do better with letting us give you some foods off a spoon or fork, but will most times spit it back into your hand and feed it to yourself - you are not the cleanest of eaters! That and you usually end up rubbing your head and the seat with your hands during the meal as well for a food everywhere ordeal.
We love you our sweet, smiley, full of spirit baby girl!!!
XOXO,
Momma and Daddy
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| Worlds biggest 4th of July pineapple! |
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| Abby on left and Autumn on right both at 9 1/2 months |
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| Loving Watermelon! |
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| At Church |
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| First time brushing! |
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| Snuggling with Natasha (who she let hold her for much of our house warming party - a small miracle) |
