LiLi Girl, at 10 months, you...
- LOVE Christmas! You like the lights, opening presents, and all the commotion. You love to look around and get down and explore, and it has been fun to watch you do that. We started some pretty cool traditions this year, but the best was making our first family gingerbread house. I was dreading making it after being with gingerbread houses at school, but making it with you and your Daddy made it so much fun!
- Weigh about 17 pounds. You are still a peanut, but fit well in 9 month clothes.
- Love snuggling and climbing in our bed after we wake you up, now that we are all home together for 2 weeks. It has been so wonderful to have that time together.
- Still love to eat! You are nursing well, but are starting to reject the bottle a lot more often. You love food, especially when you can feed yourself, and a bottle just does not seem to interest you about half of the time. Your fav finger foods are pea, blueberries, shredded cheese, egg yolk, gardenburgers and tofu. As of now, you get 4 liquid meals a day, and three solids.
- Drag yourself around FAST. You have yet to actually crawl on all fours, which is crazy, cause you have been scooting for 2 months now. You cruise on furniture and walk very well when holding hands, so the pediatrician thinks you may skip crawling altogether.
- Adore stuffed animals. You squeeze them and burrow your face into them to give them hugs. It is really cute to see you snuggle, cause you sure don't like to take 2 seconds to snuggle with Mommy these days!
- Have all of a sudden found naps not very fun. You like to sit and stand in your crib, while singing songs and playing with your hands. We sometimes just watch you on the monitor and giggle.... even though you make us nuts when you don't nap. You are such a busy body, and you love to explore, so asking you to slow down during daylight can be tough.
- Love bath time! You like to play and splash, and have fun getting rinsed off at the end. Then, we wrap you up, dry you off, give you your vitamins, and start your bedtime routine. You still go down super great.
- Are getting really good at "SO BIG", clapping, and you now lay your head on your shoulder when we say "nice". It is such fun to know that you are really learning things!
- Have six teeth- four on the bottom, and two on top. Knock on wood, you have not seemed too bothered by any since the first two came in.
- Say "Mama", "Dada", "Nana", "RaRaRa", and "Gok" all of the time. I am pretty sure it is still just babbling, but it is super cute anyway. You still sound like a hyena all the time when you want attention, or just when you get excited about something. Every time we go to a restaurant, we have to walk you around so everyone else's dinner is not disturbed! :)
- Get super fussy when you are tired, but you won't go down anywhere but your car seat or your crib. That cute little thumb gets plopped in your mouth, and we know you are overdue.
- Love your vitamins, your Minnie Mouse doll, your beloved duck, all stuffed animals, eating books, walking and scooting, pulling yourself to stand, clapping, Maisy and all other animals, your Nonnie and Glamma, and your new fav is the play mat. You take chunks off and carry them around with you just about everywhere you go. We laugh and find your really random.
- Are now in a big girl car seat. I cried a little when we moved you over, as I felt like you are growing so fast! Every stage has been better than the next, though, so there is nothing to be sad about. Watching you grow and develop is so exciting!
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| Getting bigger! |
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| Hats come right off these days |
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| Headbands barely last two seconds on your head... |
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| That's more like it! |
