10 months

Happy double-digits, sweet Critter Girl! You are 10 months old today!

After last month's whirlwind, this month seemed quieter. Let's see what happened:

Pulling up! It appears that you will not do a traditional crawl, but go right from army crawling (at which you are very proficient!) to pulling yourself up to standing. It's funny, you will get on your hands and knees, and look like you will crawl, but if you are wanting to move, you just go belly down, and begin army crawling. Your pulling up is getting better day by day, and you can even hold on to something - crib rails, baby gate, Mommy - and stand on your own. For a little while. We have the bruises on your head to prove it.

Class! You began your first class this month! We are taking a "crawlers" class at a local kid's gym place, and you love it! We sing songs, play guitar, clap, wave our arms and play with all sorts of new toys. Your best friend is in the class with you, but you also like checking out the new babies too. And you sleep like a rock the night after class, so Mommy loves it too.

Observing! Ok, this is something I've noticed lately, and maybe no one else would notice it, but I think you are beginning to pause and look at things before putting EVERY LAST THING in your mouth. You will look at, turn over, pass from hand to hand, even sniff, a new or favorite object (read: iPhone) before you stick it in your mouth. This is new. This is progress.

No new teeth this month. Only new food is blueberries, as a finger food. You love them, and maybe TMI, but they make your poop smell like blueberries, which is funny to me. You dressed up as a flower for Halloween, and tolerated your petal hat pretty well.

Happy 10 months, my sweet baby girl. Mommy loves you more and more and more every day.