10 Months

10 Months...really?  I don't even know where to start.  There have been a lot of changes with Miss P in this last month.  Right after we had her 9 month check-up she got sick with hand foot and mouth disease which was no fun.  Then just as she was getting over that she got a nasty little cough which sent us back to the doctor.  Thankfully we are over all of that and she is back to her busy little self.  It's funny because I knew that she wasn't really acting like herself when she was sick, but I didn't realize how bad it was until she started feeling better and was back to "talking" all of the time. And let me tell you, this little girl has A LOT to say.  She is constantly babbeling, and has gotten pretty good with saying "Momma" to me and "Dadda" to Matt.  She has also started trying to say "Hey Granddad" to my dad, as well as "dog," "baby," and "Night Night."  She still loves to say "Byebye" and wave.  Her new thing now is to wave to the baby when she sees herself in the mirror.  And oh how she LOVES LOVES to look at herself in the mirror.  This is about one of the only things that will keep her entertained for any length of time.

She is loving bathtime these days, especially now that she is bathing in the big tub and no longer in her little baby tub.  I think that I would have bathed her in the sling in her baby tub forever because it was just easy on me and I didn't have to worry about bending over the bathtub and my back but now that I have seen just how much she loves to be in a regular bathtub I've had to say goodbye to the baby tub (not to mention the fact that she was way too big to be laying in that newborn sling).  As soon as she hears the bath water running her face lights up and she gets so excited.  I cannot get her in the tub fast enough!  She will pull herself up to standing at the tub and throw her leg up and try to crawl in.  Which brings me to the next new thing she is doing....pulling up to standing.  Her favorite places to pull up to standing are the bathtub and me.  She also still does her downward dog pose where she will stick her little booty up in the air so that she is standing on her feet but her hands are still on the ground.  Two of my new favorite things she is doing is giving mommy kisses and dancing.  She has had a love of music for awhile, but now does a little dance move where she swings her arms and twists her upper body...it is so funny to watch!  She also has the best laugh.  It's one of those whole body laughs where as soon as you hear it you can't help but laugh too.

There have been big changes in her eating this last month too, with her eating a lot more table food.  In fact, the only way I can get her to eat her baby food is if I give her some food that she can pick up and feed herself.  Then I have to try to feed her the baby food in between bites of her feeding herself the table food.  I think she might be trying to tell me that she is over eating baby food.

Some of the not so fun changes this month have been the stubborn, independent side of her that is starting to come out.  She definitely knows what she wants, and doesn't want for that matter, and is getting very good at showing it to us.  If I put her in her carseat and she doesn't want to be in there she will start crying and arching her back trying to get out.  She will also turn her head away from me when she is eating if she doesn't want me to feed her or if she doesn't want anymore to eat.  She is also not so happy when you lay her in her crib to take a nap or go to sleep at night, and will just cry and scream until you get her out and then she is fine (and yes we are working on this).  And the thing that she hates the most is getting her diaper changed.  Oh how I dread changing her diaper these days.  I basically have to pin her down with my leg in order to get her to be still long enough for me to get a clean diaper on her and she cries the entire time until I am done.  Despite these not so fun changes, we are still having so much fun with her and are excited to see what new and fun things the future holds.