Ten Month Update

Ten months old 6/22/13

I turned 10 months old last Saturday, and it was also my aunt Hilary's wedding day!  Mommy and Daddy were pretty busy all day getting ready and taking pictures, so I spent most of the day with GiGi who came to visit and help take care of me for the weekend.  Then I got to put on my special party dress that Nana made me and go to the wedding, too!  I'll tell you all about it next time.

Ten Month Stats
Weight: 22 lbs 8 oz
Clothes size: 9-12/12-18 mos
Diaper size: 3
Teeth: 8

Ten Month Habits
Eating: I LOVE to eat!  I still nurse with mommy in the morning, then take an 8-oz bottle of breastmilk in the late morning, afternoon, and evening before bed.  I eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and sometimes a snack at 3 o'clock, and I pretty much eat whatever Mommy and Daddy are eating (or whatever they're serving at day care).
Favorite foods: blueberries, strawberries, pancakes, meatloaf, pasta, salmon

Sleeping: I still go to bed around 7-7:30 and sleep until 6-6:30 in the morning.  I take 2 naps when I'm at home for 1-2 hours each, around 9am and 1pm.  At day care I either take a really short morning nap or don't take one at all, though.  I might miss something!

Ten Month Skills
Mobility/play: I'm trying really really hard to figure out how to crawl!  I can get on my hands and knees and rock in place, and I can even move my hands forward a few steps, but then I fall down on my belly because I can't figure out how to move my legs!  I can get from laying on my tummy or my hands and knees to sitting, and sometimes I get one leg stuck when I'm going back and forth.  Nana calls it my cheerleader pose cause it kind of looks like I'm doing the splits.
Favorite toys: shape sorter blocks toy, Leap Frog music table, soft blocks, Bodhi & Odie (stuffed animals my aunts Hilary and Brennan gave me)

Communication:  I started talking this week, so now I get to add this new section to my updates!
Words: Uh-oh
Signs: Dog

Other Favorite Pics

Trying to crawl on the couch

I'm getting good at giving snuggles! 

Play ball!

Long day at the farmer's market...

My awesome new shape sorter block toy

Swimming for the first time

"Uh-oh!" I can talk!

Saturday was a very big day at our house!  My aunt Hilary and uncle Jake got married, and I got to spend a lot of time with GiGi who came to visit, but I'll tell you more about that later!  I also said my very first word on Saturday!  It is, drumroll please...  "Uh-oh!"  I said it for the first time on Saturday morning, and I've been practicing it ever since!  Check out this video that GiGi took of me practicing on Saturday:

Hopefully I'll learn how to say more words soon!  Talking is fun!

Surgery Day

Yesterday I went to Children's Mercy South Hospital (where Mommy and Aunt Hilary work!) to have surgery on my ears.  I've had a lot of ear infections, so they decided to put little tubes in my ears cause I guess it helps that not happen as much.  Mommy and Daddy got me up early and we went straight to the hospital.

About to go in the hospital with my jammies still on!

I brought my elephant, Bodhi with me to keep me company.  I love stuffed animals, and he's one of my favorites!  When we got to the hospital, we went to a big room with lots of little rooms on one side. Mommy and Daddy and I went into one of the little rooms, and they changed my clothes out for a gown.

Putting my hospital gown on and playing with the booties

After that, we met a nurse who listened to my heart and asked Mommy and Daddy lots of questions.  Then she gave me some Tylenol and told us to wait for the doctor.  He was late, of course!  We stayed in the little room and played while we were waiting, which was fun, but I was hungry!  Mommy and Daddy didn't feed me any breakfast, and I couldn't figure out why they didn't understand that I wanted to eat!  I can't wait until I can talk!

Having fun with Daddy while waiting.

Still waiting, getting tired and hungry. :(

Finally the doctor came and another nurse came a few minutes later to take me away.  That nurse recognized Daddy from high school!  Crazy!  Mommy and Daddy came with me down a hallway, and then they just handed me to the nurse and let her carry me away.  I was so surprised that I didn't even have time to cry!  I just looked back at Mommy and Daddy wondering why they weren't coming with me.  Then they put a mask on my face with some air in it that tasted like strawberries, and I fell asleep.  I woke up 15 minutes later and it was already over.  I was scared when I first woke up cause I was hungry and couldn't find Mommy and Daddy, and I felt funny.  Then Mommy and Daddy came and I finally got to eat!  Aunt Hilary came to say hi, too!  After that I was happier.  We stayed for a few minutes while Mommy and Daddy got some instructions from another nurse, and then Mommy changed me into another pair of jammies and we left to go home at about 9:15.  Except for the hour we had to wait beforehand, it was really pretty fast!

One small smile in the car on the way home, before my major meltdown...

I got super tired while we were on the way home and had a little fit, but then we got home and I took a 2 1/2 hour nap.  After my nap I was pretty happy for the rest of the day.  I had a lot of fun playing with my toys, and Mommy and I went for a walk in the afternoon.

Sleeping hard

Up and ready to play

Love my blocks from my new toy!

I got to wear jammies pretty much all day, so overall it wasn't a bad day!  I think it was harder for Mommy and Daddy than it was for me!

Deanna Rose

Today I went on a playdate with my friends Caleb, Shae, and August.  We went to a place called Deanna Rose Farmstead.  There were LOTS of kids there!  They had all these different farm animals, like goats, chickens, cows, and ducks.  It was really fun!

That goat was trying to eat Caleb's toes!

Laughing at the silly goats

There were baby goats,  too!

After seeing all the animals, we stopped to sit on a blanket and eat lunch.  It was silly and messy because we wouldn't sit still!

Lunch time

After lunch, Mommy tried to take a group picture of all four of us.  It didn't go so well...

I wanted to play with Caleb's spoon...

...but he wouldn't let me have it!

Shae didn't want to hold baby August...

...and baby August didn't want to be on the ground!

Mommy tried giving me a bow to play with, which didn't help.

So then she gave me duckie, which helped a little bit

Shae tried to give me a hug to make me feel better, but I just wanted the spoon!

Maybe we'll let them take a better picture next time.  :)

Mommy Play Date

Last weekend Mommy's friends Laura and Leah were in town visiting, so on Monday they came over to play with me!  Well, I think maybe they came to see Mommy, too...  ;)  They've been friends for a super long time, and they're still really close even though they live far away.  Laura is even my Godmother!  The only one missing was Sara, but she's moving back to Kansas City in a few weeks, so I'll get to see her soon!

Posing in front of the plants at the restaurant

First we went for a stroller walk to Corinth Square where we had lunch at a place called Urban Table.  Mommy wiped this white stuff all over me to protect me from the sun, and we sat outside cause it was a super nice day!  Then we walked back and after a play session with my ducky puppet, I took a short nap in the stroller.  Mommy tried to put me back down in my crib when we got home, but I was having too much fun to sleep any more, so I got up to play some more instead!

Chewing on the cap to my food packet, yum yum!

Play time on the couch

Silly time with my Godmother.  Being upside down is fun!

Giggling with my ducky:

It was a super fun day.  Mommy wishes her friends lived closer so she could hang out with them more, and after the fun I had playing with them on Monday, I think I do, too!  Mommy says it's only 2 weeks until Aunt Sara moves back, and she's gonna live super close so we can even walk to her house sometimes!  Can't wait!

Nine Month Update

Nine months old 5/22/13

Last Wednesday I turned 9 months old!  It's been a crazy busy month, which is why I haven't posted since I turned 8 months in April!  I've been trying to figure out how to move, and I've been getting new teeth like crazy!  I got 4 in a row a few weeks ago, all on the top in front.  You can see them in some of my pictures this month.

Nine Month Stats
Weight: 21 lbs 12 oz (88th percentile)
Height: 28.5 in (85th percentile)
Head circumference: 19 in
Clothes size: Mostly 12 mos
Diaper size: 3
Eye color: Hazel
Teeth: 6!

Nine Month Habits
Eating:  I'm really good at table foods now!  I don't really eat purees anymore, except apple sauce and yogurt.  I usually eat whatever everyone else is eating unless it's too spicy or hard to chew.  I nurse with Mommy in the morning, take 2, 8-oz bottles of breastmilk every 4 hours or so during the day, and then take another bottle or nurse again before bed.
Favorite foods: pasta, any kind of bread or anything made with bread (pancakes, toast, etc), baked sweet potato fries, salmon, strawberries

Sleeping: I go to bed around 7-7:30 now, depending on how well I nap during the day, and sleep until 6-6:30 in the morning.  I take 2 naps around 9 or 9:30 and 1 or 2.  At home I still usually nap for 1-2 hours each, but at day care I sometimes only nap for 20-30 min lately.  I don't want to miss anything!

Play/skills:  I'm super busy and active lately!  I've been trying really hard to figure out how to crawl.  I can get on 2 hands and 1 knee from sitting up, but my other leg gets stuck.  I like to sit up more than I like to be on the floor now, and I end up scooting myself around on my bottom a little bit when I'm trying to get on my hands and knees and get my toys.  I also love to bounce!  I've started babbling more instead of just screaming (but I still like to do that, too!) and have started making some new sounds like "mmm" and "ppp."  
Favorite toys:  Any stuffed animals, Leap Frog music table, Baby Einstein radio, the TV remote, Mommy's cell phone
Favorite book: Peek a Who

Other Favorite Pics

Fun swinging in the sun

Cinnamon toast = yum!

Bath time fun

Tickle time with Daddy

Trying to crawl

My diva side