10 Month Update!

Emily Marie is officially ten months old now. We’ve finally crossed over into double digits! I’ve started planning her first birthday party and I really can’t believe she’ll be ONE soon. It makes me both happy (for her) and sad (for me). Time just passes too quickly these days.

Anyway, on to the update!

At ten months old, Emily:

…weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of 17.5 pounds. I don’t know how long she is as we don’t have another doc appointment for her until 12 months old, but she’s definitely getting taller! All her 9-month clothes are getting shorter by the day and she’s getting ready for some of her 12-month things. I’m pretty sure she’ll be wearing a size 3 diaper forever though. Skinny kid.

…still doesn’t like to walk while we hold onto her hands. She’ll take a few steps behind her shopping cart as it rolls away from her, but she’d much prefer to just stand or sit and play. Walking isn’t her thing yet. I’m okay with that for now though. She’s fast enough at crawling as it is!

…is really cruising now! She can crawl super-speed to the couches, coffee table, kitchen chairs, or anything she thinks she can pull up on, and will pull herself along their edge until she’s close enough to reach whatever it is that I’d put up high out of her reach. Newspapers seem to be a favorite, as does the laptop and it’s cord. I think she knows what the worst place is for her to be and just waits until I’m not looking to go there and get into mischief. And she can’t even walk yet! I’m in trouble, aren’t I.

…loves to imitate her mama and daddy. She’ll click her tongue, clap her hands, waive, and the latest addition is shaking her head no. (That’s a fun one, haha!) And she’s starting to understand what it is that we’re trying to tell her, also. She LOVES to try and stand up to grab the faucet in the bathtub, and usually now when I tell her to sit down, she does! Of course she just stands right back up again... But it’s wonderful to see that she’s learning to understand us!

…has 5 teeth now and knows how to use them! That’s all I’m going to say about that.

…has decided that it’s far more fun to feed herself than it is to eat from a spoon. She loves rice and pasta but won’t eat it without some kind of sauce. She likes the taste of taste! She’ll try pretty much everything I put in front of her, and if she likes it she’s a pretty good eater. If it’s not her favorite though, over the side it goes. Have I mentioned we have carpet in the dining room where we feed her? Awesome.

…is becoming more and more of a snuggler, especially with her Daddy. Before, she’d prefer to just be sitting on our laps and playing but lately she’ll lean back and cuddle up with us. I can’t tell you how happy this makes Rob. (He’s a bit of a teddy bear, that guy.)

Each day I look at this precious baby and see how much she’s changing and growing and it just amazes me that she’s ours. That God trusts us enough to give her to us to love and enjoy. She really is our little miracle and I feel so blessed each time I see her smile or hear her giggle. (Or hear her make fart sounds at Daddy after he lets one rip. Which in turn makes him try and do it again, and it’s a vicious cycle now. Sigh.) What a gift she is and I love her dearly! Ten months down, many more to go.