10 Months In: Let the Crawling & Talking Begin!

This last month has been a lot of fun. Little Lady mastered crawling in a matter of days and quickly went into cruising like it was no big deal... MY BABY ON HER OWN TWO FEET IS A BIG DEAL, PEOPLE! Where did my my snuggly, fluffy-headed infant go?

In other news, Lady has started talking quite a bit. She loves to repeat and always says "pishhh" for fish and "ba ba byeee" for bye-bye. I love her little voice. We have been doing some baby signs up until this point, but not that she is expressing more and more interest in talking, I think we are going to let them go and start working on words a little more.

It was fun to go to the bookstore and let her play in the kid-zone. She absoultely loved it. I am so blessed with such a happy baby girl! (I must mention, her laugh is contagious!!)

She may only have six teeth, but have I mentioned how much she grinds them!?



Kept on Edge by a Baby on Her Feet,

D

Month Nine was Fine!

Little Lady is growing so fast. She has started to show signs of getting ready to crawl. Mostly she tried to reach for the dog and will scoot a little on her belly to get his paw or tail! It's so funny to watch her concentrate.



The weather has been beautiful, so we've been doing laps around the park down the street with a friend of mine and her two little girls. Lady will love the swings one day and hate them the next... What a diva, right? We also visited Auntie Cussy and walked around the lake and had some delicious pizza. We really enjoyed the view.

We started sippy cups this month! Let's hope bottles go out the window by December!!



Acting Funny While These Days are Sunny,

D

Chubby Chomper

We've got TEETH! I can't believe it! I guess this means I really don't have an infant anymore and we have graduated to baby. Little Lady is growing so fast I feel like she is leaving me in her dirty diaper dust!

One morning I was rubbing her gums and my finger found something sharp. I panicked for a moment thinking she had something plastic in her mouth and was going to hurt herself, but no it was a sharp little snaggle tooth. I was really surprised, because she hadn't been fussy or overly drooly. The next one is coming in and I'm unsure whether she is a little achey from that or a stomach bug that she seems to have come down with.

Earlier this month I started her on solids. I think she just likes to gnaw on the spoon, but she's getting a little cereal down in the process. I recorded her first time eating, but please forgive the quality as I am both feeding and recording at the same time. I really do wish that third arm would grow sometime soon!

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It is so fun to watch Lady's personality develop. As she gets older she only get happier and more playful. Along with her babble, she has also started to play. One day she decided to play Peek-A-Boo with me! I caught a little of it on my phone.

We are having so much fun together and now that our California summer weather has finally decided to grace us with her presence, there is only more fun to be had!

Celebrating Spoonfuls of Summer,

D

A Swing and a Laugh

Last week I met up with Nana and a couple of the kids she nannies and played at the park. It was a gorgeous summer day, but we found some shade for the kids to play in. Little Lady had her first swing ride! She was more fascinated by her new surroundings than the swing itself, but she did enjoy it... for a little while.

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As serious as she looks here, Lady is really actually a pretty giddy baby. She loves to talk and laugh (and drool)! Recently I caught her on video laughing up a storm. Don't mind the shaky footage, I was laughing pretty hard myself.

Swingin' in the Sunshine,

D

Sleep and Shout

One of my favorite daily surprises is watching how Little Lady's personality develops. If there is one thing she is really good at already, it's making people (especially, me) laugh.

With every pound she gains, Lady's voice seems to increase by a few decibels as well. She has started purring and shouting. She'll add it to the end of her laughs like and exasperated shriek and then do this gurgling/purring thing or shout at her toys when she is playing whilst simultaneously attempting to swallow them whole. (See Exhibits A and B) For now it is funny, but if it turns into anything more in her toddler years, this post is going to come back to haunt me.

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Earlier today, I was taking a test online, so Little Lady was having some playtime in her bumbo chair. After a little while (having grown accustomed to her talking and shouting), I realized it had gotten awfully quiet. When I went to check on Lady, this is what I discovered:

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How freakin' precious is that?! Her poor little nose was squished and everything! It took everything I had to hold back my laughter long enough to take a couple of pictures. After, I picked her up and moved her to her cradle. She never even batted an eyelash. She. Was. Out.

Enjoying New Sights and Sounds,

D