10 Months

Look at our baby girl! She's 10 months old now. How did that happen?

Here's what she's up to lately...

Her hair is getting longer. This is what it does after some of her naps... She crawls all over the house getting into everything! Her favorite things are climbing stairs, opening doors, and spreading papers all over the floor. She also tries to stand up to EVERYTHING! She can stand on her own for a few seconds (longer if she doesn't realize she's doing it - like in this picture). She walks along the furniture and will walk if someone is holding her hand. She can take a few steps by herself, but that's it so far. It won't be long before she figures it out though. The down side to this is that she gets hurt and needs comforting about once a day. Last week her bottom 2 teeth cut through. So she's a bit cranky sometimes. But usually she is more like this... Everyone loves this cheesy smile with the wrinkly nose! And how can you resist these big blue eyes and round cheeks!

Leah loves to eat, especially things she can grab and eat herself with her fingers, and so far eats just about everything we give her. But by far her FAVORITE thing to eat is cheese!

She likes to clap her hands and raise them up in the air. She's still a momma'a girl, but loves her daddy more and more each day. She smiles really big when he gets home and sometimes even crawls over to get him.

Here she is on one of her adventures at Ross's aunt and uncle's house. She climbed over the rails under this bench to get back behind it and play. She was pretty proud of herself.

Since she's started eating more things on her own, feeding time has gotten a lot messier. Here is a video I took one night after she had been eating pancakes and bananas. She had it all over in her hair! What a mess! But she was having a great time...

It's hard to believe that this little one will be 1 year old in a couple months. She's definitely not the little baby we brought home from the hospital, but she is so much fun these days. I know I always say it, but it is so true...we LOVE this little girl!