Annabel is 10 Months Old!

She's officially been outside my body for longer than she was in it.  Crazy!  I have to say, these 10 months have been much more exciting than the 9 months I was pregnant!

Happy 10 Months, Beautiful

What can you do at 10 months old?

• You still wear 6-9 month clothes & size 3 diapers.
• You still take a morning & afternoon nap (1-2 hours each, sometimes more in the afternoon)
• You can crawl faster than we can keep up.
• You pull up on everything & cruise around all the furniture.
• You even walk behind your push toys sometimes.
• You are down to nursing 5-6 times a day rather than 7
• You were just fine with going down to 6 times, but still not quite ok with just 5 times
• Eating solids at all meals & having an afternoon snack
• You've been kind of sick lately & have not felt like eating solids at all, except for cheese & cheetohs - you absolutely love these!
• When I'm not here to nurse you, you'd much prefer to drink your milk out of a sippy rather than a bottle.
• You use toys appropriately.
• You pretend to talk on toy phones.
• You pretend to drink out of play cups & hold them to others' mouths so we can pretend, too.
• You throw balls.
• You are not as curious as your sister was.  You do not open doors or drawers on your own.  Maybe because Adeline is always doing it for you.
• You love books & will sit and listen for a long time.  If we let you, you are constantly pulling Daddy's books out of the bookshelf and flipping through them.
• You want to be where you sister is & doing what she's doing ALL THE TIME.

What can you say at 10 months?

• You say Daddy, Momma, Bye Bye, Night Night, Book, & Ball.
• You sign more & all done.
• You imitate animal sounds.
• Pig, Dog, Cow, Duck, Sheep

You light up our lives, Annabel.  We love you.  We love you.  We love you!