Dear Little Girl,
Happy 10 Months Old! You turned 10 months on July 4th - Independence Day! We had such a great day doing stuff around the house (mainly cleaning, but you even enjoyed "helping" with that) and then we had our small group over for a potluck dinner and hang out time in the backyard! It was SO much fun and you had an awesome time hanging out with Daddy, Mommy, and your friends... You LOVE crawling around in the grass and occasionally sneaking a piece of grass in your mouth when you think no one is watching. :o)
You are finally getting so much bigger! At your 9 month appointment like three or four weeks ago you were around 16 1/2 pounds... You had dropped from like the 75th percentile in weight to the 10th percentile since your 6 month appointment, so we were told to bump up your bottles and your food which you have LOVED! Poor little girl... I just don't think we were giving you enough! In the next three weeks you ended up gaining almost an entire pound which was awesome and I don't think we'll have to worry about your weight for awhile now because you eat up a storm most of the time! You are fully switched to drinking goat's milk now (Mommy just doesn't have enough milk for you... I'm just glad we made it this far at least!) and you are usually okay with that although you are one of the hardest babies to bottle feed because you want to be on the go in like two minutes so we just have to feed a little at a time to you! You have been eating most of what we eat other than dairy and sugary stuff, and you love eating! Like three weeks ago you finally started picking up more things and putting them in your mouth which helps with eating, but has meant we have to watch you like hawks because you try to eat every little thing around the house!
You are crawling SO much and love going from room to room seeing what you can pick up off the floor and try to eat, and seeing what toys Daniel left out for you. :o) Your favorite is still to hang out in big brother's room for a long time just "reading" books or playing with your toys. You don't seem to like books as much as Daniel (which will hopefully change because Mommy is hoping you will LOVE reading!), but you really love playing with all his cars, tools, trucks, and Legos!
You have pulled yourself up to your feet probably at least ten times in the past three weeks but you still don't seem very steady on your feet. Not sure if you are just scared to put weight on them or if you are just a tad bit lazy and just think crawling works fine enough, but hopefully you'll figure it out soon so you can start testing out the "walking around" waters! :o) You haven't really tried to "walk" when we hold onto your hands, either... Maybe you'll surprise me and walk before I know it, but I'm thinking it might be a little while which is totally okay with us!
You have only been taking one nap a day lately which has been so nice for you and Mommy! You usually nap between 2 and 3 hours while Daniel naps, so Mommy enjoys having that gap of time to get things done! Although there are days when you want your morning nap still, this way it makes it nice to get stuff done together in the mornings whether we are out running errands, playing at the park, swimming, or playing with toys!
And, Miss Lydia, you are finally getting more teeth in!! The Dr. said a few weeks ago that you have 4 or 5 coming in on the top alone! Crazy! I'm so glad you get teeth in pretty "easily" without much "fuss." :o) I'm going to miss seeing your sweet face with just your two bottom teeth, but I know you'll look super cute with more teeth, too!
Oh, yes, your new favorite word! You LOVE saying "Uh-oh" like all the time now! I don't think you fully understand when you should say it, but you do say it when things fall down or mess up and whenever you want to! It's just too cute and Daniel loves to say it along with you over and over!
You and Daniel have been enjoying his new pool that he got from his birthday! You really love hanging out in the pool with Daddy, Daniel, and Mommy, and your Uncle Bryan also came over the other day to "swim" a little with you! Your little pineapple swimsuit is just too adorable and you love splashing and splashing for awhile until you end up cuddling up to one of us and almost falling asleep while still in the pool! ;o) So sweet!
Mommy loves you SO much, sweet girl! I'm very excited to see the new things you learn and how you grow in the next month! Thanks for being such an amazing little girl! :o)
Love,
Mommy
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