10 Months for Grace!

The day she turned 10 months!

Happy 10 month birthday, Grace! You are a super smiley, funny girl that already at 10 months, will not let William get the last say - easily. We think you are going to give William a run for the money as you get bigger and more able.

Pretty girl!

10 month smile

Grace is still the sweetest girl and she smiles the biggest smile at everyone. She does the funniest things too... like when you come in after nap time, she sometimes peers over her bumper waiting then as soon as she spots you makes a very dramatic dive to hide beneath the level of the bumper. When you appear over the side, she smiles and laughs very hard. She loves to be chased and play peek-a-boo. So funny! A fun spot to hide is underneath furniture or in-between someone's ankles.

ALWAYS getting into something. She likes to hide!

Diaper on the head is funny!

Hi there!

Grace is down to 3 bottles a day and looooves her food. She wants to eat everything for the most part. Same as before - if there was a bottle in front of her or spaghetti, she'd grab the spaghetti first. Or any food for that matter. We were saying the other day we feel like we skipped the whole baby feeding purees stage with her. It was mostly a time issue and a mess issue, since William eats when she eats, but she's been great at picking up her own food and feeding herself. In fact, if you try to feed her something now, she moves her head and grabs it with her own hand to feed herself. So it's been a lot of small, mushy bites for Grace, and it's usually whatever we're eating. She has 8 teeth already and she's very good at taking bites already! William would smush as much as possible into his mouth to the point of gaging, but Grace takes a bite and tears food all the time. Must be a girl vs. boy thing!

Gets the reading from William. She was flipping the pages.

Grace naps twice a day and the third nap is really gone at this point. On the rare occasion she is very moody then we put her in her bed a third time during dinner. But for the most part, she's happy to make it until 6:15ish then gets a bit cranky... ready for bath time and bed time.

Speaking of the nightly ritual, she loves bath time. When the water comes on in the tub, she comes a running! Not literally running, but will grab the side and try to throw herself in. She tries to climb in and we have to quickly get her undressed and ready to bathe. Her and William take baths together and that makes the process very easy.

Hugs for dadadada

Still a great sleeper and wakes up at 7:00/7:15a every day. She hasn't had any sleep in days really... but she is happy to sit and play with her favorite stuffed animals till you're ready to get her out. The pink fluffy bear and the pink flower bear are the two faves! She also still has an affinity for the white Little Giraffe blanket - same type as William's.

This post is two weeks late and at 10 months to the day, Grace was taking steps. Her first steps were at 9 months old! And I'll have to add another post with more details, but since then she is now officially walking. She has made the conscious decision to get back up after falling to keep walking instead of reverting to the crawl. It was after the 4th of July that the desire to walk full-time seemed to kick in.

Standing and walking in the mountains

One of her first standing pictures in June - clapping at the same time.

Grace loves William and playing with other kids. At the Y daycare, the sitters tell me she tries to get into everyone's business and they have to move her into a smaller area to protect her because she's prepared to get trampled in order to play with the big kids. She needs to get better at walking and then she can hang with the older kids!

Waiting on William's swim lesson

May I read this book, William? She probably snatched it 2 seconds later.

Well she's almost 11 months now! Who knows what she will be up to in the next two weeks. Likely running! We are waiting for first words, though she says dadadadada and mamamama. Sometimes I think I hear her say "Hi there" and we do say "Hi there" a lot to her, so maybe she is imitating the sounds. Till next month!

Happy 10 month, Grace!