TEN MONTHS

Age: 10 months
 

Stats: Shes so tall and so chubby, and I love it, but I don't know her exact weight or height. Shes wearing mostly 12-18 and 18-24 month clothes, size 4 diapers, and she has 7 teeth!

 

Favorite Foods: This list could go on for days, she LOVES to eat. But I'd say her favorite foods are meatballs, watermelon, mac n cheese, and cheerios. She can shovel scrambled eggs and waffles in pretty fast too

 

Words: "Papa" her version of "hello" that we can tell its hello when she holds a phone up to her ear and says "eyo?" And lately she will hold anything up to her ear, like a stuffed monkey, comb, ball, or cup. So everything is a phone. "Baba" and "Book" and I only know its book when she sits in the rocker and reaches up for the books and says "boo?"
 

Favorite Activities: Her most favorite recent activity is CRAWLING. Girlfriend finally crawls after months of being on the verge of crawling. She loves loves loves opening and closing the door on the nightstand a couple hundred times a day. She will stand for an hour straight at the foot stool and do nothing. Shes way more interested in her ball pit now. And she still adores her daddy more then anyone and goes nuts when he gets home from work.

 

Favorite Things: Clapping, eating, waving "hi", jumping on the bed, chasing the chickens outside, Papa's dog Brady, taunting Louie by holding up his toys for him to see.

Least Favorite Things: Diaper changes, putting on clothes, taking off clothes, rocking when shes overly tired, and being told she can't stand in the tub.

Signature Moves: Trying to get her to clap with you  but she waits until the song is over and you're done clapping first. Waving after you're done waving, staring down judging strangers everywhere we go, and sticking her fingers in your mouth while you're trying to rock her to sleep. She's also been known to smack me in the face pretty hard on several occasions, and then laugh hysterically about it. We're working on that!

In the beginning, time was moving so slow. Those first six weeks, although filled with so much love, were brutal and exhausting. I couldn't wait for her to sleep longer, play with toys, sit up, crawl, talk, etc. We're all still tired even though Lola has been sleeping through the night for the last 5 months. And she plays and talks and crawls all day. I literally don't have a clue where the last 10 months went. I swear I feel like we just went in to the hospital last month and we're walking in the door with our brand new baby girl. I can't believe how much faster time moves once you have kids. I would go back to those first 6 weeks with the knowledge that I have now and snuggle her all day long. 

She is still by far the best baby, ever. She is happy 99% of the time. She eats great, sleeps great, plays with other kids, barely whines or cries about anything,  and gives the sloppiest,cutest, wet mouth kisses any mom would die over.

I thought I was living for 29 years before you Lola. But my life never started until the day you were born. You are the best thing to ever happen to us, and we have so many amazing adventures in store. Happy 10 months sweet girl.