Lily's 10 Month Update

Dearest Lilykins,

You have entered the Double Digits! I have to say these monthly photos are quite the workout for both of us! You were either ripping your moccasins off or immediately sitting up. Note to self-have Daddy help :) Maybe it's just me but I think you are starting to lean out and get your little toddler face. I love your squinty-eyed toothy smile. You still have just two teeth, but the top ones will be out any day now.  Mean teeth! I could sit in your room and watch you play for hours, it's such a joy to witness you exploring a little something new every day. Your favorite pass time is pulling all the books off the shelves. The other day someone asked how old you were, and I started tearing up saying 10 months. Time is seriously flying by. On that note, Mama needs to get in party planning mode!
We love you baby girl and can't wait to see what this month brings!!

Growth stats 

None this month

Clothes/Diaper size

6-12 Clothes- Good thing about you being little is we save on clothes!
Size 3 diapers

Milestones

Walking everywhere with the push walker
Standing up by yourself for a few seconds (long enough to clap)
Cruising around on furniture
Thanks to your cousins visit you're saying a lot more Maaaa, Naaaaa, Yaaaaa, and I've heard a Hi/Hey a few times but mostly still a TON of Dada.

Eating

We said goodbye to the bottles, it's just Mama milk straight from the source or water from a cup.
You tried dairy (yogurt and cheese) this month, and no allergies thankfully! I guess we are in the stage where you will eat anything! Yippee
So mostly you eat what we eat. A big highlight was Daddy's burgers, you enjoyed them VERY much! Our little meat eater :)

Sleeping

We lowered the crib (Meme and I had fun figuring that out) again this month because you were using the bumper pad as a step…… Yep, you are my child.
You still sleep 11 to 12 hours and go to bed around 7 (sometimes earlier). If you wake up before 7 am we nurse then you will go back to bed another hour or so.

Lovin

Pulling up
Holding our hands to walk
Dogs
Pulling books off shelves
Phones
Anything you can walk with
Feeding yourself (human garbage disposal)
Meeting your cousins on my side of the family for the first time this month! They looooved you!! More cousin lovin to come next month too!
Talking
Bubbles
Pulling up on EVERYTHING (Did I mention that already??)
Clapping
Dancing
Music Class
Story Time
Other babies
Stroller rides

Not Lovin

When someone is eating in front of you and not sharing
Being told no
Putting on your long sleeve rash guard shirt

When I take dog toys away

Friends toys are your favorite 

Silly girls! 

Your cousin Whitley was the sweetest and loved playing with you!

Cousin Drew was an excellent babysitter. 

Drew and David just thought the world of you Lily and you were loving every minute! 

My BFF

9 months update

Lily,

My sweet girl, you have officially been outside the womb as long as you were in it. So crazy. I feel like its been going by at lightning speed. It's hard to imagine you will be turning ONE in 3 months! I'm not ready. Not ready because I know in the blink of an eye you will be all grown up, and I'll NEVER be ready for that. You become more delicious everyday. I love watching you explore and learn new skills.  I need eyes in the back of my head. Every time I turn around you're standing up on something new like  Lucy Bear, but thankfully she doesn't mind. You keep us on our toes that's for sure ;)

We love being Mama and Dada to you sweet pea!
Happy 9 months :)

Growth Stats

15 pound 6 ounces of pure nuggety LOVE

Honestly, I have been so worried about your weight and size, because I hear all the time how little you are, but coming from your birth weight (6 pounds 4 ounces) you are huge to us. Doctor says you are perfectly normal, developmentally you are doing exactly what you should be, and that you're just petite :) 

Clothes/Diaper Size

Mostly 6-9 months and some 6-12 months ( still a little big)
Size 3

Milestones

Two TEETH (bottom) 

Started army crawling on the 8 month mark and now you get up on all fours to crawl some of the time  

Sit yourself up from laying down 
Pulling up to standing (on things that you can reach) 
Walk with push walker and while holding on to our hands 

High five
Dada

Drinks water out of a straw and sippy cup
Drinks out of my cup
Wave Bye Bye

First time in the pool 

First time at the Zoo

Eating

Nursing has been going so great, aside from you hating nursing covers (you can find us running to the car or in a random dressing room) we have had no issues.
We stay busy with activities during the week, so lunch has been hit or miss, but I've been doing a lot better about it.

I'm probably forgetting something but…

New foods this month: 

Watermelon 

Spinach 

Cucumber 

Broccoli

Pumpkin

Zucchini 

Lentils
Barley

Teething wafers
Puffs (Oh, your over being in this store? Here's a puff, instant mood changer 🙈) 

Sleeping

You've had a few nights where you wake up screaming at random times. I'm sure it was from your teeth coming in, and I've heard learning new skills can mess with your sleep patterns too. Overall, your still a 12 hour a night sleeper and a 2 nap a day kinda gal. Not complaining at all :) 

Lovin

Kindermusik Class
Eating with special attention to watermelon
My EOS lip balm
My water bottle
Drinking water out of my cup (monkey see monkey do as your Meme says)
Other babies
Story Time
Music
Grandparents
Pool
Outdoors
Clapping
Dancing
Feeding yourself 

Dogs
Playing with toys

Chewing hard books (the scene from BIG with the mini corn cob comes to mind)

Not Lovin

Still hate getting your hands and face wiped after eating
Being Strapped in (car seat, stroller, high chair)
Being in the car too long
Staying up past bedtime

Strangers grabbing hold of you too soon

For the most part you are the sweetest and happiest little baby, but when you are tired or over it you can get very LOUD boisterous. 

I'm trying to be a better blogger and post more about things going on during the month. If anyone has any post suggestions please feel free to email me or leave a comment below :)