Leah 10 Months

Our sweetie girl can't be 10 months already?! Not sure where this time keeps going, but here we are anyway - only 2 months away from a birthday party! A lot of changes and milestones for her this month! Her bottom 2 teeth are completely through and make her big smile so stinkin' cute! No signs of other teeth coming through yet. She also is an official crawler, not just army style. Although, when she wants to go faster she still army crawls (typically when she knows she is heading for something she shouldn't be..) Then there is all the standing up and walking along the furniture. She has definitely gained stability while doing this over the past month, and is becoming quite the confident girl trying to get from Point A to B. I still think taking her first real steps while free standing is a ways out yet.. which is FINE BY ME. It is so difficult keeping up with her, and also keeping her out of stuff! The kitchen cupboards are definitely starting to interest her. And the refrigerator. Anytime we open the door she zooms right over to check it out.

She has even started saying a few "words" which is so hard to believe we are close to talking!! The one for sure we know she has said is "bye bye" because she is waving her hand along with it. She is also a big fan of puppies and will say "ruff ruff" when she sees a dog. She can say "dada" however, it hasn't been in actual reference to Luke, and the only time she has said "mama" has been when she's screaming and it just comes out as a sound, so that doesn't count in my book!! Lol!

She got her first experience in a lake over the 4th of July with Luke's family, and she loved it! We will be heading on my family's vacation this week and I'm excited to get her back in the water!

What else? She will clap for herself if you say "Good Job Leah!" Starting to give "high-fives". She knows how to turn off light switches and her touch night light. She loves looking at books, and will get mad at you after putting the book back on the shelf before bedtime. Speaking of the nighttime - she is STILL waking up at least once overnight and will stand up in her crib and scream until I just give in and give her a bottle. Need to break this habit, just not sure how. Then she sleeps until about 6:30-7:30.

She's a busy girl, keeping us on our toes! We really do love this stage though and watching her personality shine through. Onto the next month...

Poor girl probably hates grocery shopping with me. 

Father's Day 

What a good influence.... ;) 

The "Leah Smile" 

First time getting toes painted and they even matched mine!