10 months

Our little belle is now 10 months! It's hard to believe that in just a little 2 months she'll be diving into her first birthday cake. I don't mean to sound cliche', but really, TIME FLIES!!!

Eme is such a fun loving baby with a wonderfully strong personality! In the past month, she has continued to amaze us with her cognitive skills, physical milestones and growth. As she still adores her big brother and he adores her, they are playing together more and more. It is such a sweet bond! As I type, G and E are splashing and playing a tag game with the bath cloths in the tub. She just giggles when he initiates a fun game like this one. And now, I think she might just drink a bath full of water as she is now sucking profusely on the wet cloth in her hand. Yikes!

says "utt-oh," when she drops something (loves to play this game with an adult who will keep dropping the item!) Lady Di got to see E playing this game yesterday! * still loves to bounce to music (she and G make music together as they each hold a different instrument) * has been cruising around the furniture for a couple of months, but doesn't seem as interesting in walking * stands and holds onto furniture with one hand * wrinkles her nose and breaths through it quickly (snorting) * climbs the stool * shakes her head "no" when she doesn't want another bite of a new food * signs "all-done," "milk," "more" * let's you know if she is frustrated by making a face and crying (although, sometimes, I think she is "crying wolfe" when G is just getting on her nerves!) * strong-willed * does not like here nose wiped one bit * loves the bath-tub - splashing, laughing, playing w G * takes out ALL hair bowS * LOVES being outside - makes the wrinkle nose face when the wind blows her face; crawls all over the yard! * crawls extremely fast....did I mention, I don't think she'll be walking anytime soon * when-ever she can and we aren't watching, she likes to crawl to the hall bathroom and play beside the toilet, in the trash, and pull all the toilet paper down!* likes to throw the toys and anything else that might be in the bathroom into the tub when we are in the shower * threw a temper tantrum on the floor with her entire body last week when we can in from playing outside. she came to the back door; looked and me and cried to go back out. when i explained that is was dinner time, she threw herself down on the kitchen floor, cried, and flung her legs around! * still HAS NO TEETH....but has all the right symptoms..crying out in pain, staying up til MIDNIGHT!, gumming things, licking her lips * crawls quickly to her "da-da" when he comes in the door and offers him kisses (open mouth) * cuddles her babysitter, Katy Mc * waves "bye-bye" at the door whenever anyone leaves * says "ba-ba" in reference to Garrett (started this at 6 m.) * says "ma-ma" only when she's really tired and wants mommy * plays chase on the floor with Garrett (this started at Christmas time) and giggles when she chases you * plays pat-a-cake * claps often * sings when G is playing music * plays with all of G's toys....when he lets her * she is a joyous baby and very girly!