10 Months

It amazes me how quickly babies learn new skills. Each month Elodie has learned so many new things, but this past month seems to have been an especially huge one for her! She's learned so many new skills and has had several new experiences. :)

She now waves "hi" and "bye-bye," pretty consistently (especially to the ladies at our apartment front desk). She also signs "more," although it looks more like clapping, and she doesn't use it consistently yet.

She has tried a variety of new foods, and has liked them all - salmon, pizza, mac & cheese, quesadilla, eggs, pasta, blueberry pancakes, okonomiyaki, banana bread, bagels... just to name a few!! She's eating way more "grown up" foods instead of the pureed baby food - which is actually way more convenient for me!! No more having to always prepare baby food for her, because she eats pretty much what we eat now.

She has also made huge progress physically. She can now go from laying down to a sitting position (and of course vice versa), stands by herself when holding onto something, walks really well when supported, and finally a couple of days ago she started to crawl!!

She has also figured out the game of "chase" when in her walker. She thinks it's hilarious when I chase her around the house... and she runs really really fast! I'll try to post a video this week of her doing it - it's super cute!

Her left top 2 teeth have broken through (the front left and the one next to it). The one next to it actually broke through first, which seems a little odd. She's quite the biter these days, too.

We're still doing baby swimming, 3 times a week. She still loves it and is doing great in the class! We've also been going to a play room inside a department store downtown a couple of times a week - which has been great for Elodie. She's become very attached to me, and is going through some major separation anxiety issues right now. So I'm trying to get out and about and have her around other babies as much as possible. We've made some new friends by doing this, which has been great for both of us. :)

Happy 10-Months, Peanut!!!