Maggie’s Tenth Month from hannah on Vimeo.
Maggie,
Hooray! Ten months! Looking at your pictures from your monthly photos it is very, very apparent that you are growing, growing, growing! I hardly remember your baldy time around 4 months, but by the looks of it you hardly had any hair!
As with every month, this one was full of new experiences and new achievements. You have almost 8 teeth, we’re waiting for one to bust through on the bottom, but you have some nice chompers to use. You’ve also learned to kiss this month, which is fitting because we celebrated your first Valentine’s Day. Your version of kiss is a sloppy, wet one. We’re working on it.
You babble all the time and we babble back, you have very clear sounds for certain words. For example you have a almost breathy version of “Papa” that you like to whisper, almost as if you’re practicing, but you’ll holler “Mama” if I’m not responding quick enough of if someone else is tending to you. You also say ‘hi’ or at least have a sound that is your version and I’ve heard ‘bye’ a few times as well. Talk, talk, talk, babble, babble, babble.
You’ve become more of a bookworm too. We’ve got baskets of your book nearly in every room around the house and you often sit quietly and turn the pages on your own. Every single time I see you reading to yourself, I am amazed at how interested you are. You’ve also started pointing at the pages, something I’ve been doing and you finally caught on. Yahoo!! Grammy and 3G swear that you moo when you see the cow on the farm book, which doesn’t really surprise me because we read that book constantly.
Tonight you crawled over to Papa, stood up and grabbed is index finger and made him walk around with you. It was the first time that I’ve seen you take the initiative and go for a walk. We’ve been working with you to walk one-handed because you don’t really need our support anymore, but you like to be careful….
Sydney has discovered that you are a gateway to delicious snacks and treats, so I think that she tolerates you a bit more, but each night you still steal her bone. You also discovered her crate and if she is in there relaxing, you butt your little head and try to join the party. She is the most tolerant dog I’ve ever met, but if you keep giving her snacks, I think it’ll all work out just fine.
We went to Leavenworth to celebrate my birthday, had a few dinners at 3G’s and saw most of your grandparents, a ton of your friends (Gracie, Thomas, & Caroline) and our friends this month…we were busy! We also went swimming at the YMCA, to Baby Story Time at the Library and around Green Lake. Phew!
We love you!
Mom