10 Months

Hattie Cakes is 10 months old (and a week, but please ignore my tardiness).  She has changed more this month than any other!  She is babbling all the time, sometimes even shouting.  Lots of dada, mama, yaya, ahhh sounds but I'm not sure if she means anything by them yet.  She can sign "more" and for sure knows what it means.  This kid is an eater!  Quite surprising considering her initial snubbing of food.  I think she would sit in her high chair for several hours if you just kept giving her something to eat.  This is quite nice for when we go to restaurants.  There is one stipulation these days- she must be able to feed herself.  She doesn't really even like for me to put "real" food in her mouth anymore.  What.A.Mess!  Some of her favorites are avocado, banana, beans, cheerios, blueberries, and cheese.  It's hard to find a variety of foods that can be eaten with only 2 teeth (that aren't even all the way in). 

She is all over the place.  She can crawl on all fours, but will do so only on carpet.  She finds she can go faster by sliding on her stomach on our wood floors.  She is pulling up on everything, and can even pull herself up and onto the ledge of our stone fireplace, ugh! 
It is so fun to watch her learn and really understand new things these days.  She loves to point to the things she finds interesting and have you tell her what they are.  She is starting to appreciate books, but will only sit through a couple of pages.  Apparently, all this excitement and movement make it quite difficult to fall asleep.  Naptimes have been challenging, but once she falls asleep she is usually out for about 1 1/2 - 2 hours (twice a day).  She has done great in the nursery at church and will let just about any woman hold her.  She is still a little leery of most men, but sure does love her daddy! 
I love watching Hattie and Ainslee interact even more theses days.  It's so cute when they crawl into their play tent and laugh and play together.  It amazes how well they already play together, I can't wait to watch their sister relationship grow!

I love you to pieces sweet little Hattie Cakes, but if you could hold off on turning a year old, this Mommy would really appreciate it! :)

Pulling up on EVERYTHING

She has a very good "sad" face!