Monthly Milestones

I don't know why I didn't start this sooner, but I've decided at the end of each month that I will write things that Annabelle can now do!

So during her 10th month she:

- said, "Ma, Ma" (finally!) :-) I was a little jealous that it was always, "Da, Da, Da!" My favorite memory this month of this is when she woke up one morning and was calling us, "Ma, Ma, Ma, Da, Da, Da!" I felt like she really knew what she wanted!

- started to blow kisses although not always at who we asked her to blow them too! She always seemed to just want to blow kisses to boys!

- started dancing. She loves music and whether laying, sitting, or standing will take any opportunity to dance!

- loves the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the Disney Channel. It is her favorite show. When she sees Mickey she gets really excited and then when the music starts she begins to dance!

- can climb the whole set of stairs in our house. Obviously, she still needs us behind her making sure she doesn't fall!

- will drink her formula from a sippy cup. I am not always good about remembering to give her the sippy cup, but when I do she will drink from it! I need to just gradually get rid of all of the bottles!

- shows affection to her baby dolls. I think all the hugs and kisses we give her are paying off! It is so cute to see her pick up her doll and just hug and kiss her!

- eats those dissolvable puffs. I think she's actually been eating these for more than a month at daycare, but I am so nervous about her choking that I just started giving them to her. She loves them and smiles REAL big when I give them to her! It is like she is saying, "THANKS, MOM!"

- About two weeks ago she'd say, "UT" and then I'd follow it with, "OH". And then last week she said, "UT-OH!" Although more than just when she drops things! :-)

- knows what the word, "NO" means and also has object permanence! When we take something away from her and say, "NO" we are usually met with a DRAMATIC cry and then her never ending pursuit to find the item that you took from her!

- can point to her baby dolls eyes when asked, "Where are the baby's eyes?"

She was 21 lbs this month and I'll have to measure her to figure out the inches :-)