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Ten Months...

Once again, this busy girl didn't want to stop long enough to take a picture beside her bear or with the "10 Months" sign...oh well!


I'm running very behind on getting this post done, but spring break came, which brought other factors that just didn't allow for blogging. With no further ado, here's the 10-month summary:
- Lyla weighs 16 and 1/2 pounds! She seems like a ginormous baby now. I know she's not, but it feels that way for this weak mama. Looks like we'll finally be moving out of size 2 diapers soon.
- She is still talking all the time, and has begun adding other words. Some of the things we've heard her say: cat, up, no, pat-pat, night, and duck. She doesn't use these words consistently, but it's fun to hear things come out of her tiny mouth! She started saying mama and dada awhile back and still does...a lot!
- Lyla's new favorite game: chase. She loves being chased, chasing others, etc. We'll go up and down the hall, around the couches, through the kitchen, and she never gets tired of it. She can scoot pretty quickly when she doesn't want to be caught! Her other favorite game is peek-a-boo. She likes to hold her blankets up over her face or peek around the furniture. Just before I wrote this I sat on the couch and she kept peeking around the loveseat, cracking up each time I'd say "where's Lyla?"
- She can now stand independently and can turn her upper body to look around while standing. She can manipulate toys in her hands while standing too. Yesterday Matt thought she took a step toward him - so sad I missed that!
- Lyla is a little bulldozer. She has started trying to climb on the couches, over piles of things (laundry, toys, bags), and tramples us when we are on the floor playing. Is my girly-girl becoming not-so-girly?!
I miss the teeny tininess of a newborn, and how cuddly and moldable she was. However, she keeps becoming more and more fun. I love watching her cognitive development and seeing how she solves problems, maneuvers her world, and even how she manipulates her environment to get what she wants!



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