10 Months Old... That's Double Digits Folks!

 Lydia,

I cannot believe that we are only 2 months away from the bash of the century :) Hahaha ok mommy is exaggerating a little but I am very excited to be planning your party. However right now I just want to soak up all my time with you as my baby girl under a year old.

You are a crawling machine, I mean take off fast and furious to go play with the boys, to climb on B, to try and climb up the stairs at Grandma and Grandpas and of course to get to anyone who might be eating something you want to get your little hands on.

You have major food envy, meaning even if you have already had your dinner, if mom and dad are eating you better be eating something or we have a little grunter/whiner on our hands.

You love to clap and wave at everything even yourself in the mirror. You wave at everyone around you even strangers but once those strangers try and give you a high five, you are all "do I know you?" and it takes a while to warm up before you will touch them.

You can stand on your own for a couple seconds, you are getting very close to being able to stand on your own and try often.

Your favorite foods are cheerios, grapes (nasty poppy diapers after these), bannanas still, and pretty much anything we put in front of you except for avacados (don't like those so much)

You stayed away from us for a whole week while we went on our vacation and grandma and grandpa said you did sooooo good! I am so proud of you for adapting to a new situation, sleeping in a different crib at night, taking a bath in a different tub, and riding around all the time in a different car. You still knew us when we saw you at the airport too, I was sweatin that one.

You love to chatter away in the backseat and especially if it's a song you like. You like to dance to music when it comes on and you love it when we pick you up and dance around the house with you. You love music! You even sing with your mommy imitating the noises I make, our songs don't really have real words more like syllables and vowels all strung together to a tune, but we love doing it together.

I love showing you off because everyone can't get over how darn cute you are, you are such a fun little girl to be around and seriously the cure for a bad day. My favorite part of my day is getting to Aunt Sarah's and seeing you stop what you're doing, crawl real fast towards me and put your arms up so I can pick you up and squeeze you!!

You and daddy are the best part of my life and the two of you together is even better!! You sure love him and I love watching your relationship with him grow and grow every day. Melts my heart and makes me smile. You are special kiddo and I am so glad that you are my little lydi bug!

Love you,

Mamma