Ellie ten months old!

Time just keeps flying, and Ellie just keeps growing up! She's 10 months old today, and she's such a big girl! As each day goes by, she's becoming more and more independent and more of a toddler instead of a baby. She's so fun and has so much personality!

We got her dressed in a cute outfit & went to put her in the crib to take some pictures and she thought it was bedtime, so she cried and cried! Then we just scratched that idea!

Here is a little about her at 10 months:

• She sleeps from about 8 to 8 most nights, which is AWESOME for us!
• She takes 2 naps a day, varying in length from 1-2 hours.
• She has just learned to "give loves" to things, and is frequently hugging her stuffed animals and us.
• She likes to give kisses to you if you ask for them.
• She's wearing 12 month clothes, but they're still pretty big on her. She's also wearing size 2 & 3 shoes & size 3 diapers.
• She nurses 4-5 times a day, eats 3 "normal" meals consisting of bread, bananas, blueberries, strawberries, peas, sweet potato fries (home-made & her favorite!), cheddar-broccoli nuggets (home-made), string cheese, yogurt, water, chicken, and just about anything else we let her have. She LOVES food, and I'm always amazed at how much she can really eat!
• She stands up for up to about 1 minute at a time and has taken a couple steps here and there, but isn't really interested in learning to walk.
• She loves to point to her nose when you ask her where her nose is.
• She loves to play in the bathroom, and if the door isn't latched, she'll go in there and put anything she can in the bathtub.
• She's just started to climb (UH-OH) and we had to take the shelf off of our coffee table, because she can climb on to it! She's starting to climb into the bathtub (another uh-oh) and tries to climb onto anything else she can reach.
• Getting into the kitchen drawers and pulling everything in them out is one of her favorite pass times.
• She can say "mama" "dada" "uh-oh" "baba" "whatsthat" "go" and "nana"
• She's still learning to say mama and dada to the right person, but she's getting close!
• She STILL doesn't have any teeth, or any signs of any teeth...
• She weighs 18 lbs 7 oz
• She loves to turn the light switches to "off" whenever I carry her out of a room
• She is starting to point at things more and talk as she points
  

She's such a joy to have around, and we love her so so much! She's such a blessing and we're so thankful we get to be her parents!

Today she climbed in her toy bin and I covered her with her toys. She thought it was pretty fun. p.s. check out that yellow ring mid-fling!

Giving her kitty "loves"

Standing and pointing. When she points it's usually like this and super quick with her pointing and then putting her arm back down.

Standing up all by herself but too timid and busy to take a step!

Happy ten months old, Ellie!