Saturday, December 3, 2011

Audrey is 10 Months Old!

Which means she will be 1 year old in 2 months.  But I'll just stay in denial about that for a little bit longer.  Audrey had a fun month.  She was baptized on November 13 and then celebrated her first Thanksgiving.  Paul had to work on Thanksgiving, Friday, and Sunday so unfortunately, we did not get to see family.  Our good friends in Aiken were kind enough to invite us over for a Thanksgiving meal.  Audrey came down with some sort of stomach bug and ended up being sick the latter half of Thursday and all day Friday.  Poor baby.  She bounced back though by Saturday.  Anyways, here goes the 10 month update.

Unofficial Stats:
Weight:  ~17 lbs
Height:  25-26 inches
Diapers:  Size 3
Clothes:  9-12 months.  She still can squeeze into some 6 month shirts.

Milestones:  She waves AND says bye bye all the time.  Every single day when I pick her up from daycare, I go to get her from wherever she is and she turns to her teacher, usually Ms. Jane, sticks out her arm, and says bye bye.  It's so cute.  She also very recently learned how to clap.  Her favorite time to do this is when she hands me one of her  toys.  After she hands it to me, she claps for herself.  She's become her biggest fan ;-).  She pulls to stand on EVERYTHING.  I mean, anything.  It doesn't matter if it is too short or too high, stable or not stable.  She will pull up on it.  She's not full out cruising right now, but takes the occassional step when after something VERY important on the coffee table, ie the remote, camera, a cup, etc.  She's a crawling machine.  She's pretty fast now.  My favorite is to crawl behind her down the hallway.  We'll say "I'm gonna get you" and she'll squeal and go fast and then collapse on the floor so we can tickle her.  Besides byebye, she will say "uh oh."  Her inflection is off which makes it pretty hilarious.  She also says mama and dada but I'm not fully confident that she says them with meaning.  Audrey LOVES to drink water out of her sippy cup.  I'm so glad that she's mastered this and I hope that means her transition to whole milk in a sippy cup in 2 short months will be smooth. 

Likes:  Walks in her stroller, crawling, laughing, fake coughing, feeding Stoney food she doesn't like, drinking out of her sippy, swinging in her outdoor swing, dancing to the Hot Dog song, her pacifiers, being held by Mama, giving kisses (BIG open mouthed kisses).

Dislikes:  Green foods, ANY finger food besides puff (more info on this below), her infant car seat (she never got over this one), when Mommy leaves the room without her (Is using the bathroom THAT important?).

Food:  I'm starting to think we may have a picky eater.  She's a great nurser, she takes her bottles of breastmilk well at daycare, and she drinks water out of sippy like a champ.  Food, on the other hand, is a different story.  She is now VERY clear about foods she likes and doesn't like.  I'm trying to get her to eat finger foods, but she's very against it right now.  She decides she won't eat it even before trying it.  OY.  She LOVES puffs, but that's about it.  I've tried pieces of bread, waffles, bananas, cheerios, wagon wheels (they are similar to puffs) and she will not eat them.  We will just keep trying!  She likes to feed Stoney food that she doesn't want haha.  She does still eat baby food.  She LOVES her breakfast of oatmeal (made with breastmilk) and pureed prunes.  I know you are salivating just reading that!  YUM!  Haha.  She pretty much loves all fruit.  But, she has a very mean Mommy who knows that veggies are important.  We don't see eye to eye on this topic.  She'll eat sweet potatoes.  Yeah, that's pretty much it.  So in conclusion, we've got some work to do in this area.

December brings much excitement.  For me personally, December is the start of working in my company's new clinic in Aiken.  No more commuting for me!  I'm so excited to be 5 minutes from home and 2 minutes from Audrey's daycare.  I will be the main PT there and I'm fortunate to work for such a successful company!  Most importantly, Audrey will celebrate her 1st Christmas.  Our house is decorated, her new stocking is hung, she met Santa just yesterday and had her picture taken, we took family pictures today for our Christmas cards.  We are READY!

Till next month,

Sara