TEN MONTHS!

Sienna is now 10 months old, well actually 10 months and 10 days at this point! Just two months until her big birthday (how can this be) I might be in complete denial until the day comes!

She just had her 9 month doctor appointment that week, so her ten month stats are:

Height: 31 inches (>97% off the charts)
Weight: 21 pounds (75%)
Head: Can't remember but its 95%

So she is still super tall and growing like crazy! Dr. Macias was impressed with her growth, since at 9 months babies usually slow in growth with higher activity. And of course she is much more active, but eats about anything in sight. Dr. was also pleased with her development and all that good stuff. Of course we were thankful for our healthy girl! (and very social with her doctor, he really is so amazing with kids, just as any pediatrician should be!) Then it was time for three shots, not good! After the painful, wait-ten-seconds eruption, she calmed down when i picked her up, until she looked right at the nurse and literally yelled at her. She said "Oh, she is MAD at me!"

It is really incredible how much she has grown and learned these last months. Here is what she is up to these days:

*She wears mostly size 12 month clothes, some 18 months (but still pretty big) and size 3 diapers. I am not clearing out clothes that are too small as often, since the sizes should fit longer, so I feel like we are finally getting more use out of her cute clothes!

*She is getting more and more mobile. She is pulling herself up everywhere! including but not limited to: the couch, coffee table, crib, door jams, walls and even ozzy (perfect height dog). She also cruises along the furniture, but really prefers crawling, which she has gotten FAST! She loves when we say "where are you going?" as she heads to the hall, she looks backs at us, laughs and moves full speed ahead. Us chasing her is pretty hilarious, I guess. She also is really quick at transistioning from crawling to sitting to crawling to pulling up to sitting to crawling... and should be really close to standing on her own! I have really started thinking about what the short future will bring as we enter the toddler years!

*FOOD. As I said she eats just about anything in sight. She is getting more table food and really does well feeding herself (until she is over it and drops food for the dogs who sit and wait under her chair). Her newer favorite foods are breads, wheat pancakes, chicken, rice, lentils, beans and broccoli. And the good ol' favorites include yogurt, oatmeal, bananas, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, peas, mum mums, puffs, and avocado. She also has recently learned to use a straw!

*She is our social butterfly! She loves talking, blabbering, laughing, etc. I am pretty sure she says certain words, just still not 100% if they are "real words" like dog ("duh"). But at this point I am saying that's her first word because she has said it a few times (and its different that her da-da-da sound) plus she says it looking at the dogs, so its gotta be intentional, right? But of course, its not on demand... (I will write about the other words when I am certain they are words!)

*She also "sings" and dances! She is working on getting both legs bending and bouncing, at first it was just her left leg in a sporadic jolt, pretty hilarious if you ask me. Also, and this is mama's favorite, she LOVES giving kisses. When we ask her for a kiss, or anytime she feels like it which I am glad is quite often, she leans in and moves her mouth towards yours (usually its wide open, sometimes with her tongue hanging out). When she wakes up, she is all about giving kisses, which completely melts me!! She also waves "hi" (but not bye) and blows kisses, again both on her terms!

*She loves playing with all her new toys! But her favorite new ones are snack containers I got from the dollar section of target or anything from our tupperware drawer. She loves putting things in things, taking them out, and stacking. She is more than content playing by herself in her corner of the living room, or in her pack-in-play (or as we call it her "cage" isn't that lovely?)

*She loves music! (goes back to the dancing part) Her favorite is the Laurie Berkner Band (from Nick Jr), as in cracks up hysterically, uncontrollably laughing! Russell made her a CD for the car. So now we are "those" parents with kid's music blaring in the car and everyone singing along. But I do have to say i LIKE the music (sure having lyrics like "there's a mouse in my toolbox" and "5,4,3,2,1 blastoff- another rocketship run" stuck in your head for five hours gets old) but its much better than Barney! She also loves "Jack's Big Music Show" for the music!

*Teething- on Saturday, out of nowhere I noticed 2 more teeth that had just barely cut through (bottom sides). No signs at all!! I guess she is a professional teether now, bringing her up to EIGHT teeth! That night she was a bit fussy and overtired, but I figured she was just milking the fact that we realized she was teething without symptoms!

*About 3 weeks ago, she decided to ditch her binky! She only needed it when she was going to sleep, but I wasn't expecting her to give it up yet on her own! One day for her nap, she kept spitting it out, the next day she wouldn't let it near her mouth! Guess I am glad we won't have to face breaking the habit of a toddler. She still has her blanky! The first couple days without the pacifier were a little tougher to get her to the sleep mode, but after that smooth sailing. She is now at the point that we can put her down completely awake and she puts herself to sleep (we used to rock her, pat her back and stay with her until she was drifting off). She sleeps from about 7:00-7:30 until 7:00 in the morning, and has 2 naps a day (usually about 1 1/2 each).

That sums up everything i can think of right now! I have a long mental list of blog topics, and hope to keep on top of it! I just adore my girl and am so proud to be her mama!!