Anna turned 10 months on Monday, and I think the past month has been her most amazing so far. Everything just started clicking for her and we are astonished by how much she can do all of a sudden. She crawls all over the place, when she isn't "cruising" the furniture. She isn't afraid to let go and stand alone, but is careful to hold on to something if she wants to move. She claps when we tell her to clap, which just blew my mind. This is the first time I really knew she understood what we said. This has led to saying, "Let's touch noses," and she turns towards us and gets really still. We brush her nose with ours and she giggles. It's the greatest. Jeff is working on, "What does and owl say?" and she answers, "Who, who." Too cute! Of course, she waves at everyone which is fun, too. Everyone says she'll be walking soon, but I'm not in a hurry. I feel like I'm still trying to catch up now that she is moving. We are still waiting for teeth, but she eats fine without them, so no hurry on those either. She is doing just one nap a day now, which is kind of a bummer for me since it isn't necessarily a long nap, but it makes for great snuggle time at bed time. The other night she fell asleep in my arms and I rocked her longer than usual. There just isn't a better feeling than a sleeping baby in your arms.
Amy, do you recognize this outfit? You sent it when Anna was born. There is a matching hat, but she didn't feel like accessorizing that day.
Happy girl in her swing
This is what most of my pictures look like these days. She is coming right at me!
I don't know which one of them enjoys this more.
We love playing on the kitchen floor!
Here's our little banana on her first Halloween.
We walked up to the tennis courts in our neighborhood where everyone gathers before trick-or-treating.
Jeff and I couldn't stop giggling. Anna, on the other hand wasn't that into it, so we had to keep her paci in for most of the evening.
"I'm going to go ape if you don't get me out of this costume pretty soon."
"This party is lame. Let's split."
Earlier in the evening Anna had one job. Put the candy in the bowl while Mommy makes dinner. It was the perfect task, as it kept her occupied for about 15 minutes.
She performed the "shake shake" test on every piece. If it made noise when she shook it, she held on to it. If it didn't it would get dropped immediately. The best moment was when both hands had a shaker at the same time!
