10 Months

Miley is offically 10 months old today!!
At 10 months Miley is doing so much more then I thought a 10 month old could do!

For food she eats pretty much anything that is put in front of her. Her diet consists 99% of table food- she occasionally gets some baby food fruits or veggies but for the most part she would prefer to eat table food and feed herself. It's hard to name favorites because she likes it all, so I'll name the VERY few items she isn't a fan of: Oatmeal, must be a texture thing- but she likes Cream of Wheat, and table food veggies we are working on- she LOVES cooked carrots but the other ones she is adapting to- and yup- that is the end of my dislike list. :) She even loves grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup, french toast, pancakes and cheese, just to name a few. :)

For mobility- she can get to wherever she wants. She pulls up, she climbs, she crawls and just tonight- two times- she let go of one thing and took a couple steps (without hanging onto anything) all by herself to quickly grab onto something else!
Here she is playing with her Rody- she was first trying to stand on top of him and Taylor told her- No Climbing on your Rody- and she looked at him, sat down and then wrestled with her Rody. It was very cute to watch!



And her newest trick of climbing into her rocking chair and then standing up! Taylor was watching her this evening and he said he about had a heart attack when he turned around from the sink and saw this! He had no idea she could even climb into her chair, normally we have to set her in it!


She is getting very good at understanding what we tell her. She knows when she isn't supposed to be doing something, she knows when we get excited, if you tell her to hug her baby she will give her a big hug, she is getting good at giving kisses if you ask for one, if you tell her to get something most of the time she will go and get it and bring it to you, tonight I asked for her baby and she crawled over and got her and brought her to me, and of course if you say- Is it Bath Time- she gets VERY excited!!!

We are working on signs with her- she knows how to do More when she really wants more of something, its not all the time but once she does it one time, lets say for food, she will continue to do it for that whole session. She also knows the sign for Nurse- she only does this one when she gets upset and really wants her Mommy and wants to Nurse. She points at everything! If she wants something she will point at it and if she is curious about something she will say What's That and point (mind you its more like 'wasss tat').

She goes to the chiropractor every once in awhile just for a check up with me and she told me that Miley's body is very symetric and strong and she has some good muscle tone which we have noticed as she can pick up things I never thought she could pick up and her leg muscles are strong as when she is going to fall down she catches herself pretty well so she doesn't land so hard on her bum.

Miley also is really good at figuring out how to get out of things if you trap her in, for instance, at Gramma Pam's she tries to block off the entrance to the entry way with the toy boxes and Miley knows that she can pull and tug and push on the toy boxes to get them out of her way so she can head for the stairs since climbing stairs are her new favorite past time!

She is growing and changing with each passing day and I am so excited for the up and coming holidays and all the family traditions we get to finally share with our new little family!!!