10 Months Old

About 2 weeks ago Kate turned 10 months old. I can't believe my little baby is almost 1! Kate has been very busy this last month. Here is a little bit of what she has been up to:

She can get from lying down to sitting up! She figured this out just a few days after she turned 9 months old, and is now a pro at it.

She can pull up to a standing position on the furniture! She has only done it a time or two, but she is becoming increasingly interested in trying to figure out how to stand up by herself. She will often try to stand up by herself in the middle of the floor, but she doesn't get very far. Climbing is her new obsession. She especially loves to climb on me (of course).

She loooooves solid food. Really, she can't get enough of it. She started eating three meals a day and sometimes she eats a lot. Favorite foods right now are frozen bluberries, frozen peas, yogurt, cheerios, bananas and zucchini. She loved a zucchini and goat cheese quiche I made the other night. She will still eat purees once in a while, but will generally cry until I give her something she can pick up by herself.

She can drink from a straw! Since she has been eating so much food, she has been having some issues with constipation. So another favorite treat she gets is carrot juice. She makes a huge mess, but really enjoys it.

She loves her cousin Gemma. Gemma is 2, and Kate loves to ride in the car with Gemma, play with Gemma, take baths with Gemma, talk to Gemma, and so on. It's so cute. One of their favorite activities is splashing at each other in the bath. They also like to imitate each other's sounds. Unfortunately this means that sometimes they scream at each other. Fortunately they are still pretty cute.

She is getting better at crawling. She can crawl for a while if she wants to, but typically she will just crawl for a few steps and then start army crawling. She is becoming quite destructive, and keeps me on my toes.

Some fun activities this month included lunch with her G.G. (great-grandma) and going on the boat for the second time. She also enjoys the weekends, when she gets to spend time with her Daddy. Brett gets home late Friday nights, so Kate gets excited when I get her up Saturday morning and bring her into our room; she gets a big smile on her face when she realizes Brett is there. So far she is really having a blast in California.