10 months

some of her favorite things are: banging on the computer keyboard, looking at herself in the mirror, looking at baby board books

her favorite foods are peas, applesauce, bananas and bread

her favorite songs are itsy bitsy spider and row row row your boat. sometimes she tries to sing along.

i think she's about ready to give up her morning nap. there have been a lot of days lately where she hasn't wanted to go down in the morning, but she's taken a 2-hour nap in the afternoon.

she says momma, daddy, and hannah, but her new favorite word is flower. i bought some flowers for grace's photo shoot a couple weeks ago and brought them home and put them in a vase on the kitchen table. when we would eat she would stare at them, so i told her they were flowers. she looked at me with big, interested eyes, like she wanted me to say the word again, so i did. after that, at meal time i would ask her where the flowers were and she would look at them and try to say the word. then i started showing her flowers around the house. i didn't realize until now just how many decorative flowers i have and it's making me seriously rethink my design scheme. but i am not exaggerating when i say that the past couple of days she's been saying flower every minute that she's awake. i'll walk with her through the house and she'll mutter "FLA" and stare at every flower. it's adorable, trust me. 

she and hannah are playing together a little better these days. i sometimes ask hannah to watch libby while she's in her crib while i take a shower. i watched them on the monitor, and hannah was in there singing and making her laugh. hannah also entertains her while we're riding in the car. i just love to hear the two of them laughing in the back seat together. 

she has started giving me bites of her food, and she likes to give high-fives. 

if we're all at home but she and i are in a different room she will sometimes call for hannah or daddy. she just started that last week. the three of us were playing in her room and tim was in the living room and she started calling for him.

if she's bouncing, you know she's enjoying herself. she bounces when she gets really excited and when she's eating something that she really likes.

and best of all, she's really generous with her kisses these days. there is nothing better than a baby's kiss. it's the sweetest.

i say it every month but i really can't believe 10 months have passed. i've tried to enjoy these days a little more with libby than i did with hannah. with hannah, i was so excited and anxious to see what she would be doing at every stage. it seemed that each day brought something new and it was fascinating to watch her develop. with libby i am just taking it all in, one day at a time, and really loving her being a baby. it's just going by too fast.