Kelsey is 10 Months Old!

Here we go again...another monthly update. I know February is a short month, but it sure seems like I just did an update.

On Sunday, Kelsey celebrated her 10 month birthday. She is still just the sweetest thing and makes us laugh and smile everyday. She has had another big month of accomplishments too.

Kelsey is now waving, pointing, giving high fives and clapping. When she claps, we say "clap, clap, clap" and she tries to repeat us by saying "ka, ka, ka". She also says "uh oh" and lots of things that sound like mama and dada but I don't know that she is associating them with us yet. She loves to make noises and shake her head 'no' and try to get her brother to play along. Her two bottom teeth are popping through nicely. She seems to be teething still, but we don't see any signs of additional teeth.

Despite only having 2 little teeth, she is getting pretty good at starting table foods like puffs, pasta, etc. We are also practicing with a sippy cup most days now. She knows how to get the water out, but tends to let it run down her chin rather than swallow it.

She is crawling all over the house and getting into everything. She is very curious and loves to explore her surroundings. She is pulling up and cruising around things too, but doesn't have very good balance if we try to encourage her to stand. At least she can get back to a sitting position from standing on her own now--thank goodness--she is much less frustrated now.

We have caught her dancing a few times lately, which is really cute. Her favorite song is "If you're happy and you know it" and she loves to dance to that song, dancing being shaking her head and moving her arm up and down. We walked by a store in the mall the other day with that obnoxiously loud music blaring out of the store and I look down to see her bopping along in the stroller.

She is taking a bath in the big bathtub, usually with her brother, now. She loves it, Kyle hates it because she splashes him in the face...and he hates water in his eyes. She is also a 'tub hog' and always manages to corner him with no room to move.

Kelsey loves to be outside. However, that is a challenge since she wants to get down and crawl...on the cement. Ouch. So she spends most of her outdoor time strapped into the wagon. We pull her around the driveway/patio or she just sits there and plays with a toy and watches her brother. She is very content when she is in the fresh air.

We are just enjoying everyday with her, watching her learn and grow and get way too close to her first birthday!