10 months old!

Today, Gabby turned 10. Months, that is.

She still has blue eyes. And curly, golden-brown hair. And super-long eyelashes. And as of today, she has FOUR teeth. bottom middle, and then the top two - the top right finally cut through this morning!

As of last week, Gabby is officially a Standing Girl. She'll pull herself standing on anything - the edge of a table, the couch, our jeans... The other day, she pushed herself almost standing just from the floor, but she was wearing a sleeper and got to almost do the splits instead. But she is sure trying! And she still loves walking with help - it won't be long now.

Gabby is down to 1 nap a day, anywhere from 45mins to 3hrs. She completely refuses to nap more than once. She goes to bed around 7pm and sleeps *mostly* all night long (she still wakes up once or twice for a snack, but it's about 5 mins and she's back in her bed) and doesn't wake up again until 8am.

She is an excellent eater - especially if you give her something that she can feed to herself. When she thinks she's feeding herself, you can put anything in her mouth and she'll totally let you. She's still a big broccoli/yam/cauliflower/squash/avocado/rice cereal fan... she's still in love with Nutrios... and she's added peas (she thinks it's hilarious when we throw them up high and catch them in our mouths) and bits of "eggy bread", and yogurt, and applesauce (Mott's makes lots of unsweetened varieties, and she loves them all) and even tofu and cheese. And she's had her first tastes of Wendy's Frosty, but she didn't seem to be a huge fan. Maybe the cold?

Our little girl has become a pro at the "fake-cough". She did it once, maybe a real cough? and we did it back, and she thought it was hilarious, so we kept doing it. And it made her laugh. And now she does it to get us to do it to get her to laugh.

Gabby still loves books. She'll sit for 20minutes or more just looking at a board book all by herself. She's really good at turning the pages. And she's really good with big-kid books, too - she's never ripped a page, and knows now not to crumple the pages and is very gentle turning those pages, too!

We bought Gabby her very first coloring book and crayons. I was just too, too excited. Mostly, she just wanted to turn the pages of the book, and wanted to chew on the crayons. :)

Gabby loves clapping! Especially during meals, probably because we're sitting together, and she has my complete attention. She'll clap a bunch of times (measures? :)) and then I'll clap it back to her, and then she'll clap a new "rhythm" (a loose usage of the word, I'll admit) and then I'll clap it again, etc. It's her favorite new game.

Her other favorite rhythm-thing is pounding her heels on the floor when she's sitting. I'm sure our neighbors below just love it. It's pretty loud.

She is especially fascinated by her carseat and its straps/buckles. She will abandon all of her toys and books and crawl (and she's FAST) over to play with her carseat. She got into it the other day, and just kept looking at the buckles.

Gabby's latest game is playing face-dive into the blankets on our bed. It's a special occasion if we've made our bed, so usually there is a pile of sheets and blankets for Gabby to play in - she loves to roll around and crawl and crash and wiggle and cuddle with all of the blankets on our bed.

She's a really affectionate little girl, gives bright smiles and great hugs.

A few firsts:

Gabby's had her first professional haircut.

Gabby's had her first big wound - she did a faceplant into the corner of our entertainment unit, bruising her forehead, cutting her nose, and making her top lip puffy. She only cried for a little bit, but the bruise is still there :(

Gabby's had her first trip to the lake - she didn't really like the water, but the rest of it was fun :)