I AM 10 MONTHS OLD

Another very busy month for a very special little girl.  I  am crawling all over the house and really like crawling back to my room and seeing my toys, and having a little play time. Mommy can hear me crawling and can tell where I am by hearing the sounds. Here I am in my tutu pajamas that grandma got for me. Could anyone possible be cuter

Got my second two new teeth on the  top this month and am enjoying seeing how they work with eating all sorts of new table foods. I like my table foods so much that mommy gave away all of my baby foods. I am done with that and have now graduated to all "big girl" table foods.

I have been learning how much fun it is when I do something new and ever one claps and says YEAH GENNA!  I think that is so fun that I am learning to clap for myself when I do something new or that I am proud of.

Look mommy at what a smart little girl I am.  I do love snuggling with my mommy too. Nothing better  than these snuggles!

I spend lots of time walking around the furniture, and even like trying t o put my foot up on something to  climb a little higher. Mommy and
Daddy think I am going to be a real climber.

I do love mealtime and mommy cooks good things for me every day. I am trying out all sorts of new vegetables and fruits, and even ravioli.

No problems getting every bit right in to my mouth

I am even liking to try getting food in to my mouth with the spoon. Not too much luck yet but am definitely practicing.

My mommy and daddy got me a little walking cart and I am so proud of my self walking behind it. Can easily walk across the room with it. Won't be long until I am able to walk with out the help.

When my grandpa comes over,he likes to help me do new things, and is helping me here with my new walker. He is so proud of me!

Mommy and Daddy bought me my first little chair and it is just the right size for me! I am growing so fast and am the sweetest little girl ever. Fast approaching my very first birthday!

BACK TO THE ZOO

 In August , Miss Paytin came to visit for the weekend and Mommy, Grandma, Paytin and I went to the zoo. This was my second trip to the zoo and I was such a good girl. Grandma brought along a cold rag to keep us cool as it was a very hot day.  I had fun though and was a very good girl! We saw lots of the animals and even some animal babies.  It was also my very first day to  ride on the train and also the Merry Go Round.  I really had a lot of fun riding on my horse for the Merry go Round and held on just like I was supposed to. There were so many new things to see here and it kept me busy looking all around. Grandma got me a little stuffed frog at the gift shop and I talked to it all of the way home after our zoo trip. What a fun day!!!

ANOTHER MILESTONE

Grandma just could not pass up the opportunity to say that my THIRD TOOTH, popped out on the top right side on August 21st.  The better to eat this good food with. Growing every day!

I AM NINE MONTHS OLD

This has been another very busy month for me with lots of new happenings.  For a few days I was pretty cranky, and then about the 3rd  of July, mommy finally found that  my very first tooth had broken through. This was followed by my second tooth which came through on July 18th.  I didn't want to show them to anyone, but finally grandma got a photo of me with my teeth showing. Aren't they cute?  I sure do know how to use them too!

I love it when mommy, daddy or grandma read me stories.  I really pay attention, and start looking at the pages as soon as story time starts.   I am loving my books. Grandma got me a story that has finger puppets and is about OLD MCDONALD.  I just giggled and giggled when I heard this story. Such a cute sound to hear!

I am really enjoying my foods. Mommy and daddy have introduced so many yummy foods to my list of foods, and I am very good at picking them up and getting them right in to my mouth.  I am enjoying lots of vegetables, fruits and especially love my fresh blueberries cut in half.  I was 27 inches tall when I went to see my dr, and 18 lbs.  How I have grown.  Mommy also has gotten me some new cups with a soft straw and I really do a great job drinking from them.  Mommy and I are still nursing, but when that ends, I will be doing great with my cups.   I do enjoy meal time!

Last month I was just learning to crawl, and stand up and move a tiny bit around the furniture. This month I have moved well past that !  I am crawling all around my house as fast as I can, and of course I pass right by my toys and investigate every thing that I shouldn't be looking at.... boxes, phones, and even electric outlets. Mommy and Daddy have to watch me all of the time.  Now, on  August 18th, I surprised everyone by learning the first steps of climbing.  Mommy said "OH LORDY"  This toy I am standing on is helping me learn to walk too. I already stood up and held on to the handle and walked across the room with it to Daddy. Grandma bets that by the time I am 10 months old, I will be walking by myself.  Definitely like standing up higher though on things so I can see better what to get in to. I also am now learning to wave BYE BYE when I feel like it, and also clap my hands together.  I know this means YAY! and do it when I am pleased with myself. MISS PERSONALITY.

Mommy and Grandma took my niece Paytin and I to the zoo and I had such a good time. Here we are sitting up on the big turtle.  I was so good and wore my new little top which has gold turtles on it. Paytin is a very good helper and made sure I didn't fall off of the turtle. We girls had fun , and I enjoy going every where , and am a very good rider in my car seat, talking all of the way and babbling. Can even do a a little singing when my favorite songs are on.  I have also started dancing a little to the songs, and more to come. I do like my music. Everyone thinks I am the best little girl EVER!

I AM 8 MONTHS OLD.

WELL! Daddy, Mommy, and Grandma and Grandpa will all tell you that I have been really changing by leaps and bounds this month, and that I am learning something new almost every single day! Last month I learned to sit up when someone sat me up, but I could not move from that place and eventually would fall over.  This month though, I really began by rolling all over the place, and began getting my legs in position to make them more handy.

All kinds of stretching around trying to find out just what these appendages would do. OK, well finally, On June 16th, I figured out at least one thing, and that was that I could sit up all by my self with out any help at all.

Even Maggie thought that was very interesting, and she was there cheering me on in her own little doggy language.

Pretty soon, I  thought it would be a fun thing to be able to sit different places and also to reach some things that were farther away. Grandma was really excited one day when she and Grandpa were having dinner with mommy and daddy. I was in the living room, and grandma thought I was trying to crawl. She kept saying come on over and see me, and then she sat one of my toys over on the other side of the room, and the first thing you know I was crawling. That first crawling day was on June 27th, and I have not stopped since.  Grandma and Grandpa were so excited to see that and they cheered me on! Daddy got such a cute video too of my first time to crawl.

Really getting around great after a few days and that prompted mommy and daddy to go out and get some safety things for our house.

On June 29th, Aunty Heather and cousin Sam came to grandma and grandpa's house and we were all invited for dinner there. I really loved seeing my cousin Sam and was a real little flirt.  I gave him so many smiles and batted my eyelashes at him every chance I got.

Cousin Sam liked me too and the first thing you know we were playing video games together.

I even got to try on his new hat! We really had fun

Another thing that I am just beginning to learn is that when mommy asks me for some sugar, she wants a big kiss, and I am trying to figure that one out. Mommy thinks that is so cute and she just loves my sugar.

When I really give some good sugar, I might even get a piggy back ride.

Another fun thing I like is to practice standing up on mommy's feet

So another big surprise, in addition to all of the other things that I have learned, today, July 7th, when grandma and mommy were talking, all of a sudden, there I was standing up and looking at them over the table. Wow! What a surprise. Grandma also thinks that I may have waved bye bye at here.... for sure I am trying!  Anyway, this has been a really busy month for me. Grandma is beginning to think and suspect that I am growing up too soon.... Sure have learned a lot this month..... and oh, one more  thing! MY FIRST TOOTH POPPED OUT ON JULY 3RD!  MY BOTTOM RIGHT TOOTH AND ALTHOUGH IT IS OUT I REALLY DON'T WANT ANYONE LOOKING AT IT OR TOUCHING IT RIGHT NOW.    WHAT A MONTH!!!!!

MY FIRST FOURTH OF JULY

This is my very first Independence Day, and my mommy bought me the cutest new dress so I would look very patriotic for the holiday. Everyone thinks that I look really cute in this, and of course they also think I am  cute in whatever I have. We had a fun holiday at our house and we even had our very own fireworks to celebrate this event. After the holiday, mommy and grandma took me over to Fort Worth  to get some special shots to remember this holiday by.  Right now, I am teething, and have just had my first tooth come in on the bottom, so I was more interested in  chewing on the flag than waving it.

i also have a new little teddy friend to match my outfit. Don't we look so cute together.

Mommy had a lot of fun with me when we went to  the Botanical Gardens in fort worth. We walked all around and even got to go out on  a boardwalk that they have just for kids. It is a place  that I am going to have lots of fun at when I get a little bit bigger.  I especially liked the bird call display, where if you push a button, you can hear all of the kinds of sounds that birds make.  I really liked the owl and was talking back very loud at all of the sounds.

My daddy and I had so much fun at our family "fireworks" in our back yard. Daddy had just as big of a smile on his face as I did. The sparklers were my very favorite.  I am a very lucky and a very much loved little girl, and these holidays are lots of fun!

I AM SIX MONTHS OLD

 It is really hard to believe that I am already six  months old.  Very full of my beautiful smiles and am doing all sorts of things. My eye hand coordination is really improving a lot. When I see a toy that I want, I am getting very good at getting a  hold of it and of course, every thing I get goes straight to my mouth.  I am also reaching out for toys  that  are out of reach, and am turning over both ways in order to get what I want.  I am still more likely to turn from my tummy to my back, but can, when I want, now turn both ways. I am also scooting around on the blanket with my legs, which are getting stronger and stronger. I am still loving playing with my feet, and have a hold of at least one foot frequently. On April 30th, it was the very first day that I was able to sit balancing my self for quite a long time. I got a new toy, and it was  so interesting to look at that I forgot to fall over for a very long time.  I am sure that I am going to get better and better at this, but it is so amazing to see the world from a sitting up position.  As you can see here, I am able to hold a bottle for a little bit at least, although not taking too many bottles yet. Mommy has started trying me a little bit on some rice cereal. At first, I just let it run out of my mouth, but am starting now to "get the hang " of eating it, at least a little bit.

Well honest! I did get some of this down! And I am liking my cereal too, and open my mouth like a little bird when I see the spoon coming.

     Mommy and Daddy say that I am really starting to "find my voice" and am calling out louder and louder, enjoying that I can make some pretty loud noises.

     I am also very interested in chewing on this teething ring, and one of these days pretty soon, mommy is going to come in to get me in the morning, and I will have my first tooth coming in.

I am really getting Grampy wrapped around my little finger. He does love my little toothless smiles.