10 months

Wow 10 Months we are 2 months away from the 1 year mark.. Hard to believe she is going to be a year in 2 months... She has brought so much fun and excitement each and everyday.. She is just the sweetest little girl ever.

This past month she has been trying new foods. We've been working on her with "real" people food.. She's been eating avocados, bananas, peaches, pears, kiwi, pasta (red and white sauces), toast, pancakes, French toast, Mashed potatoes, cheerios, graham crackers, pickles, and many more foods.. I don't think she eats very much of it we usually find a lot of it on the floor or by her butt in the highchair. She's been a stinker with her milk, not drinking very much at a time, sometimes she does, but usually just a little. We bought her a new baby monitor one that has a camera, usually at night she makes noises so it helps us to see her instead of waking up and checking up on her in her room.. we usually turn the monitor on sleep mode when she sleeps anyway so not like we sit and watch her the whole time.. lol.. She isn't walking yet, but she is definitely holding onto things and walking while holding onto things. she doesn't really like to stand unless it's her idea.. sometimes we can get her to stand, but usually she doesn't want to. Ha. She's been doing better with her nap times and sleeping an hour-2 hours sometimes, just depends how tired she is.. she loves to play in the kitchen with the cupboards, and pull out the drawer under the stove. loves exploring the apartment and follow us when we leave the room.. it's funny when she decided to go exploring and we watch her we will either tell her to come here or no and she stops looks at us smiles and keeps going other wise if we go get her she just crawls faster so we can't get her.. definitely keeps us on our toes.. Ha.  She's got down the waving buh bye, and Hi to people sometimes she just waves for the fun of it.. It sounds like she says Hi to people sometimes.. She's learning how to clap, and she loves to dance to music now.. She gives kisses on her time, when she wants. usually just randomly she opens her mouth and brings her face to you for kisses.. We celebrated her first Valentine's Day the day before she turned 10 months. She loves to find a blanket or pillow and just lay down on it for a little while and we say Night Night to her and she smiles and sometimes stays there or gets up.. She still loves to play peak a boo.. anything she finds her blankets, her shirts she picks up and plays, She LOVES her rocking horse she got for Christmas from Auntie Chelsea and Uncle Luke she sits on it and can rock it forward she doesn't sit long, but she likes it. Gil found a keyboard in our closet he took out to practice his piano for school and she loves playing it she knows which button to press for it to make music and she dances to it.. So funny...She's even learned how to turn around and crawl off our laps to get down off the couch. Sometimes she'll crawl off the couch and then want back up again and if we don't pick her up she gets sad like she doesn't know what she wants.

Gil is working hard at work and school.. We are still in the process of trying to figure out where we are going to be living the next few years while he will be here in school.. We've looked into how much we can qualify for and now we are looking into purchasing a place to live for the next few years until he's done with school and we know for sure where he will be getting a job at. Not anything new with me. just old stuff.. Ha. I am working on planning Elycia's first birthday party in Wisconsin April 12th and then will plan working on doing a birthday party for her here in Colorado too probably beginning of May still need to work out those details too.. We will be in Wisconsin for a short weekend for her birthday party we leave Friday Morning April 11th-Monday night April 14th just in time to come back for her first Birthday. Please keep us in your prayers over the next couple months as we figure out housing situations and work situations as well. Gil is taking Piano lessons as a class for school this semester and so he has a recital he will be playing the first week in May if anyone wants to come watch. ;-) I am thinking of doing Elycia's Colorado birthday party that Saturday as well will be sending invites for that too.. So much is going on right now it's crazy, but so exciting at the same time..