10 Months of Sunshine

Fall is starting to sneak in on us. It's meant that we have been able to have more fun outside. I have plenty of pictures that I would like to show you of our fun but I can't post them from my iPad. It's very frustrating. Are you listening, blogger? Fix that please.

Anyway, our beautiful little Dumpling is now 10 months old. She has learned all sorts of new things:

- Army crawling
- Feeding herself
- Clapping
- Remembering how things work/ Where things are
- Playing peekaboo
- Pulls herself to standing
- Bobs her head and wiggles her butt to music (AKA the most adorable thing, ever)
- Has two teeth making their way through her bottom gum
- Drinks from a sippy cup
- Plays Hide and Seek (I go around the corner or to another room where she can't see me, and she crawls over to find me)

She quickly calms and falls asleep to "You Are My Sunshine." My aunt witnessed this once and after seeing Bluma go from crying to snoozing in about 30 seconds, she remarked, "You know, that's not normal, right?"

I changed the words a little because "When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken, so I hung my head and cried..." seemed too dark for a lullaby. Instead, I sing, "When I awoke, dear, it was the morning, so I went and gave you kisses..." She doesn't seem to mind the change.

 She prefers to sleep on her tummy now. As soon as I lay her in her crib, she flips over. I preferred to sleep on my belly, too up until I was pregnant. She seems to sleep better this way, both at night and for naps. I love seeing her assert her preferences.

We like to read, play with her toys, and listen and sing to music.  We still go to the library every week for the Book Babies program and go on outings with the local moms group. Last week, we went to a petting zoo.

We've started making plans for her birthday. It's going to be a tough day. This first year with her is going much too fast. She's so amazing.

We've also been looking at Halloween costumes for her. Arna likes pumpkins and I really like animals. There is a lamb costume and a lion costume that both have me filled with giggles whenever I look at the picture. I'd like to make her costumes someday but I'll need a sewing machine for that to happen.

On our list this month is to take Bluma to the orchard. I'm looking forward to it. Arna and I love going there.