Oakley has officially reached the 10 month mark! With the holidays here I know that the next two months are going to fly by and we will have a 1 year old on our hands!
Oakley continues to grow and change so much every year! She is mobile, mobile, mobile and it has opened up a whole new world to her. Thankfully she still loves to be where I am and so she doesn't travel too far away from me!
* You are still sleeping well. You sleep from about 8:00 pm until about 8 or 8:30 in the morning. It seems like once a month or so you have a hard time going to sleep and end up staying up fairly late with us. Once a sleep, you hardly ever wake up throughout the night. There have been a handful of times you seem to get insomnia in the middle of the night and I end up sleeping in the guest room with you. Although it makes me tired I love hearing you babble, blow raspberries, coo at me and cuddle me for the couple of hours you are awake!
* You like to still suck your two fingers to soothe
* You are napping twice a day fairly consistently and are awake for about 2-3 hours in between naps. You can sometimes miss your morning nap (like on Sundays or if we aren't home) and you seem to do okay for the day just having a long afternoon nap
* You aren't great at sleeping in public anymore. You are too distracted and like to see what's going on around you!
* You are nursing the same amount (when waking up or going to sleep) and consistently eat 3 meals a day
* You are mostly self feeding the things we eat, but still like smoothies with yogurt
* You have found out how FUN it is to feed Addie and will toss food off your tray onto the floor to watch her eat :/
* You can drink out of a straw and a sippy cup
* You have learned how to spit things out (which actually comes in handy when you are sucking on small objects like Legos)!
* At about 9 1/2 months you started pulling to stand, but you have a very hard time figuring out how to sit back down!
* You are VERY busy and mobile and can get anywhere you want to go. You prefer to be by me or where you can see me though so it is helpful to keep you out of things!
* You have crawled up 2-3 stairs, but overall aren't that interested in going up them. The only time you have attempted is when you see me going upstairs and you want to follow. Otherwise we haven't had to put up baby gates yet.
* You love to dance and move to music or songs we sing
* You play patty-cake, clap, wave bye and hi, do indian calls, give high fives, blow raspberries, stick out your tongue and give big, slobbery open mouth kisses
* You seem to be very verbal and have said /m,n,d,t,p,b,w,h,y/. At times it sounds like you have words saying "nana", "mama", "dada", "all done", "up", "nigh nigh". It's hard to tell if you know what the words mean, but they are things you say often. You also love to mimic the sounds, words and noises we make!
* Your sense of humor is really developing and you are starting to laugh at more people and more things. You get really tickled if something startles you and you love playing games like peek-a-boo. Your brothers are really beginning to make you laugh and smile and you seem to light up when you see them in the morning.
* You really only get upset when you are standing and can't sit down, if you are hurt, hungry or if I walk away from you or can't pick you up. You are typically very content
* You are VERY, VERY attached to me and I think it is getting worse at times. You want to be around me all the time and want me to pick you up a lot. I honestly don't mind most of the time though since you are my last baby!
* You are very patient with your brothers as they play with you, although they get a little rough at times and you get hurt when they are wrestling you or trying to pick you up.
* You love Addie and like to pat and pet her
*One of your favorite things to chew on and rip apart is paper...you love to rip it with your teeth and chew it then spit it out!
* You are wearing size 6 month and size 9 month clothing and size 2 diapers (You really have the most petite frame and your buns are so tiny and cute in tight pants when you crawl and stand!)
* You weigh 16lbs 3 oz (according to our home scale)
* You still have brown hair and blue eyes
* Only two bottom teeth still but the top gums look white and swollen to me
That seems to be you in a nutshell right now! At least what I can think of and remember! You are so dear and precious to me! I pray we will always have a close knit relationship...what a blessing you are!
