Before I attempt to do any catch-up from the last 10 months of our lives, I guess I will start with a current update on Tiny Princess. She just hit 10 months!! Golly… I cant believe shes in the double-digit months already!! Someone asked me yesterday if she would be one next month, to which I intelligently replied “No, not until October”. Waaaaait…THAT’S NEXT MONTH!! Holy cow! Tatum will be one year old next month!! Still wrapping my mind around that… and yes, October is next month.
She is currently sleeping like an angel in her crib. I am watching her on the video monitor- she is flat on her back with her arms and legs sprawled out. CUTE.
She is crawling like crazy and getting really fast too. When she really moves her little tooshie wiggles and it cracks me up. She is a champ at pulling up on anything and everything. She can even do it one handed now. And against a wall…so theres not really anything to pull on, just the balance. She has stood without holding on to anything after pulling up a few times.
She talks up a storm, but only when she has something to say. Sometimes she will go a full hour without making a sound, just giggling. But sometimes she is non-stop babbling. She looooves other people, especially kids and babies. She is not at all shy around other kids- she will crawl right up to them and start playing with them. Sometimes even when the other kid is a little frightened or uninterested. J And she smiles and waves at everyone who will look at her at restaurants or in stores.
I still nurse her four times a day. And she is of course eating all kinds of other foods too. I have made all of her baby food, and she still eats lots of her foods puréed even though she is getting really good at feeding herself finger foods. She eats: carrots, green beans, yellow squash, zucchini, broccoli, sweet potatoes, peas, cauliflower, winter squash, black eyed peas, bananas, grapes, apples, peaches, prunes, watermelon, cantaloupe, nectarines, strawberries, kiwi, mangos, pears, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, asparagus, and yogurt. Prunes and yogurt are favorites. She also loves mangos and any kind of berries. She does NOT like avocado or potatoes.
Tatum loves loves loves the water and anything water-related. She loves swimming, baths, washing her hands, hoses… anything. She also enjoys having her little teeth brushed, which is adorable. Speaking of teeth, she has her bottom two and is working really hard on getting some top ones in… it looks like it might be four top ones at once. Poor Taytay. On that note, she also recently started biting me while she nurses.. no fun! If any mommies have any advice of how to get her to stop- PLEASE help! J
Tatum is a very very sweet and affectionate little girl. She likes to share- toys, food, drink, anything. And she gives TONS of sweet kisses (especially when shes sleepy). She loves her Daddy!! It melts my heart to see the two of them together. When he gets home from work, she crawls to him and puts her arms up to be picked up. When he picks her up she wraps her little arms over his shoulders and cuddles her head on him. All the while she has the sweetest little grin on her face. Like I said, this little girl loves her Daddy.
Whenever Tatum wakes up from a nap or in the morning she wants to be cuddled for a minute, then she will look toward her window and start waving; which means she is ready for you to walk to the window and open the blinds so she can “say hello” to the world. Then its milky time.
There are so many more things I could say about my tiny princess, but this is a good start. I have loved the last 10 months so much. Being a Mommy is the greatest experience of my life. Having my wonderful husband and raising my sweet baby girl is unbeatable. God has richly blessed our little family.
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