Thursday, February 26, 2015

10 months!!!

Sweet Mackenzie,

You are 10 months old! wow, so much action this month!  You are crawling now :) Dad caught your first real crawl on February 13th when you crawled across the room a bit for a big blue ball.  Now you are everywhere, family room to kitchen to dining room and on the move.

Your favorite toy right now is our hide and spin monkey -it's a monkey that has a barrel you put the balls in and they spin around everywhere and it lights up as well. Favorite part is honestly just putting the balls in the barrel over and over again. You really love when mommy sits to you in her lap and we read books together. You love just going around and touching every toy in the room you also love this lamp we got that lights up and sings...
You no longer liked the jumper or your saucer so we rarely go in those.  You like to play the piano with your feet and listen to music.  You dance form time to time!
You are standing up any chance you get.  You can pull up on the couch, on people, the ottoman, your play table... everything!  Before we know it your up and looking around.  You have just begun to cruise around as well.

Dad and I started reading a few books on parenting and discipline.  We want to stay on top of everything and know we are honoring God with our parenting.  Since now your favorite thing is to go after all of the outlets in the house and try to pull the plugs out, you also really love getting into all of the cords around the house. Anything that has a drawer or doors you want to open. So we have started to have to tell you know and pull you away from things… It's so funny because you look at us just give us that smile and yeah we know that you know.

During the week we are doing Gymboree - you reality like this!  Singing songs and playing with other babies.  ITs a great way to get our for a bit :)
We also go to MOPS and church every week so you are getting to know other people and babies as well.  You just started this week to cry when we leave you.  The separation anxiety has started (we thought we would get lucky and get away with no tears forever!)

Your schedule is the same.  4 bottles a day at 6:30, 10:30, 2:30, 6:30.  We tried moving your bedtime later but you just get sleepy at about 6.  Most days your doing down between 6:30-6:45.  You take your two naps at 9 & 1 most days.  On MOPS days or church you only take one nap and MAYBE another but thats if your just super cranky!  You are still in size 3 diapers and you are wearing 9 or 12 month clothing.  You have about 3 pairs of socks that actually stay on your feet lol!

We started swim lessons on the 21st and you LOVED it!  We hoped you would since you like bath time too.  You kicked your legs and had fun playing with mom & dad.  We are super excited to keep going!

This month we had valentines day as well.  Aunt Kyla and I took some pictures of you!  Here are just a few :)






Here are some other pictures from this month!  Standing by the widow is a favorite too.  You don't kiss yourself as much but from time to time you love a cold window or mirror on your mouth :) 






Hanging out for the super bowl!

Reading some books!

Nana comes every week to see you!!

You play hide and seek with us by covering up your head with a blanket.  You love the super soft ones and will roll around in them!



Love you lady bug :) I can't believe your getting big enough to crawl and stand.  I remember when you were just big enough to lay on my chest and grab my pinky.  Days with you are good and bad but they are never taken for granted.  Some days are long and some days fly too quickly.. We love you very much and can only hope to have more beautiful days with you- you learning and growing and being loved <3