To Hannah at 10 Months!

Sweet Hannah,

Can it really be true? Are you really in the double digits now? You are growing up so quickly! I love it and hate it all at the same time! You are such a fun baby to have around! You are happy most of the time and do quite well at entertaining yourself. And you also love playing with your big sister! Y'all are already such good friends!

The biggest new thing that you have done this month is climb the stairs! After this new discovery, I quickly got out the baby gate and we were able to prevent many nasty falls. But you love that you can follow us up the stairs now (or have us crawling up next to you to make sure you don't tumble)! Other new things that you have done are self feeding. You are starting to hold your bottles on your own. You aren't the best at it yet (especially the glass ones because they're so much heavier), but you try. You can feed yourself almost any type of food now and are really getting good at that pincer grip! You will eat most of the things we put in front of you, with the exception of potatoes, applesauce and yogurt. I'm hoping that it's just a texture thing for those foods and that you will open up to them eventually. But I do find it annoyingly cute how you refuse to eat something. Not only do you refuse to open your mouth, but you purse your lips out in a complete stank face! It's very difficult to keep from laughing.

I am actually enjoying your lack of desire to stand or walk, even along furniture. After Lydia starting so early, I was afraid that you would be even earlier. But you are very content to take your time. If you want something at the other end of the couch then you will either decide that its not worth the effort, or you will drop down and crawl to the other end and pull yourself back up. You find it hilarious when we try to get you to stand up on your own. Like you think it's funny to fall on your bum over and over again. Your laugh is so contagious! I love it!

As I mentioned earlier, you love your big sister! Whenever Lydia is playing with her dollhouse, you are right there beside her. If she's playing with her kitchen, you're over there too. Or if she's coloring on her table, you are her little shadow. It's a good thing that she loves you so much too! She doesn't complain at all when you decide to play with her toys, unless you're ruining her drawings.

One of your newest discoveries this month is grass. And you hate it! At first it was fascinating. But after a few more seconds you changed your mind. You don't want anything to do with it! In fact, you don't want anything to touch it! You will try to hold your legs in the air and balance on your bum with your hands also in the air, all while crying! You refuse to crawl in it. Hopefully you warm up to it eventually. Though I know that Galveston grass isn't the softest or sweetest, but the stuff we put you on wasn't all that bad! I was so excited to take you to the beach for your first real time this month, but you got sick. So that didn't happen. But we will definitely get our share in this month!

Beautiful Hannah Girl! I love you so much! I am so grateful to be your Momma and to be a part of your life! It is such a joy teaching you and learning from you! Keep being sweet!

Love,
Momma