Ten months

Can you believe she's ten months old? Tink continues to amaze me as she grows and changes so constantly. She keeps us in stitches with the things that she copies and tries to do. She is crawling like a champ and has started "cruising" along the furniture. She is also working on a third tooth, which was not fun last week during a double ear infection! Thanks to her first round of the good ol' pink amoxicillin, she's back to her sweet self. I decided to post some video along with pictures this month so that you could see her in action - her current favorite toy is a pink Little People school bus that she received for Christmas. It plays a little song and contains several Little People - her second current obsession (she's even mastered crawling while holding one in her little hand). The first part of the video is her "dancing" to the bus song, something that she started doing on her own, but we have since perpetuated by frequently pushing the button and dancing along with her. The second part is her pushing the bus around the kitchen. Yes, she knows it rolls forward, but it seems to get away from her that way, so this was her solution (hilarious).

PS - I just discovered her very first piece of dog food in her mouth. She's always so kind to share a little food with Scruffy while in her high chair, I guess he decided to return the favor . . . Don't even know what to say about that.

Ten months

Nothing is safe

Standing tall

Here I come

On the Move

I've been taking a lot of video lately because it seems like Tinkerbell is changing faster than I can keep up! She has transitioned from rolling around on the floor to army crawling and rocking on her hands and knees to crawling and even pulling to stand in just the last month!

I noticed a few things while watching that I thought would be fun to note - first, and most important, I love how she cracks herself up! I hope that as she grows older, she is more like her Dad than me in this way and can always laugh at herself. Second, she has some crazy abs! Of course I would too if every time I lay on the floor I held both my head and feet up in the air(maybe I should follow her lead on this one). . . Please also note that we're constantly enticing her with the remote - this is because she is no longer motivated by toys or things that she is allowed to have - only things that are "not for babies" (as I am now constantly saying to her!)

Also, just a few notes for other parents who shoot video of their kids with lessons I am learning:
1) Don't talk too much while filming (really, as little as possible) - you will inevitibly sound stupid to yourself and wish you could somehow mute your voice and still hear your child doing whatever you were trying to video.
2) Clean (or at least straighten) the room you're in before you start to record. Who wants a pile of laundry immortalized along with your child's memories?
3) If you have dogs, put them outside/crate them before recording. They are ALWAYS in the way and somehow seem to show their backsides in the video - not the most attractive, especially if you're on the floor. (Sorry boys, not your turn to be the star of the show)

So, here's the video. It's about six minutes long, and probably only really entertaining to the grandparents, but I had fun making it :)

Hilarious

R was making Tink laugh when he got home today and I just had to get it on video - apparently, she thinks he's hilarious :)

Just for Fun

I thought I would share some pictures and a video that we've taken lately (I'm sure the bathtub video will be appreciated when she's older!)

Loving sweet potatoes!

Matching Ladybug Outfits

The perfect outfit for a rainy day

The Little Things

It's amazing how proud you feel at the littlest things! Tinkerbell rolled over today and we were so excited! I was cooking dinner and she was playing on the floor. When I looked up, she was on her tummy! I was a little sad that I missed it, but rolled her back over hoping that she would do it again. Once she got started, she did it several times! Of course it took forever to get it on camera, but thanks to Movie Maker, here's the short version :)

Favorite Things

Tink is really starting to play with her toys! She loves her play gym, Bebe Pod, and riding in the Baby Bjorn. R even wore it in Kohl's this week! We've been taking walks in the evening, and she loves to look around at the clouds and trees before drifting off to sleep - I think it takes her back to all of those walks around the block when we were trying to go into labor :) She is eight weeks old today, and I think she weighs about ten pounds, which seems crazy! We go to the doctor next week, so I'll have an official report and two month picture then. She's definitely growing and changing every day! Her newest discovery is her toes, which entertain her while we're in the car. Here are the latest pictures and her very first video :)