Double digits!

Livia is 10 months old! She is now pulling up on anything and everything, especially the bottom step, the activity table, and her mother and father. She talks nonstop most days, with lots of "goo-ga" and "dada" (old favorites) and within the last couple of days she has started saying "doi-dee-doi-dee", and "no" (she doesn't know the meaning of this but once she does I'm sure she will start saying it even more). She now says "Mom" and "Mama" occasionally, but only when she is really mad at something I am doing. She hates to have her diaper changed (and always has since birth), so now when I try to do it she screams and says "Moooooooooom". She also does this when she wants to be picked up. On the other hand, she says "Da da" in the softest, sweetest possible voice. I'm not sure if this is a sign of our future relationship when she is a teenager or if she is trying to make up for giving Dan such a hard time the first few months when he tried to feed her.

She is starting to eat a few pieces of finger food here and there, but only if you place it in her mouth (she will play with it on the tray, pick it up, and sometimes throw it, but she doesn't put it in her mouth). Tonight she actually ate more cheerios than Cassidy did. We still have a very long way to go on that front, but it's progress that she can swallow something other than a puree without gagging.

Whenever I whip out the camera, Livia grabs the case


Standing at the activity table


The last bottle of breastmilk


Cassidy's two favorite toys


Another favorite place to pull up

Our little gangsta, holding one of her absolute favorite things, a blue oval puzzle piece from the Target dollar spot.

Livia loves to hear Leap sing the alphabet.

Cassidy loves to eat her foot.

My little doll

A couple of weeks ago we went on a 5 mile walk on the trail behind our house (we parked at one end and walked home). We went in the morning but it was still pretty hot, especially for Cassidy. At one point, Dan told me that if I was really thirsty I shouldn't really feel like I had to save all the bottles of water for Cassidy. That was a relief to hear. When we got home, Cassidy discovered a new favorite spot-- the kitchen vent. She now hangs out there whenever she is hot.