Ten Months

At ten months, Ashley:

• Has a favorite color: red.  She loves to carry a red block around with her when she crawls.
• Is getting a lot better with books.  She will sit still and turn the pages herself, either on command (“turn the page”) or whenever she feels like it.
• Likes to try to stand with nothing to support her – but only for a few seconds at a time.
• Knows “clap your hands,” but hasn’t figured out how to wave goodbye yet.
• Goes swimming every Saturday, and really enjoys it.
• Her favorite toy seems to be her Baby Einstein Mirror Discovery Cards… if we don’t put them in their usual spot, she will take out every toy until she finds them.
• Has four teeth.
• Has a new facial expression: she will stick her bottom lip out now, while she previously like to tuck her bottom lip under her top lip.

Some pictures from Ashley’s 10-month birthday:

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We have been having a tough time keeping the blog up-to-date.  It doesn't help that our hard drive is full so we can't download any new pics off our camera.  A new drive is on its way, but in the meanwhile this morning I decided to open a Twitter account for Ashley.  You can follow her at:  http://twitter.com/babyhaygee

9 Months!

Ashley turned 9 months old on January 15th.  She:

• Weighs about 20 pounds and is 29.75 inches tall.
• Has been growing so fast recently that she has been getting hungry in the middle of the night… she had been sleeping through the night from about 10 weeks of age!
• Is a really quick crawler now.
• Has become very vocal: she squeals with delight when she sees her dog and cat, yells when she’s upset, and cries if you take something away from her that she still wants.
• Has two bottom teeth.
• Loves to stand up and lean against things with no hands supporting her, and can cruise around our sofa and ottoman.
• Is getting better with the animals.  She will now pat them instead of grabbing their fur.
• Is still very cheerful!
• Celebrated her 9-month birthday by going to her first Water Babies class at mommy’s gym.

Some pictures from January 15th—Ashley at 9 months: