10 Months Old

On July 5, 2009, Ava turned 10 months old. She is growing up so fast and developing such a personality. At 10 months old, she has 4 teeth and 2 more just below the surface trying to break thru. She is still in 6-9 month clothes and can still wear most of her 3-6 month clothes. She loves to babble and LOVES to sing, she has the sweetest little singing voice, makes me want to tear up when I hear her. She would much rather walk around holding our hands or onto furniture than sit or crawl. I have caught her standing by herself only once...but I know many more will come. She is very cautious and thinks thru each step before she takes it. I love how she is so much more confident when she is holding my hand than when she is holding onto the chair. Oh, to have the faith like a child, I can only hope and pray I never disappoint her. She is growing up to be Miss Independent and would rather feed herself than someone else do it for her. I am having to learn about nutritious finger foods :) Whenver we go anywhere, we will have more people than we can count comment on what a cutie she is and of course, she just smiles back at them, which makes them enjoy her presence even more. Ava has earned the nickname given to her by my dad as 'Swivel'- as in swivel around- she has got to be the nosiest child in the world, nothing can slip by her and she is going to know what is going on - no matter what! She is the love of our life and we can't imagine what we would do without her. We often ask the question, 'what did we do before we had her?' I am so looking forward to watching her grow up, knowing it is going to be fun and crazy ride!