10 Months Old

At 10 months old, our beautiful girl has developed quite the personality. She loves to clap, wave goodbye, and give high fives. She is always smiling and always has something to say, often squealing with delight when she gets excited. She can now say "Ma", and even though we haven't heard her say Dad yet, she can hardly contain her excitement when he walks through the door each night. Riley is definitely a mover now. She recently crawled up our whole flight of stairs! She crawls very fast and has gotten much steadier on her feet. One of her favorite things to do is to use someone's hands or her walker to help her take steps. She isn't comfortable standing on her own yet, but we think she is very close to both that and taking her first steps. She still thoroughly enjoys mealtimes, and has recently gotten the hang of using her new straw sippy cups, which she absolutely loves. As much as she loves eating, she also loves to share her food with Ski Ski! Speaking of sharing, she loves to pass things off to someone and then take them back - it's a really fun game. She loves being around Mom, Dad and Ski - and often protests when one of us walks away from her. When it's time to play, she loves peekaboo and hide-and-seek, and laughs hysterically when she is held upside down, spun around, or thrown in the air. She also loves "unpacking" things one by one, whether it's taking books from the shelf, pulling clothes out of the laundry basket, or picking blocks up out of a bucket. Her nap and sleep schedules have become more constant - 1 1/2 hour naps at about 10 and 2:30, bedtime at 7:30pm, waking between 6-7, with 2 overnight wakeups just to eat and go right back to sleep.