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10 months

Happy Birthday, Abigail!



These months are passing quickly, and you are growing and learning more each day; it's getting hard to keep up with you!

Cheese and Chicken: these are your two favorite foods.  You shovel them in your mouth and laugh and as you eat them...it's pretty hilarious.  What's not so hilarious is the mess you make for your neurotic Mom who likes to keep things "just so"... ;)

Along Came Mr. Crocodile: ....quite as can be....and SNAPPED that monkey right out of that tree!  This song makes you laugh every time!  When Dad and I sing it to you, you scrunch your face around the time we start singing "quite as can be" in anticipation of the "SNAPPED"- then you crack up laughing!

Crawling: or as we like to call it- doin' the worm!  You're getting around these days; not the fastest, but if you're determined (if there's an iPad or cell phone luring in front of you), you can get to it at an astonishing rate!

Books: you love reading.  Sometimes I'll walk into a room, and there you are, laying on your back, book high over your head, babbling as though you're reading aloud.  Your favorite books are "How Many Kisses Do You Want Tonight" and "Goodnight Moon"

New tricks:  using your sign language for "more" to mean anything associated with eating, learning to wave "bye-bye", mastering the High-5, and catching on to "blowing kisses".  I'm trying in vain to get you to say "Mama"- no luck yet  :)

You keep me on my toes.... staying busy constantly, yet learning to slow down to see the beauty, wonder, and magic of our world through your eyes.







Happy Birthday, sweet girl.

Mama loves you.











Comments

What a coincidence...I love chicken and cheese, too! Glad to hear I have the same diet preferences as a 10 month old.

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