Double Digits!

Our little lady is 10 months old today. There are three inches of snow on the ground, and the flakes keep on coming. But I am warm inside, while the munchkin naps. And I am grooving on it.

So what's the news from the past month?

1. Oh.... you are supposed to read books.....

When E was very tiny, I could read her books because she just sat there, unable to do anything about it one way or another. As she got more active, books became a struggle of wills between a mom determined to have quality story time (no matter the cost) and a baby who was determined to eat books (no matter the foul taste or pitiful pleading from the reader). So we gave up for awhile.

Lately, though, Edie is loving story time, even collapsing on me and listening with interest. I didn't know when I'd get back my cuddle time once she got so squirmy a few months back, so this change of pace has been sublime. She's getting the hang of turning pages as well, so occasionally I catch her thumbing through and babbling at book by herself. Heart melting, I tell you.



2. Zombie baby.

She's not fast, but she is now mobile. The child propels herself by stretching out her arms, slapping her palms down, and then dragging her body forward, slither-style. I've tried it and it is exhausting. Knees have not yet found their way underneath her, which keeps her relatively slow. What makes her still a danger is her unending persistence. Much like zombies, who are dangerous because they just never. ever. ever. stop. No inhibitions. Ceaseless focus (if the target is something you don't want her to have, that is). So that is what I'm up against right now. I'm grateful that she's taking this moving thing in slow steps, so to speak. I've heard of babies who crawl for a week and then - bam - they are running around the house. I pray for the parents of these babies, because I still have the luxury of prayer while they most certainly do not.