10 months

She's 10 months old today.  While her growth has hit a plateau, her kissable cheeks have not.

I love her little cheese ball smile.  It is hard to capture because she is a stingy smiler for the camera, and does not like to hold still.

16 lbs 4 oz of Hartley Lane.  She is a mover.  Crawling, bear crawling, crawling while holding a toy in her hand, 

pulling to stand.  She hasn't started cruising along just yet, but it'll happen soon.  This girl is determined to keep up with her 3 older siblings.

  

 She is still just stuck on the word dadadadad, makes lots of noises, but I'm still holding out for the glorious moment she says mama.  

When she starts getting tired, she makes lots of noises.  Just opens her little mouth and says ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, continuously.  The noises do not cease until she is asleep.  This often happens in the car.  Kip and Jovie will say, "mom she is making her tired noise."  Then they give me the play by play of her falling asleep pattern…mom she is getting a bit more quiet…mom her eyes are closing…mom she is sleeping.

She puts everything, EVERYTHING in her mouth.  Drives me wild.  I'm a busy sweeping fool because of this little creature.  Our house has never been kept up so well before.

She's got petite little feet, just like her big sister.  Size 2.

And her hair is growing in beautifully.  Jovie insists that most days Hartley needs a bow, because Kip keeps referring to her as a him/he.  Despite our every attempt to correct him, he just doesn't grasp the whole him/her he/she concept yet.  He does know boy vs girl.  Jovie thinks if she has a bow on, it'll "help Kip to know Hartley is a her/she"

Here we are, just 2 months shy of one, and I am a mess about my last baby being so close to this milestone…life is so, so sweet with a baby in it.