10 months!

I know I always say something like this at each month, but I can't believe our baby is 10 months old! We estimate that she weighs about 21 pounds now - big girl! She is more like a little individual every day - surprising us with her independence and her quick learning capabilities. She is recovering well from her palate surgery - although she was in pain for the first few days, she has not stopped moving and being her curious self. She entertains herself for longer periods of time and finds new and exciting adventures every day. A couple of days ago, she started making a kissing noise (her version of it anyway) by smacking her lips open. We'll take whatever kisses we can get from her! She continues to walk with her mower toy - and is getting much faster with it, and is even learning how to get it turned around when she's run into a wall or the table. She waives hi and bye very well now and is learning word "no". She is pulling herself up on anything she thinks is stable and sometimes has a slip. Not long after her surgery, she was trying to get up at a table and slipped. Her face went right into the edge of the table - causing a bit of bleeding on her upper lip (where she already had a scab from rubbing her face into my shoulder). Her scab got a little bigger and looked sort of like a Hitler mustache - it was kinda funny. It's all healed up now - so she looks more like our Brenna. The arm restraints will come off tomorrow and she'll go back to getting her baby food and some table food again. She seems to be healing really well following the surgery and we don't have any worries about getting her back onto her old feeding schedule. She still isn't going back to daycare quite yet, so Grandma Diane and Grandpa Dave will watch her this week, then Grandma Ann the following week!