You are 10 months

                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                  Dear Micaela,

You are 10 months! "Wow" as you would say. Your verbal skills are so amazing. You are a little talker. You continue to say all of your usual words like agua, ball, ma, mama, papa. This month I really feel like you can put a face on your words. When you see your Daddy you call him...papa. When you see me you call me mama. Same with Agua..you can recognize it whether its in your sippy cup, a water bottle or in the bath or on tv. This month you start to say Jimmy (mimi), book is a lot more clear, bubble and butt. Papa bought you bubbles and you loved them you imitated bubble right away. These nights before bath time we all lay in bed we paly with you. I pretend that I am sleeping and I pucker up you kiss me and I pop up...you love it! You think its so funny and I love getting all that love from you. You love to sing and love music! We listen to the cd from music class in the car and you love it. Papa says you fist punp on the way down to Grandmas house too.  You are doing great at Abuelitas house. You love her so much and give her so much love. The other day I came to pick you up and she was crying because you were drinking your baba and stopped to sing to her and give her a kiss. You melt her heart. She taught you "se lava sus manitas con agua y con jabon" and you pretend to wash your hands. You love putting things on your head and saying "paaaa" or el pan. Abuelito and you Uncle Jimmy and Uncle Leo love you so much too! Your uncle Jimmy sends me videos while I am at work because I miss you so much. You have stopped falling asleep on the way home from Grandmas but you still take two short naps there. Sometimes you take a third nap with me on the recliner but lately you have not been needing the  third nap. You also have stopped wanting to nurse in the day. I continue to pump and you will nurse on weekends. You still love it first thing in the morning and at night before bed. You night time sleep is still great we do our routine...bed fun, book, bat, nurse you to sleep. You still love your white noise which is great. Papa started to blow the butterflys in your bed this month and you copy him and do the same. You are in love with your lovey!! You kiss it, hug it, snuggle with it and try to sneek it out of the crib when you can. This month we lowered the crib because you are so strong. You are such a great crawler and you love going up this stairs. Sometime when we are downstairs you crawl up the whole stair case. Lately you have been obsessing with going down the shorter stairs from the kitchen to the living room. You back your little booty up and go down carefully. You have been trying to do that off of our bed too....so we have to be careful. You still stand on everything and we catch you letting go for really short time but then you squat right back down. I kinda dont want you to walk yet because this is all going so fast!
We went to the park a few times the month and you love it! You love the ducks and are doing a little better when you crawl on grass. You also love sea view park because of the sand. You could play there for hours. Grandma and Grandpa thought that it would be nice to buy you a sand box for our yard. We have not used it much but hope to in the summer. This month you also finally got the second top tooth. You were a little fussy for a few says and did not want to eat pureed foods. You preferred finger foods. You are a pretty good eater though you love quinoa and yogurt and Abuelita makes you liquido with apples and pears.  You still love puffs but I try to limit them. You still love to eat your pear and guava. You liked garden burger patty and chicken, turkey, lasagna and cheese. You are getting taller everyday. There is nothing better than when you hug us and when I go to get you from daddy you squeeze him and when Im holding you you squeeze me. You love us so much but I dont think you will ever know how much we love you. You are such a blessing!!