11.11.11 - 10 months!

First off, HAPPY VETERANS DAY! Thank you to the many, many people who serve our country and have served our country, especially my family members who have served and sacrificed. We couldn't be more grateful for your service!!! And Happy Birthday to my friend, Janice, and Tracee's twin brothers, and anyone else who happens to have a birthday on this fun date!

Our little one kind of has a birthday today. She turns 10 months today! Ho-ly smokes! No more single-digit birthdays for this little one, when you're counting by months, of course. Aurora is such a joy, and her little personality is popping out more and more. It seems like she has learned so much in the past month, check out our monthly list and pictures below. I honestly can't believe we'll be celebrating our 1st baby's 1st birthday in just 2 months. Monumental. Can it be real?

At 10 months:
-Aurora is so curious, loves to explore, and gets into EVERYTHING. Nothing at our house is safe from baby fingers anymore.
-She discovered she can put her finger in her nose. Hilarious, but not something we're trying to encourage.
-We discovered a few weeks ago that she can climb a whole flight of stairs all by herself, even though we don't have any stairs at our house for her to practice on.
-She loves to be everywhere I am and follows me all around the house.
-She loves to "help" me with whatever I'm working on, be it laundry, dishes, cooking, what-ev...she wants to be right there with me.
-She likes to play "hide-and-seek" and will come search around the house for me when I'm in another room and keep calling her name. She thinks it's so funny!
-She's working on trying to walk, and I'm sure she'll be walking on her own before we know it.
-We've been trying to get her to go to sleep on her own (she stopped doing it when she figured out she could stand up in her crib) and we haven't been very successful yet because she makes herself throw up. SO not fun!
-She loves when Daddy comes home from work and gets so excited to hear his voice.
-She's eating more and more table food and loves to feed herself with her fingers. She's also getting much better with her sippy cup, but she LOVES her bottles! Weaning is going to be loads of fun.
-She loves to bite EVERYTHING with her 6 little sharp teeth! She even has a chipped tooth already. Seriously. (Ever seen Lemony Snicket's: A Serious of Unfortunate Events? She's totally like the little girl who's talent is biting things.)
-She's getting more and more vocal, although I haven't picked up on any new words this last month. She likes to sing when we sing, especially at church. It's pretty dang cute.

Happy 10 months, baby girl! Thanks for making us so happy and keeping us laughing. We love you!

"Helping" Mom unload the dishwasher

Eating spaghetti and peas. Mmm!

Playing with her books and burp cloths; almost an everyday occurrence

Finger in the nose

Oops! Got caught!

Another shot of finger-in-the-nose. Just for kicks.

Discovering the toilet paper roll

1st time walking with the push-car!!
(This was just last night)

A common sight I'm sure we'll get used to as she's running away from us in a couple months.

And a video of Rori walking with the push-car, for anyone interested: