The Seviers: Ellie turns 10 months and Jenny turns 30 (years, not months)

Elliott turned 10 months on Monday and I turned 30 on Tuesday. I was way more excited about Elliott's milestone than mine . . . to say the least. However, I did have a great birthday and I am thankful to be alive and healthy so I can be the best mom possible for Ellie and the the best wife possible for Kyle. Bye-bye 20s! Hello 30s! (I'm secretly crying now).

Anyway, Ellie has been doing lots of fun things lately and getting to be such a big girl! Everyone tells me how fast it goes, but I CAN NOT BELIEVE she is 10 months old already. In a few short months she will be a year old. I'm trying to savor every minute with this precious little girl. Here is what she is doing at 10 months old:

-She weighs 20 pounds and is wearing mostly 12 month clothes and size 2 shoes (size 3 in the pictures which is why they're too big!)

-She shakes her head no, nods yes, and shrugs her shoulders up and down all the time.

-She tried some new foods and loves them all: scrambled eggs, whole wheat waffles, tilapia, spaghetti, fettucine, chicken noodle and vegetable beef soup (just the veggies/meat), and cheerios. We still haven't met a food she doesn't like besides cottage cheese. She loves oatmeal, yogurt, bread, and cheese the best!

-She loves to pretend and imitate us. She talks on the phone, turns the channel with the remote, tickles us, and so on.

-She loves to give hugs and kisses, especially to Wylie. *See picture below.

-She went to her first friend birthday party.

-She loves to stand at the glass door and look outside.

-She really loves to climb up in her Elliott chair and watch tv. She also stands up in it and has learned to scoot to the edge and stand up to get out of it.

-She took her first 3 steps on the last day she was 9 months old. She walked from the coffee table to the couch. She took 3 more steps on my birthday!

-She cut her first top tooth on my birthday, as well!

-She likes to put on bracelets and watches and show them off.

-She says Dada all the time and is starting to say Momma a lot, too.

-She is down to one bottle a day (sometimes two) and drinks her formula in a sippy any other time.

-She REFUSES to wear a headband anymore which causes me much frustration. I can usually snap one or two pictures with the headband and then the third is a picture of her pulling it off. Oh, well . . . I'm sure I'm not the only mom that feels this way!

-She will point out Kyle and/or me in a picture with lots of people in it.

Here is Ellie at her friend Jake's 1st birthday.

They had a little swing and slide that she loved!