Happy Halloween!

We spotted some wildlife in our backyard today- as in Cece and her cousin Zach enjoying the great outdoors in their Nana-made Halloween costumes. Thanks, Nana!

Cece the Stairmaster

Cecelia at Ten Months

Cecelia is 10 months old. Double digits! She’ll be turning 21 before we know it at this rate. And the way my blogging has been trending, I might post about it by the time she turns 30. Seriously. It’s hard to find the time. But oh how I love looking back on life. Must. Stay. On. It. But, I digress.

Cece is doing great. She’s all over the place and into everything, as evidenced by the photos below. She’s standing on her own, without support for short bursts of time. Climbing on everything. She’s mastered the stairs and knows how to go up AND down them. I’m so impressed with her ability to understand “turn around” when going down stairs or climbing off furniture. I give my sister-in-law (Cece’s daytime care taker) all the credit for teaching her that. It’s amazing how much she understands. She’s mastering speech better and better each day. She loves giving high fives and her favorite sign is “milk” which she uses for pretty much everything (hello, goodbye, daddy, milk, all done). We probably could have spent more time on those, haha.

 

 

She is a happy kid. Does so well in crowds and with activity. Loves other kids, especially her cousins. Loves Summit and her tail and toenails. Loves to eat. Is also still nursing 4-5 times a day but is difficult to contain (read climbs, pinches, wiggles while feeding. Awesome). 

Cece’s getting teeth! Her two lower teeth are coming in, though they haven’t poked through the surface yet. Hoping that happens soon because it has interrupted our perfect sleep cycle. Girlfriend can be a disaster at night, for example, she was up four times last night. We have tried a bunch of natural remedies (yes, that is a teething necklace you see) but nothing except a little Tylenol has helped much. Teeth are so fun. So fun.

Cecelia loves music and “dances” when she hears a fun song or sees someone else dancing. So cute. Must get that on video. She also loves pounding on her toy drum and shaking anything that rattles. She also goes to town on her cousin’s recorder. Maybe we have a musician on our hands? 

I left Cece twice this month for work related overnights. Once with Dad and once with Nana because both James and I had to travel. She did great. Pretty sure it was harder on me than her. Phew. Glad we got that out of the way but it still makes my heart hurt when I leave her for very long. Love this kid. Two more months and she’ll be one! Ahhh!

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