10 month update

Olivia here! I'm reporting for mommy, since she's busy trying to go around the house and think of items she needs to get to baby-proof the house for me! I thought I would update you all on how life is, now that I'm a 10 month old. As you may have guessed, I am now a crawling little girl! I gave mommy and daddy that special gift on Christmas Eve and took my first crawling movement and I haven't stopped since that day. My teachers at daycare have even commented on how much I move these days. And how much I eat!  Who would have guessed 9 months ago when I was struggling to eat, that I would be eating anything and everything these days! I love baby puffs and almost any pureed food. I used to prefer certain foods, but now I eat anything. I am trying new foods almost every week, with the most recent additions being meat. I have two teeth right now on the bottom and love sticking everything in my mouth!
I know a lady should never tell her weight, but I'm right around 17 pounds (at the doctor's office on December 30, I weighed 17 pound 4 ounces, but that was with my clothes on). I am fitting very comfortably in 9 month clothes, so mommy will probably be packing up the 6 month clothes soon (since I still fit into some of them).

I'm 10 months old!

My favorite things to do during the day are to play, crawl and play some more! I love the new toys I got for Christmas, and my favorites are my activity garden, Discovery links and the foam mat with alphabet letters. Or any box will do! During the day, I go to daycare for a few hours, but spend most of the time with mommy at home. I also love singing, giggling and babbling and mommy and daddy will always smile when I make these noises. Since I am so active during the day, you would think that I would sleep a lot at night... but, I still enjoy getting up every 3-4 hours. I just like to make sure mommy and daddy don't forget what my voice sounds like! The other day, I mastered the skill of going from a laying down position to a sitting position and I had so much fun perfecting it that night. Mommy was a little scared when she came in and saw me sitting up in bed. The next morning, I gave dad a little scare too when he heard clicking coming from my room. He came in to find me sitting up and pulling on my mobile! So, I am definitely growing and learning lots of new things!

Christmas in IA

Christmas in CO

Christmas in SD

We had a wonderful Christmas (times three!) and it was fun seeing all of the lights and hearing the pretty music at church. I joined in singing sometimes, even if other people weren't singing. Christmas in Colorado was a lot of fun with Mimi and Poppi and Uncle Tom. I did really well on both flights (even after a 3 hour delay at the airport in Sioux Falls). While we were in CO, I had a lot of fun playing, seeing the mountains, visiting new friends and I even treated mommy and daddy to few nights of long sleeps (like 5-6 hours)! Then, Christmas Eve and Christmas day were with mommy and daddy at our house. And last weekend, we went to George to have Christmas with the Tiedeman family. It was a weekend full of hanging out with my cousins and playing with toys.
I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's Eve! We were pretty boring here and were in bed pretty early. Mommy and I celebrated the ball dropping on the pacific coast when I was up during the night. But, January 1 was a day of relaxation and recovering from a little cold and ear infection I had. I wish everyone happiness and health in 2014!

Merry Christmas from the Tiedeman family!