Evie at 10 Months

10 Months?  Seriously?  It's crazy how fast time goes with a little one around.  I'm sure you didn't doubt the fact that she is still a delight and keeping us smiling every day!  We love this little doll face.

She's become even busier in the last month.  It almost seems like she's doing all the same things she was doing a month ago, but with more accuracy and more agility.  She's a smart cookie and it doesn't take her long to figure stuff out.

One of her favorite play areas.  I designed it for her.
She loves pulling out those DVD's several times a day.

What she's doing now:

• She started eating baby foods with meats in them.  She loves them.  
• She is getting stronger and faster at pulling herself up on stuff.  She can even let go for a second and stand without falling.  Walking is coming soon.
• This improvement in mobility has allowed her to get into everything (as you can see by the picture above).  So fun!
• She can whistle.  Serious!  
• She caught her first, real cold.  We had only been in our house one week when it hit.  I think all the craziness in moving, the new germs of a different house, and the big change may have contributed to it.  It was NOT fun.  It was so hard/sad to watch her struggle through it.  We did all we could to get her better quickly and snuggled her lots!  It lasted about one week and then she was back to her normal, happy self.  Whew!
• Remember those 5 teeth she was getting at the first of this month (end of 9 months)?  Well, most of them have made their full appearance.  Although, one of them is breaking through right now and she's not loving it.  
• All this teething has led to some teeth grinding (bruxism).  While this is completely normal for babies (it helps alleviate some of the teething pain and it's part of how they explore their new teeth), it is hard for me to endure (although I do).  It's like nails on the chalkboard for me.  
• She continues to be more and more social.  She loves other little people and seriously squeals in delight when she sees them.  
• When there aren't other little people to play with, she plays with her babies.  That little Cabbage Patch Doll is still her favorite and best friend.  I'll go pick her up from her naps and she'll be talking and laughing with that little baby.  So cute!

We had the fun opportunity to babysit Chance & Jamie's puppy for a couple of days.  We thought Evie would absolutely LOVE that sweet, little thing.  Turns out, she loved the bigger dogs more because they moved around and played a little bit more.  But, she did dedicate some love and attention to the puppy and we snapped some cute pictures.  

Beau took Evie to his priesthood meeting at church yesterday (we usually trade off every-ther-Sunday).  He sat by a nice man and, of course, Evie was spreading the sunshine like she usually does.  She was flashing smiles and grins and throwing in infectious laughs.  That man turned to Beau and said, "She's going to change the world."  I don't know how serious he was, but I seriously  think she just might!  She's one special little girl and we've known that from before she was born (and that sense of how special she is continues to grow and grow).  There's no doubt she has a special purpose for being here.  In fact, I think she's already starting to "change the world" just by spreading sunshine and cheer wherever she goes!  This face is gonna make a difference.