Ashton Kate's 10 Month Update

 

 
10 MONTH STATS:

Weight: around 21 lbs

Clothes: mostly 9 months, some 12 month

Diapers: Size 3

Teeth: NONE!

Ashton Kate Currie,

Oh sweet girl, how can we even begin to put into words how much we love you and adore you! You are simply adorable and melt our hearts on a daily basis! (more like hourly!) With each passing day, our love for you continues to grow deeper and deeper and truly it’s hard to fathom that the Lord loves you even more than that. This month has been SUCH an incredible joy to be your parents! We have loved watching you become super independent and seeing the world through your little blue eyes. You LOVE crawling everywhere and being where the action is! Your sisters adore you and want you to do everything with them which works out well since you are starting to invade their territory and their toys. =) You have THE BEST personality and you wave to everyone and love to wave to say hello and bye bye! You’ll even wave at every car that drives by-pretty precious! With that being said, you are into EVERYTHING! We had forgotten what life was like with a little one who needs the house baby-proofed! =) You are opening drawers, standing and pulling up on everything, unloading shelves of books, pulling out magazines, eating lint, fuzz, grass, leaves, rocks from the fireplace-you name it and it has probably entered your mouth! You love to be on the go and you can’t stand to be restrained in a saucer or in our arms these days! If you are awake, you want to be moving! You love exploring any and every little nook and cranny so needless to say your world has expanded times a million now that you are a professional crawler! And you have gotten quite fast lately! We can officially not let you out of our sight anymore or you’re gone! But we praise God for every milestone and every new skill He graciously allows you to master. We don’t take it for granted that today you are alive and well! You are the most precious little thing and we love spending our days with you dear one! We are praying for the day when you will realize just how much you need a Savior and we cannot wait to begin pouring into your little heart how much Jesus loves you and longs to have YOUR heart! We love you Miss Ashton Kate and we always will sweet girl!

Love, Mommy & Daddy

Milestone and Memories from 9-10 months:

-It’s official: You are finally an even more amazing sleeper! We usually don’t hear a peep out of you once we put you down! You usually sleep 11.5-12.5 hrs consistently each night and what a blessing that has been for us! Your bedtime is between 7:30 & 8 and then you usually start your day around 7:30-8:15am. We are so thankful!

-Still 4 feedings a day-nursing first thing in the morning and then mommy is pumping for the other 3-just easier these days with trying to take care of the twins too and you being so distracted! Has made our days a lot easier lately! 8, 12, 4, & 7:30 is our typical schedule! You are so much more of a predictable baby than we’ve ever experienced!

-You also are an excellent eater! You eat 3 meals a day and you eat when the twins eat. You will still eat some squeeze packs and some homemade pureed baby foods but generally you prefer to feed yourself. So that’s what we do unless we’re out and about! You will eat just about anything we put on your tray. The one thing you don’t seem to be crazy about so far is eggs and avocados but we keep on trying! =) You love blueberries, raspberries, grapes, bananas, strawberries, mandarin oranges, pears, peaches (really any fruit!) and then you also will go to town on butternut squash, peas, sweet potatoes, green beans, broccoli, carrots, graham crackers, hummus on bread (you love!!), black beans, cheese, ad yogurt! You are not picky AT ALL! Again, we are so grateful!

-You are extrememly MOBILE these days! Crawling has been mastered as well as pulling up which means you are on the go and you are everywhere!! You were scooching across the rug with one knee up and one down around 9.75months and while you could get everywhere you wanted to go, it was not an official “crawl.” By 10 months we could officially say you were a CRAWLER! You definitely took your sweet time which was fine by us because nowadays we can’t count on you to stay put…ever!

-Pulling up is another favorite pastime and you will do it everywhere-the bathtub (10mo), your crib, holding onto bookshelves, the couch, in the kitchen, the play house-just about anywhere!

-Waving to everybody and pointing at things are two of your favorite things to do these days! This began around 9.5months and has only progressively become more of an all day activity for you! Right at 10months it now sounds like you are saying “hi” and “bye bye” while you are waving!

-Everything, I mean everything goes straight to your mouth-fuzz, lint, hair, stickers, tags, grass, leaves so we do a retrieval of these items daily! Your very favorite thing to put in your mouth is the little white knob off the door stops in each room-we have had to remove them all to make sure you don’t choke on them! =)

-You love splashing in water and love when you get to spend time taking your bath. I’ll be honest and say most of your baths are in and out to complete the task at hand, but on the occasion you get to play, you absolutely love it!!

-No longer content sitting in our laps with a toy-you want be down and moving constantly! You are wild lately and containing you is becoming more and more difficult! As long as you are down on the ground playing though, you’re usually content!

-Pretty happy baby most of the time, but you despise being wiped off after mealtime and having your diaper changed. You cry just about every time. =( so sorry baby girl-fact of life!

-Important dates this month: 8/5-went from laying down to sitting up in the crib; 8/6-drank an ounce out of your straw sippy cup! 8/13-pulled up again to standing position in crib; 8/17-waved at G-Dad for the first time; 8/17-first real fever (102degrees); 8/20-rode in the “car” for the 1^st time at Publix! 8/25-signed “more” to mommy at breakfast; 8/26-an official CRAWLER!! Moving all the way across the rug!