I'm a day late, but yesterday Jocelyn entered the double digits of babyhood. She's now 10 months old. I can't believe that we will be celebrating her 1st birthday in 2 short months.
Jocelyn has become very independent in a very short amount of time. She has been crawling for almost a month now. She went from being very shaky up on her knees to an expert in very little time. Now, she can go anywhere she wants (well, until a gate blocks her way), crawl up the steps and pull up on any and everything. She's also cruising a little, taking steps while holding on to things. It will be interesting to see how long it takes for her to walk! Once she gets an idea in her head, it doesn't seem to take her long to master whatever skill she needs to
accomplish her goal. This is why we (finally) have 4 baby gates up all over the house! She's been ignoring her toys lately, as she is only interested in trying to get places and into things that she shouldn't! She's always pointing at things, I think to get whoever is paying attention to tell her the name of what she is pointing at. She will respond with her own version of the name of the object.
Jocelyn has also been showing her refined tastes. Just when I thought she would eat anything, I tried to give her some of those microwavable Gerber-brand Toddler foods. She hates them! It's like she knows they are "baby food" and her taste buds refuse anything baby. She's much happier with Mommy's cooking, which I can't complain about. I hope it stays that way!
One thing that she does, that I just adore, happens when her Daddy gets home from work at night. We are usually in the living room and Jocelyn hears the screen door opening and turns herself toward the door. When the front door opens and she sees her Dad, she claps and smiles her biggest smile! It may have been a
coincidence, but on Friday she also added "Dada" to her clapping and smiling! I think I actually saw Todd's heart melting right in front of us!
Happy 10 months baby girl! We love you!!
.JPG)
