10 Months Old

*sniff sniff* Brianna's 10 months old today.  Its amazing how the time has flown by.  She's staring to look more like a little girl and less like a baby every day, though she gets more beautiful the older she gets.  I know, I'm partial but hey, what mom doesn't want to brag on their child every now and then! 

Here's a few of the things she's up to and in to these days.  It seems like several things have started falling in place for her lately as she's learning new things very rapidly right now.

-- Asking "at's is", which translates in English to "what's this?"  I'm constantly telling her the name of things as she holds them up to me or points to them and says "at's is".  Just last night, she noticed the new picture of herself on the mantel, pointed and asked "at's is" so I told her "baby".  She looked at me and said "aby" in that questioning way that she has and was so proud of herself when she got big smiles and praise from mama.  Of course, she looked around the living room and wanted to see all the other pictures of herself too after that!

-- She knows Mama and Dada now.  She's been making the noise and we've thought for a few weeks that she was calling me Mama but over Thanksgiving, she clearly said Mama in a way that left no doubt she was referring to me.  Grandma Petrik was changing her and I was sitting on the bed beside her when she reached up, patted my cheek and called me Mama (yes, I got a bit teary-eyed).  When we got home Sunday night and saw Justin, she pointed to him and cried out "Dada" with big smiles and held out her arms for him to give her hugs.  He won't admit that he got a little teary-eyed over that.  Again, we think she's been saying dada for more than a month now but she left no doubt that she knew who Dada was when she did that!

-- Last night, she fed herself peach YogurtMelts for the first time.  She's been playing with finger food for awhile, but showed no interest in actually eating it.  Wednesday night, she licked it but wouldn't put it in her mouth.  Last night though, she popped one in her mouth like a pro and loved it, though she made several funny faces in the process! 

A few of the more minor notations...
-- She's wearing size 3 Cruisers.
-- She's been wearing size 12 month clothing for a month now since she's so long.
-- She still takes 3 naps a day, although the last one usually more of a 20 minute power nap.
-- She's still breastfed (yeah mommy!) but has started all the meats and seems to like Chicken Mango Risotto and Chicken Apple Compote the best.
-- While we still have no teeth, I swear they will arrive any day now.  She ran a fever Wednesday at daycare and was miserable yesterday, wanting to chew on everything she could.  Her gums look solid white right in front and slightly swollen so I know those teeth are coming.
-- Her favorite toys are balls, books and the Fisher Price Learning Table at daycare.

Here's a few pictures from Thanksgiving that my mom took.  I just love her expressions!

My mom made her a bunting outfit for winter to keep her warm.  Here she is modeling it with with her Aunt Ashely and Uncle Scott.  It came in very handy this week with all the cold weather!

Grandma Petrik was playing dress up with Brianna since they'd bought her a few new outfits.  Her face in this one is just priceless.  What'd I'd give to know what she was thinking!