The Seidel Family: Everly is 10 months!

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Everly is 10 months!

Here are Everly's updates at 10 months old!

Her weight is approximately ___
She is in size 3 diapers and going into her 9-12 month or 12 month clothes.
She is a great sleeper and still taking 2 naps per day.
Recently, she has become attached to her blankets. She has one yellow and white afghan that Melbo made her and one multicolored afghan that the ladies of the church gave her when she was baptized. She sleep with both every night, but tends to lace her fingers through the multi colored one and wrap it around her. The other night, she was upset but not ready for bed and I grabbed her paci and her blanket and brought them into the living room where she calmed down. She would also just lay down on the blanket in the floor like she was ready for bed. Cutie!
Still only has 7 teeth and no more poking through yet.
At 9 1/2 months, she started crawling and is always on the move now.
She still can't pull up to her feet yet, but can pull up to her knees. However, mostly she doesn't seem too interested in pulling up at all.
We have misplaced and hopefully NOT lost her plastic mallet, her favorite toy. We do not lose toys often, but I can't find this one anywhere! However, she is also starting to get bored with her toys. So, I have to pull out something else from the big kids toys to let her play and find other things for her to look through and mess with and then she will want to play with her own toys again. Vic is planning to get into the attic soon to get some more out.
She generally has still only been happy when Vic or I hold her, but we are currently visiting another church and she actually stayed in the nursery the past two weeks! It has been so nice to have just two hours to worship and go to Sunday School and focus. On the first day she did that, she also let Katherine and her friend, Lindsay hold her when we celebrated Katherine and Vic's birthdays at Katherine's house. I was so shocked and almost didn't know what to do without a baby to hold! But, since then, nobody else has really had her to hold.
She still loves baths and they are becoming a routine at night now.
She is still a good eater, but not even going near any fruits or yogurt.
She has started guzzling water from her sippy cup. So much that she will take in too much and cough. But, I'm glad she likes water!
She loves one-on-one time and seems to know when that time is. She is by far, our quietest and most relaxed child when she plays. But, she still prefers to not have me far from sight when she plays either.
She does NOT like it when someone takes things away from her. Atticus and Grace will quickly grab something out of her hand, whether to play with her, or because she shouldn't have it. Her reflexes are not as fast yet and she gets so upset with them. I have had to have many talks with them about gently taking things from her or not taking them from her at all.
She has started to enjoy her porch swing more and we played at the park where there were some baby swings and it was so fun to have Atticus push her. She loved it and laughed and laughed!
She will copy me when I say "mamamamama" and it's the sweetest. But, she has gone back to being so quiet and not talking too much. How can she make any noise with Atticus and Grace around? :)
She loves her Daddy. She will light up when she sees him at night and will tuck her head into his neck and chest. So. Cute.
This past month has just gone very fast! I'm already starting to plan her first birthday party!

Also, for this photo session, can I just say it was so difficult? I actually did it the day before, (impressed?), and she was in a happy mood after a nap and ready to play. So, Grace and I put her in her chair and put that sticker on the chair and then had no luck after that! She wants that sticker and knows it is going to be there. She won't sit for anything and even when I gave her an old sticker to hold on to, she went back for the 10 month one. We tried everything and after probably 50 phone pictures, we finally got one! See the pics below!