Our 10 Month Old

Our little Moogle is growing up so fast! We are loving this stage. She does so many fun, cute things that just make our hearts melt. I've listed several things that she's been up to below.

She says mom really cute. It sounds more like "mam."

Everything is "dada." She'll point to something and say, "da." Which also means "there" in German. When Tally comes home from work though it is a real "dad" or "daddy." Sometimes she'll also say "baba." We're working on "grama."

She has become way more mobile. She took 3 steps on Monday night! It was just from the coffee table to the couch and funny enough, Tally and I both saw it and were on the phone with my mom. One day she climbed up and started walking along the walls and she hasn't stopped since. It gives her so much more freedom.

She can finally do "more" in sign language. We work on a few and I should have known it would be that one first. She LOVES food.

She's pretty obedient. I feel like I'm having to say, "take that out of your mouth and give it to mom" quite often but she usually takes it right out and hands it to me.

She's still waking up once in the night to eat so I am going back to rice cereal. The one night this week that I remembered to give her that before bedtime, she slept like a dream. So I think I'll be doing that a lot more. However, wouldn't you wake up cranky if you fell asleep like this?

Or This? I think her arm is turning blue beneath her.

A few of her favorite things:

Brushing Her Teeth

Now that she has two little front bottom teeth, it's time to learn how to take care of them! These pics were from our first time brushing her teeth.

Mmm...toothpaste!

Playtime with Daddy

Our little boy, Kelso...I found these PJ's at H&M and I couldn't resist. Normally I'm not in love with character prints on clothes, but Tally loved Tigger as a kid and I thought it would be cute.

Where's Kelsey? Playing peek-a-boo with dad

New Highchair

It took a day or two of getting used to but now she loves her highchair. It means FOOD! She tried blueberries for the first time and LOVES them. It's fun now that she's getting old enough to have all sorts of food, to see what she likes. She's still breast feeding too.

She also loves to push it around the kitchen.

Binkis

Sometimes I put several in her crib so she's less likely to scream for one at night. And sometimes she has all three of them and still cries, not wanting to sleep in her own crib. This is the face of absolute adoration she gets when she sees Tally.

Peek-A-Boo

Pulling out all the baby dishes, napkins, pans and anything she can reach in the cabinets

Water Bottles

Especially when they're her own size. She does great with a Sippy cup too. She also picked up how to drink through a straw right away when she saw my chocolate milk carton.

Books

She loves books and being read to. Now that she can get around by herself, I often see her in her room with all the books off the shelf, looking through a book (upside down doesn't matter to her). Kelsey wants me to tell Great Grandma Lang "Danke" for this book as it's one of her favorites. She loves watching the eyes move.

Going Outside

Switzerland is green for a reason. It rains. Not all the time and like I've said before, we've had great weather. However, on those rainy days, Kelsey wishes we were outside.

Playdates & Parties

She is very social. I should have known. I remember as a kid, going to the grocery store with my mom, and people telling my mom their whole life stories in line and my mom sympathizing with them. By the time my mom checked out, she had the person's phone number in hand and they were friends. I remember it taking us so long. Now, I can't get through the store with at least 7 people stopping us to talk to Kelsey and telling me how "herzlich" she is (lovely, adorable). She loves the attention and gives everyone a flirty, melt when you see this one, kind of smile. Thus, we make a lot of friends at the store now too. She also loves to be around other kids, big or small. This picture was taken at the lake/beach the other day. As soon as I walked away to get my camera, all these 10-12 year old Swiss girls flocked and she loved it. I love the way her feet are in this picture, like women stand when they get together to talk.

Little Miss Lady

I just love this little outfit. It's Janie & Jack and it makes her look like a little lady! We took her to a dinner party and our Swiss friends got a kick out of it.

So did their kids...guess she needed her hair brushed! The Birchler boys were so cute with her.

Playing with her boyfriend Matthew at the beach

What happens when mom takes the diaper off

What a mug! I've never seen her make that face before. I guess she wasn't so sure about Brooke!

Coop

This is one of our two grocery stores nearby. When we used to have aerobics every Tuesday morning, I would do the week's grocery shopping afterwards. This time, Jennifer and Emily came with. Both girls love riding in the front of the cart.

Pretty in pink and her new sandals. We put Kelsey and Emily inside the cart and let them play when we went to the mall.

Abram teaching Kelsey her letters and numbers

Are you talkin to me?