11 Months

We still don't exactly have a walker.  She does take steps.  Sometimes 10 or more at a time.  But then she loses her balance and decides she has better things to do.  Like look at tiny pieces of string on the floor and carefully pick them up and hand them to Mama.  Or bang toys together and laugh.  Or clap hands together and rock back on floor.  Oh the busy fun we have!

In more exciting news Adara is communicating so much!  I love knowing exactly what she wants, when she wants, and how she wants it!  Baby sign language is the best!  She can do whole sentences where she says "more" and then points to something and then signs "please."  Such a respectful little child I am raising!  She also knows water, food, all done, and sleep.  I think she knows what milk is but I haven't seen her do it.  I need to start learning more signs because I know she wants to tell me more things!  She also can say "mama" "dada" "more" and "hi" and "dog."  The mystery word is dog because I don't know where she learned that because we always call Rio "Rio."  But she calls him dog.  So we go with it.  

Adara went camping this month!  She loved to point at the trees.  And the stars, naturally the stars, because she is named after a star!  She is hilarious because she is such a girly girl and hates dirt.  If she has any dirt on her hand she makes a sad face and shakes the dirt off wildly.  Drama Queen.  I was worried about her at nights because her little sleeping bag we got wasn't the warmest and it got down to around 40 degrees at night.  But she was such a trooper.  She went hiking, and swimming, and ate in the dark, rode in a boat, and slept in a tent.  Love that Adara Rose!

Can't believe we will have a 1-year-old soon!

10 Months

Adara started walking this month--3 little steps!  She was holding onto the couch and turned around and step, step, step, kirplunk and onto her little behind.  I'm pretty sure she could have taken more steps if I hadn't been yelling, "SHE'S WALKING."  It was like she was an old pro.  Very nonchalant.  Didn't even think anything of it.  And then she was like, "check that off the list" because she suddenly was over it.  I'm pretty sure she weighed the pros and cons of crawling and walking and decided that walking is overrated because she hasn't been as interested in it since.  I have coaxed her to take a few more steps here and there but she really is preferring the crawl method of getting around the town.  Although, she does like standing on her own unassisted.

She is still eating a ton.  But sometimes she goes to bed straight away from daycare and skips dinner.  She is one tired little squirrel because she won't nap at daycare.  She doesn't want to miss a thing!  But then I miss her because I never get to see her.  She is continuing swim lessons.  And continues to be a social butterfly.  This month just flew by!  We went on our first family vacay to Seattle to see the Red Sox play.  She was the best little travel buddy!  She went to sleep in the hotel room and let mom and dad stay up and drink wine and watch movies.  She also ventured into the international district and wasn't scared to eat at all of the hole in the wall asian restaurants that we love so so so much.   She is just the BESTest (and easiest baby) that we could have dreamed up!

Happy double digits my Adardar love!