10 Months!

I think there are spiderwebs growing on this blog. What an INSANELY busy, crazy, trying few months we've had. 

Seven weeks after surgery, I'm still gimping along. That said, a gimp is better than full brace, no weight bearing and crutches! After almost 5 weeks of having constant care to help out Adly and I, we were happy to begin getting back onto somewhat of a routine. This began with me carrying Adly around with crutches and a Baby Bjorn. Gotta work with whatcha got. But hey, we did it! Now the crutches are (almost) gone and we're finally getting the last of the boxes still lingering in the apartment taken care of. For the first time since March, it feels as though life is finally settling down. I cannot thank Adam, our family and friends enough for the insane amount of help we received during my recovery. I definitely could not have done it without them all.  

Now, on to my ever-growing child. Her ninth month was filled with a lot of new exciting things, mainly being the concept of crawling. She (thankfully) spent the first month after learning how to crawl exploring only a 5 foot radius around her. It was the best of both worlds....we had an exciting new crawler on our hands...that didn't crawl far. But by almost ten months, that magical period was over and she realized her legs could move--and quickly. Not to mention the fact that there was a whole lot more world laying outside of the living room rug for her to explore. Now we've entered the realm of battling the constant need that infants have to find every cord, outlet, and easily toppling piece of furniture there is around every corner. 

Additionally this month, Adly also sprouted two more teeth. Her two bottom teeth are fully in and then her left incisor has also made her way in. Looks like she'll have two little fangs up top first. So far she really seems to be taking teething like a champ. Usually the worst of it is this heart wrenching cry she lets out when she lays down from time to time. Other than that the only sign we've seen regularly is a lot more sleeping during the day. Cropping new pearly whites must be exhausting for the little miss. 

This month she's also developed an obsession for dogs...in videos. I know, it sounds weird. But she's met a few doggies in real life and they've continued to scare her. After our friend Nicole and her doggie Pearl visited while I was recovering, Adly started to say "oof" and look toward the door every time she heard the word "doggie". So I started showing her YouTube videos of little dogs barking, hoping to get her more comfortable with dogs. Turns out she loved them and now one of her favorite things to do is watch these videos over and over all while clutching my arms, looking up to make sure I'm there and then saying "oof, oof!" over and over again. It's adorable. 

She's also learned some new words this month including "pretty" (tee-tee) and "woof" (oof) and at the very end of 9 months an adorable "raaaar" for lions. She'll also wave her hand in front of her face and go "eeee-ooo" for pee-yoo, stinky! That came from imitating me one day after an especially ripe diaper change. I know all the modern parenting sites say not to offend your infant by talking about their stinky diapers to them, but my God, sometimes I just can't help myself. Girls got some stanky diapers. 

Another exciting moment was when she first associated "da-da" with Adam. For a while, everything was "da-da". Then in the last week or so it's become an excited da-da! every time she sees Adam. It's beyond adorable.