{Somewhat} Wordless Wednesday!

Exhausted after a morning at the gym

She can finally sit in her "ride" that we've had since I was pregnant....It is safe to say she loves it! 

mmmm....chicken noodle!

The dealership is so fun!.....

.......but exhausting!

A little shopping at Cabela's

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!! 

{Somewhat} Wordless Wednesday!

This post is a little short but I've added a video to "make up the difference". This one is quite special to me ;-) You have to keep watching though and I'm sure you'll figure out why! 

Playing with momma's flip flops

Going through some junk mail....she loves junk mail!

Walking alongside just about anything she can find....

....including momma!

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!!!

Jumpin' Thursday!

This is a little on the long side, but it was too funny (at least for me) to not post. It would be so nice to have THIS much energy! 

{Somewhat} Wordless Wednesday!

M loves the washing machine

Snuggles with da-da (& bunny)

A little afternoon reading...

Playing with Noah!

Snuggles for Bo-Bo

Tea Party with Morgan

Nothing like wind blowing through your hair :-) 

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!

~10 Months~

• After utilizing the "Crying it Out" method, Mellany is once again sleeping through the night and in the afternoon. She had figured out that if she cried we would come and get her. So after about a week of her fighting sleep, us picking her up and trying to put her back in her crib, trying to figure out what was wrong etc. etc.....We realized what she was doing. After 45 minutes of her crying one night, she just went right to sleep. The "crying it out" became less and less until eventually, she just whines if she wakes up when we put her down and that's it! It feels really good knowing that we did the right thing! 
• Over the past month, Mellany has tried quite a few new foods. She's still taking the bottle, though most of the time I think she would rather just have table food and isn't really a fan of drinking water out of a sippy....so we have a long way to go on that. This month she has tried: Broccoli, Chicken, Turkey, Mac and Cheese, Kiwi, Mango, Watermelon, Birthday Cake, Spaghetti, Mixed Berries, Puffs and Yogurt Melts. She loves them all! She has especially grown to like fruits....I'm thinking she takes after her momma on liking the sweet food! 
• New Discoveries: Mellany loves knobs....specifically any knobs that are on drawers. She really likes to pull the drawers out and unload as much as she can out of it. 
• Accomplishments: Mellany can pull herself up really well now and can even move along furniture/toys. She becomes really proud of herself when she does this! Her pincher grasp has also really improved over the last month...she can pick up just about anything with her little "pinchers" :-)  
• She's amazed by my blow dryer and will watch me dry my hair the entire time (this is 15-20 minutes!)
• Mellany also loves to watch the washing machine. I know that any time I am doing laundry, I can count on her to sit and watch contently while I finish, just because she really likes to watch the laundry spin in the wash. 
• When Johnny and I brush our teeth, she is in awe.....she will watch us for the entire time.
• She is really getting the hang on finger foods....she loves her puffs! (This has helped tremendously with the pincher grasp!)
• Her conversations are increasing....conversations with toys, us, or herself. I love to just watch her have conversations. 
• She has found her tongue and nose and she loves to put her finger on our tongues and noses. Out of the blue she will sometimes just stick that little pointer finger out to touch our tongue or nose. 
• She is wearing 6-9 month, 9 month and a few 12 month pieces. She is just so long that a lot of things are really short in the torso for her at this point. 
• She is beginning to understand the phrase "no". 
• The girl hates, yes hates, doorstops. If you hit our doorstop and it vibrates, she will scream. If she is crawling past the door, she will crawl clear around it.....staring at it the whole time. 
• Baby Babbles: Mellany is continuing to say "da-da" and now she is also saying "Bo". Whenever Bo enters the room and she sees him, 8 times out of 10 she will say "Bo". It is so cute....she just loves her "bo-bo". Of course, I'm still waiting on ma-ma! We're also working on 'bye-bye' and waving at the same time (as well as playing pat-a-cake) and it is slowly but surely coming along. 

She's really getting to such a fun stage....every single day brings something completely different! 

10 Month Photo Shoot

.....I had to have Johnny's help on this one and they still aren't that great!

!!Video's!!

Mellany sure did have fun over the weekend and luckily we were able to capture a few pretty neat moments! 

She LOVES to read! This touch and feel book is one of her favorites. The video is kinda long, but still pretty cute in my opinion.....especially when she leans in for a kiss with the bears on one of the pages. 

She got a new toy from our friends this weekend and she really loves it. It won't be long before she's totally mobile! 

{Somewhat} Wordless Wednesday/Thursday

I'm a day late....but I had the post ready to go yesterday. Somebody, not mentioning any names (Mellany!) had some trouble getting to sleep last night.....this makes night #2....this momma is hoping that #3 doesn't exist! :-) 

I think she likes the new car seat!

She watched our neighbor across the street mow his front yard for a good 15 minutes!

She's pulling up now...and very proud of herself for doing so!

The last visit with Uncle Brad and Daniel...Mellany is helping with their paperwork....

....and watching video's with them on YouTube...