10 Months Old

Eden turns 10 months old today. I can not believe that we will be having a birthday party in just 2 short months. It just seems like yesterday that I was waddling around with back pain and heartburn waiting to meet our sweet baby girl. Here are a few highlights from this month:

Eden continues to cruise all around the house and gets faster every day. She can now walk behind the push toys without any trouble at all. She loves to climb on everything and can now get in and out of the toy car by herself and on and off the tricycle by herself.

Not only is Eden cruising on the furniture, but just this week she started letting go and standing by herself without holding on to anything. She can usually stay balanced as long as she isn't thinking about it. As soon as she realizes that she is standing, she sits down.

Eden has been able to open drawers for a while, and this month has learned to open cabinet doors as well. She has discovered where I keep the tupperware and loves to sit and take everything out of the cabinet. She also loves to take things out of boxes, such as all of the snack baggies or trash bags.

I would love to tell you that the eating issues have been completely resolved, but Eden continues to be a fussy eater. She does not eat pureed baby food well at all. Thank goodness she is getting bigger and we have introduced a lot of finger foods this month. She enjoys small pieces of avocado, peaches, bananas, carrots, cheese, pears, green beans, and macaroni. She likes to be in control of what she is putting in her mouth at all times and I have a feeling that we will not be offering her baby food for much longer. It still baffles me that she won't take one bite of pureed peaches but she will inhale an entire snack cup of bite size peaches in just minutes!

Eden has started giving us "kisses" this month. She opens her mouth and leans in toward our face when we ask her for a kiss. So sweet...I wouldn't trade it for anything!


I am already looking forward to watching Eden change and grow over the next month. I have a feeling that a few first steps are in our near future! What an exciting time in our sweet baby girl's life! What a joy she continues to be to our family!