10 Months

Evie turned 10 months on Saturday, August 2 and I have been very tardy in writing her monthly update. She continues to grow and change on a daily basis and it really is amazing to watch how she absorbs information.

Some of the highlights of Evie's development right now:

• She is completely mobile now with her crawling. When possible though, she does prefer to stand. She is able to walk when holding fingers and cruises around the furniture. She is now able to hold a standing position for 15 to 20 seconds without assistance but does need to push herself up with something to get into her standing position (started on July 22).
  
• Evie is very independent. She enjoys playing with toys that she has in the living room and when she tires of those, she will just crawl down the hall into her room to play with different toys. She likes to have people around her but is also happy playing by herself when she needs to. Right now she is especially fond of playing near the fireplaces, more specifically, on the hearths. The brick hearths are about three inches off the ground and she just gets herself up there and sits, very proudly. 
• Evie is a great eater. She does a lot of self feeding as well as some purees. We have not really met a food item that she does not like yet but, just like her brother, she really enjoys yogurt. She has had beef, chicken, and pork along with pretty much every fruit and vegetable. She LOVES garden vegetable puffs and could easily eat the whole canister in one sitting if I would allow her to. 

  

  Do I have something on my face (blueberries)?

• Evie has gotten her third tooth! The top left tooth made its appearance through the gum line on July 29th. It has been very slow to come through but it is making its way. I would imagine that the right top will not be far behind. 
• As she has been since birth, Evie is infatuated with Drake. She always wants to play with  him, climb on him, watch him, laugh at him, and have everything to do with him. Drake really is a great sport and always wants to know where she is as well. He does not really like her playing with his toys, but then again, he also does not really want her playing with her toys either.
  
• Evie is starting to intimidate what she sees. If Drake is dancing, she will start dancing. If you bang on a table, she will bang on the table. 
• Sleeping is still an area that we continue to work on. Many nights she will sleep from 8:00 to 5:30 or 6:00 but there are also many nights when she wakes up in the middle of the night (just like Drake did). Also just like Drake, we slip her into bed with us and she immediately fall asleep...somehow taking up about half of the bed.
• Evie is generally one of the happiest babies that I have ever seen. We always thought that Drake was so laid back and easy, but Evie has trumped his ways. Now is the time that she is really starting to develop her personality and really is so much fun.