Ella Grace is 10 Months Old

I really hated typing that sentence. humph...sad face:( 

This month Ella Grace started to walk along with this little lion and she LOVES it! It's probably her favorite thing to not only walk along with it, but to dance to its music:)

don't mind that cute pile of clothes to be washed in the background:)
Ella Grace also played this month with her baby friend Ayla! Sweet little girls in their baby blues... 

She's been eating much more, and is up to about 2 jars a day (at the beginning of her eleventh month-- now-- she's doing 3)

 She does thing thing sometimes where she bites down on the spoon when she puts it in her mouth. She smiles when she does it and it's so cute! It's like a little game to her:)

 She stuck out her tongue for funsies for a brief time period, and seems to already be done with it. It was cute while it lasted! 

 We inherited a picnic table from our sweet friends who moved onto their next adventure.  Julian thinks it's the coolest thing ever, and Ella Grace likes it, too!  

Her crawl morphed into one where her knees are up off the ground!

She had her first Fourth of July and looked so cute and patriotic!  

 The next week we went up to Atlanta with Aunt Beth and her girls and Julian. It was so fun!  Ella Grace waited patiently while her cousins and brother rode the merry-go-round.

The next day we went to Union Station in Atlanta for some lunching. 

 While there we visited my BFF, her Aunt Kathleen. Here we are at Kathleen's job waiting for her to be done so we could go partay partay party:)

 She became well-acquainted with her baby friend at Aunt Kathleen's!

As I watched her as I took these pictures I couldn't help but think how crazy it would be to have twins! 

On the drive home, she and Caroline were playing a little game, and she'd lift her legs every time she would make her little noise...it was pretty silly!

When we got home from Atlanta we went to visit Grandpa Bill.  It was so fun!
I love watching my dad with these babies...it's pretty sweet:)

 He kept talking to her and calling her "Grandpa's girl"...
It reminds me of the tenderness he always showed to me as "Daddy's girl"

 It's really hard to get him to be in pictures, so I'm so happy with these!

 We got back to Gainesville just in time for our friends' daughter's 3rd birthday party.
She was just as cute as can be in her floppy hat!

 The kids and I sure missed Daddy! 

 That night they had fun shopping with us as we got groceries for the week. 

I love watching these two interact...

 

My sweet baby girl, how are you already 10 months old? 

She really is the sweetest little thing. She plays so well independently, but she sure loves any and all loving and attention!  She loves to make you smile and laugh.  She made it clear this month that her favorite book is "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do You See?" and she also still LOVES "Baby Cakes!"  She learned how to clap this month, and give high fives:

She has blown a few kisses!  She gives the sweetest biggest opened-mouth kisses, and she has given me a couple closed-mouth ones too. She makes the cutest & happiest little noises ever.  She is very vocal when she is trying to tell you something! ha!  She is learning how to be "soft" when she touches your face (got a ways to go on that one!), she LIGHTS up whenever she sees someone she knows and you can see how she loves you so easily from her eyes. She loves the water. She loves it when Daddy flies her through the house like an airplane near the ground...she flails her arms and legs in complete glee! She loves, loves loves kisses and snuggles and raspberries. She LOVES looking at her letters while on her changing table.  She hates a diaper change. Her hair is getting thicker and thicker by the day.  

 She also has the cutest little tummy and I think her hair is starting to decide it is one day going to curl!  

 She makes everyday better. Happy 10 month birthday sweet baby Gracie!