Today.

Today my baby is 10 months old.
I'm feeling very emotional about it. I'm missing my little teeny snuggly baby who loved sleeping with me and smiled at me all the time with that sweet toothless grin.
Now my baby is quadruple her birth weight (which is a big deal after being born at 4 lbs 2 oz), doesn't like snuggling unless she's half asleep, and has 5 teeth. I feel like I've let the time slip away. She's growing too quickly for my liking. She'll be a year old in just 2 short months. I want my time with her to slow down so every moment can really sink in. Taking pictures and videos isn't enough! I want to press pause on the moments when she just looks at me with a sweet stare or when she giggles at silly things when she's sleepy. I guess I'll just have to do my best to soak it all in as it comes.
Well, we can't escape it, so here are the updates... lately, Sophie:
-weighs 16 lbs 5 oz, 27 inches
-wears size 3 diapers
-wears some 3-6/6 month clothing and some 6-9/9 month clothing
-loves when we say "I love you!"
-crawls everywhere and loves to explore the house!
-has a crawl that's more of a bear crawl (on hands and feet) than a traditional crawl (hands and knees)
-loves books and spends time every day "reading" to herself aloud
-loves the show "Little Einsteins" and gets so excited when the beginning theme song plays
-nurses 4 times daily and eats stage 2 and 3 foods & snacks
-loves loves LOVES Cheerios and feeding herself
-dances with her bum when there's music
-has 5, almost 7, teeth, which we brush every night
-has a fun sense of humor!
-loves spending time with her family: Gaga, Jaja, Uncle Scott and Uncle Nate
-has had 2 ear infections... :-(
-likes to eat "table food"-basically anything we're eating and can be gummed or crunched with her little teeth
-still won't use a sippy cup or bottle
-likes to sing during the songs at church (it's more of a long monosyllabic yell, but we get it)
-uses her "pinching fingers" to grab her snacks
-found the electrical outlets and thought it was HILARIOUS to crawl faster toward them when we go to catch and stop her
-loves her daddy so much that what she says all day is "Da-di!"
-chews on everything! darn teething!
-opens her mouth WIDE when she's being silly
-surprisingly, doesn't play with the dog's toys... not a lot, at least
-likes to Skype with Grandma and Grandpa Case!
-met a lot of family! (Aunt Dawn, cousins Nicole and Carly, Carmine [Nicole's hub], 2nd cousins Melina, Tessa [Nicole's] and Jayden [Carly's], Grandma Drogowski, Uncle Stan, Grandma & Pap Pap Dumas, Aunt Linda, Aunt Kerry & Uncle Jim, and cousin David Patrick)

Sophie's silly bear crawl

 Playing with Aunt Kerry

Sitting with Great-Grandma Dumas

Playing with cousin Jayden

Spending time with Pap Pap Dumas

Getting sleepy with Aunt Linda

Looking JUST like Daddy

So silly!

Playing with cousin Nanette and Jill

Reading with Uncle Scotty

Mohawk in the bath!