10 month photo shoot

Teresa turned 10 months old this week.  As usual, I attempted to get a nice picture of her with her bear to show how she is growing.  But at 10 months she is very curious and wants to grab everything in reach...including her teddy bear! 

Let's see how a furry bear tastes!

Mommy tries holding the bear still.

Eyeing her companion...just who is this bear anyway!?

Ignoring the bear, but focused on her brother Timothy across the room.

Is this how I should hold him, Mommy?



Still going after the bear during the picture with Timothy--which Timothy always insists upon.



At 10 months Teresa...
* is still not crawling, but can move all about by rolling.  She is starting to scoot backward just a little.
* is learning to eat solids, but is picky.  Some days she gobbles things up and other days she won't open her mouth.  She loves bananas and just had a first taste of cheerios.  She has eaten small pieces of sweet potato and tried a variety of baby foods.
* likes to twirl her feet and has started to do what we affectionately call the "Timmy shuffle" of rubbing her feet on the floor.
* babbles a lot...baba, dada, and lots of other sounds I do not know how to write.
*has two teeth and her mommy is convinced some other teeth will be appearing soon (although mommy is usually wrong on this!)
* has the amazing ability to sit with her feet lifted off the ground leaning way back and never tips.  I guess she is working on her abs of steel!
* loves to swing and go down little slides--with help.  She has even learned to sort of scoot herself to the edge of the slide so she can go down.
* likes dancing to music, slapping her hands, and clapping.
* sleeps most nights from 7:30 until 6:30 with minimal wake ups. (Yeah!)
* Likes to open and close things and put toys in a container and take them back out.
* has huge smiles when she sees Mommy, Daddy or Timmy.