Maryn is 10 months old!

"Little" Maryn is two months shy of a year old! What in the world...how did this happen? She just had her 9 month doctor's visit last week and she weighed in:

19 lb 4 oz just under 50th percentile

26 1/2 in. 10th percentile!!!

head circumference 43 1/2 in. 25th percentile

They measured her length twice because she has seemed to drop her percentile significantly since her 6 month visit. Check and double check....we gotta shorty!

Our junior m.a.c. brings such joy into our lives...belly laughing, side stitching, cheeks hurting sort of joy. She's cruising across the furniture, along the window sills, around and over Bode and loves being chased...she starts crawling really really fast, so much so that her arms can't keep up with her legs and she face plants. She giggles and thinks we are just the greatest! Every morning she's standing in her crib and hates the fact that the first thing we have to do is change her diaper. She's developed quite the attitude, as I've mentioned before...I like to think she's just strong willed:) She's eating mostly table food now, along with 4 nursing sessions, and LOVES it! Despite not having any teeth, she tears into baked chicken & turkey, sausage, scrambled eggs, tofu, avocado, cottage cheese, yogurt, cooked veggies, whole wheat bread with hummus, pasta, and her favorite...sliced b.a.n.a.n.a.s! She continues to add to her vocabulary...when she hears a dog bark outside she looks at us, her eyes get big and she yells DOG! I could have sworn that she tried to say 'I love you' the other day. I practice with her and say it really slow and she repeats me with the same sound and syllables...sort of like this "i yuv yu". And that I do...I love you Maryn Amelia, you are my heart, my breath, my motivation to be a better person...I do it all for you.

10 months...Top 10 reasons why I love this little schnookie

10. Rose petal lips

9. Her crooked pinkies (just like her mama and poppop :) )

8. The way she scrunches up her nose and sniffs like a dog...it's adorable!

7. She fake sneezes just to hear you say 'bless you'

6. And sneezes EVERY SINGLE time she goes out into the sun.

5. She rubs her 'lovey' on her face when she's tired

4. Squeals with excitement when I get the Cheerios box out of the pantry

3. And can down a box of graham crackers like nobody's business

2. She twirls my hair in her fingers while she's nursing...I'm gonna miss that

1. She's got her daddy's crystal blue eyes...so clear and blue that I can see through into everything that IS her daddy, all the reasons why I fell in love with him

Dressed in a pretty red outfit from grandma Cummings, in honor of Valentine's day

Hey fellas

Check out my bubble hem

'M' is for Maryn

I adore baby girl lashes

I still can't believe that I MADE her....I MADE her!!!

Big girls need big girl car seats, or a big box to play in

Testing out the new ride

You rock my world, Mare Bear!