Millie is 10 months old! Oh, and Happy Independence Day!

As Millie gets older it's getting harder and harder to get her to sit still to take a picture.  Notice I had to distract her with my keys.  It helped for a few seconds!

I feel like 10 months has been a huge turning point for Millie as far as her development.  She went from not having any interest in crawling to crawling EVERYWHERE and also pulling up on the furniture and walking along the couch.  She is growing up so fast I can hardly stand it!

At 10 months old, Millie:

• can crawl
• can stand up while holding onto something
• takes a few steps while holding onto the couch
• understands "No" but doesn't exactly listen when I say it
• can wave hello and goodbye
• can give sugars (kisses)
• can give high fives
• claps her hands
• likes to eat any and everything that mommy or daddy eats
• loves to munch on huge pieces of bread
• likes to stick a whole bunch of food in her mouth at one time (makes me very nervous)
• loves being in the water and outdoors
• is 20 lbs. and 4.5 oz (75%)
• is 29" tall (95%)
• is getting one of her top front teeth and an i tooth.  They are definitely giving her lots of pain and it's making me very sad. 
• is wearing 12 month clothes and some 18 month.
• absolutely positively loves music of all kinds.  Anytime the radio comes on or one of her toys starts playing music she automatically starts bobbing her head and smiles the biggest smile.  I love that she loves music so much!

Today is the fourth of July.  Independence Day.  A perfect day to reflect on all the wonderful blessings we have as Americans.  And most importantly, pray and give thanks to all of our soldiers that are fighting for our freedom everyday.  To celebrate this wonderful holiday, Trevor and I took Millie to the New Braunfels Independence Day parade in downtown and had a blast!  Millie was so great and she enjoyed all the floats and all the people.  We met up with my sister and Smitty and had a great time.

Millie with her Aunt Adriane

Have you every seen a  happier baby?  And yes, I pinch her cheeks everyday!

Enjoying a pretzel with daddy

I love this photo.  Perfect description of our personalities. 

Hi Adriane and Smitty!

Up high!

That was fun mommy but I'm ready to go home and take a nap!

It's only 2:00 so once Trevor and Millie wake up from their nap we're going to go swimming at Oma and Opa's house and then take it easy.  A little sad there will be no fireworks this year (fire ban) but happy that we got to spend the whole day together as a family.  I hope you all have a wonderful July 4!