Forty Six Weeks Old

Over half way through her tenth month Edie is giving us major hints of her personality. Things we know:

She is active - not able to sit still for even short periods of time UNLESS she is tired or really, really entertained by something.

She is rebellious - The long periods of time where isn't moving usually consists of her getting into mischief... you know, yanking cords, finding and playing with random electronical devices, trying to climb dangerous looking stairs.

She is vocal - Edie has discovered a lot of fun words (mumumumum, da da da, ahhhhh, baybeah, and, just this week, ah-doh-ah-doh-ah-doh-ah-doh) and she uses them, a lot.

She is social - Sure, she has brief moments of being shy. But, give her 30 seconds and she'll be taking your glasses off your face meanwhile flashing her winning smile and telling you all about it.

She is happy - No doubt our Edie pants is a very happy child. She is usually smiling, which, in turn, makes us very happy.

She is Mama's Girl - Yep, as of right now Edie is my #1 fan. Even when she has having the time of her life with someone else, if I enter the room it's straight towards mum-mum-mum-mum.... for good, or bad.

It's been a fun week with Edie. She has begun to point at random objects and, in turn, we have started to tell her about those random objects. She continues to adore Onslow and Pauline (our cats) and points at them the most. This weekend we visited her Aunties Kim and Karmen as well as a lot of her cousins. She also met her Grandpa Myron and Great-Grandpa Tony.

Forty Five Weeks Old

I am not sure what the proper definition of a toddler is, but I am pretty sure Edie has entered this next stage. This week, Edie has been busy as ever. She has perfected removing items from shelves, bags, drawers. Her crawling abilities have reached a whole new level and cruising along just about any surface seems very, very, very easy for her. She gets very excited by pretty much everything, and, of course, she must check it out.

Also this week, she discovered how to stick out her tongue and quite enjoys showing us her new skill. In addition, her top two teeth finally broke through.

Sweet Potato Fun

Edie really, really loves sweet potatoes.

Little Miss E in the Studio

Just a few pictures of a super quick session in the studio yesterday. Last one (Edie and my legs) by Mr. The Dave.

Edie's First Baseball Game

Like I mentioned in her 44 week post, Edie attended her very first baseball game last night. We had a great time and stayed until the end of the 7th inning. Thank you Linda Ottesen for the great tickets and Ann-n-Dan for joining us!

Edie's first hot dog... bun.

Edie also met Hawkeye (Redhawk's mascot). She squealed in delight when she spotted him from the balcony, but when he came closer she was a little more weary.

Staring down the bird...

Forty Four Weeks Old

Our little Edie-Pants reached a couple cool milestones this week. She attended her first baseball game last night (see picture) and lasted all the way through the end of the 7th inning. She practiced her new clapping skills (also a new milestone) at the game and charmed everybody in the box suite.

Even cooler than baseball, this week Edie used the words MumMumMum and Pop in reference to me and Kris. Do these count as her first words? She has also been making a sound that sort of sounds like "baby."

Forty Three Weeks Old

Ten-month-old Edie continues to be quite a charmer. Just today, I was stopped at the grocery store by four nice strangers who informed me that my little girl was adorable and quite smiley. This is not uncommon. She particularly has an effect on nice elderly men. Yep, world... you better watch out.

Edie has begun to master a few baby "tricks" (sounds bad, but I'm not sure what else to call them). She almost has the bye-bye wave down and just this week she has be responding to "So Big!" We are still working on clapping.

Random news of the week? Edie really enjoys the song "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga. We don't know why... but, Edie does a little dance every time she hears the song.