10 Months Old!!

Natalie and Amanda are 10 months old! It has been a big month in terms of development. Amanda was starting to crawl last month but has turned into a little speed demon now. And what is particularly funny is how proud she seems to be of herself while prancing throughout the house! Natalie was content to watch for awhile but had to join in the fun about a week ago. Before that she maneuvered around by scooting and rolling but now she's got crawling down too. But her passion is really standing. She spends A LOT of time standing up and cruising around on the furniture.

Both girls are more verbal these days and it is clear that they are really trying to tell us something on occasion. They also talk to each other quite a bit. My favorite communication though is their singing. They just love Baby Einstein videos and one of their favorite videos has some little girls singing the A, B, C Song. After watching it enough times, when those little girls come on the screen now, Natalie and Amanda just launch into their own version of the song. And, if we're lucky enough they will also sing for us when we decide to do our own rendition.

Over the weekend, Amanda also started clapping and is quite proud of herself! Here she is demonstrating this new skill:

Here is Natalie looking positively gleeful:

A serious look from both:

A mischievous look from Miss Amanda.....quite appropriate!

Here are both girls demonstrating their stair-climbing abilities. They are slowly mastering the "up" but have yet to figure out the "down" so there have been a few spills already with more to come, I'm sure.

A funny face from Amanda:

And a happy one from Natalie:

Happy 10 months, little darlings! :)