10.5 months old - new photos

In the past couple of weeks, L has started to share with us her unique personality and communicate more. It is quite fun! She laughs at things she finds funny, babbles a ton, and lets us know when something does not suit her. She has a cute little personality (of course I am biased), seems to have a good sense of humor and is quite friendly now often waving to strangers! Below are photos from the past week.

Since the nearest real pumpkin patch is over an hour drive away, we visited the local "pumpkin patch" at our grocery store last weekend, ha!

This is a hooded bath towel we received as a gift but we have been having fun with it during play time!

L likes to eat all by herself now - solids only and with rare help from us.

L loves to burrow her head into soft things like pillows, towels and the bed.

Reading her Curious Kitties book with Dad.

L is 10 months old!

Lauren is now 10 months old! (I have no idea why the photo above keeps turning on its side - sorry!). In the past couple of weeks, she has started to eat real solids and is not interested at all in purees. So that has meant more food prep for me! But it is really fun to watch her feed herself or bite into things we give her. She absolutely loves pickles (just like Dan!) and kiwi. She can eat a whole pickle and an entire kiwi in one sitting.

Poor little L caught a cold yesterday and has a runny nose today, so she is not feeling great, but otherwise she is such a happy kid. I think she has a good sense of humor. She makes funny faces and seems to understand when something is funny (to her anyway).

She seems really close to walking and wants to stand up all the time, although she needs to support herself on things. She will walk around from object to object as long as there is something to hold on to. Thus, I have had to buy her shoes recently. Until now she mostly wore socks, but shoes are definitely a necessity now especially with the cooler weather coming.

Little L is very loved and she knows it!