Lyra: 10 months old

Lyra is now 10 months old and doing well. She follows us around the apartment by scooting on her belly. She gets up on her hands and knees, but isn't quite crawling yet. She pulls herself up to standing position if there's something she wants to reach. She loves herself a good smoothie (don't even think about taking it away from her!) and is also drinking from her own little sippy cup. She tilts her head way back and looks like she's giving herself whiplash. Every now and then she does this funny noise where she purses her lips and sucks air in and out of her nose. I finally caught it on camera and even took a little video. Cracks me up every time. She seems like she may be teething a little. She's been sort of grumpy the past few days, but no teeth yet. She is very petite for her age which gives off the illusion that she is younger than she actually is. I am enjoying the babyness as long as I can while it lasts. She has surprised me by being much more interested in watching movies than Lisa ever was at her age. We never had to worry about limiting Lisa's viewing time because she wasn't interested, but we may have to watch it with Lyra. One thing I have yet to capture on camera is Lyra's fondness of clapping her hands. She started doing it on her own a couple weeks ago and now if we say the word "clap," she'll smile and bring her hands together. So fun when babies start putting things together like that and making verbal connections. Love the cuteness.

See her thumb in the next one? Didn't notice at the time I was taking the picture, but it kinda looks like "Gotch yer nose!" tee-hee