Delaney is a movin’ and a shakin’ quite literally. Over the past few weeks, Delaney has started to WALK! It’s been so cute and she’s getting more comfortable walking longer distances and has also started to break out her very own dance moves. She twirls her wrist and bounces/sways when I start to sing Wheels on the Bus (random choice of song, but it happens without fail every time so I finally figured out that she’s dancing).

I’ve never seen her so proud of herself than when she’s walking and somehow, it’s actually made life a little easier because she can cruise along the couch on her own and is finally starting to let go on her own, walking herself to the nearest object. That being said, we are in serious need of baby proofing because she’s becoming very independent.

Here are her other 10 month updates:

• Weighs ~19lbs and has sort of steadied out at that weight for the last month.
• Her little leg rolls are getting fewer as she burns all those calories while walking
• She is bossy while someone is walking her around and now can almost get to a full-on run if you’re holding one of her hands and wants to explore all the nooks and crannies of this apartment…including the toilet bowl.
• Waves “Hi” sometimes
• Mimics the “ba ba ba” sound with her finger to her lips (I don’t know how else to explain this)
• Claps consistently now
• Starting to understand more and more baby sign…mostly “milk” and “eat” – a girl after my own heart
• Stopped taking naps in her crib for almost a month but starting to do that again
• Hates the bath
• Loves to sit and have books read to her now
• Favorite foods are yogurt and hummus (straight up…I know, gross)
• Knows she’s funny and abuses her powers
• Still obsessed with other kids and goes up to all of them as though they are her best friends

Activities we did this month:

• Enjoyed every last day of the pool being open
• Splashing in the greenway fountains in the city
• Visited a new playground, park or library every week (so many great places in this city!)
• Went to Maine
• Spent the weekend at our friend’s childhood home at the pool, a lobster dinner, and time with her favorite pup Major
• Lots of long runs (a trooper in the stroller!)
• Jordan and I spent our first full weekend away while Delaney stayed with Emme! We all loved it…so fun to get away and be in Chicago but also so, so sad at the same time. Very lucky to have such great family and so fun seeing all the special times they got to have together while we were gone!