sevigny stories: TEN MONTHS

Miss Chloe has finally learned she has a voice! She is starting to coo and babble and it sometimes sounds like she is saying 'yeah yeah yeah'. I love listening to her talk to herself... I wish I could understand her and know what is going through that mind of hers. Her face still lights up the second she sees her big brother - she literally gets the biggest smile on her face and her eyes sparkle when she lays eyes on AJ. She loves it when he plays with her and when he tries to make her laugh. Hearing those two laugh together is just heart-melting. We're so lucky these two get along so well! I'm convinced Chlo-Chlo will be walking by her first birthday. She is pulling herself up on anything and everything and she will not sit still. The second I try to hold her, she is finding a way to climb up on my shoulder and out of my arms! She's holding onto the ottoman, the couch and/or the coffee table and scoots along to get from one place to the next. Girlfriend does not like to be in one spot - she's all over the place and I wouldn't have it any other way! It's super cute too when she goes to sit down from standing up and holding onto to whatever it is that she is holding onto, she literally holds on super tight, looks down at where she will be sitting and then slowly, ever so gently retreats from the standing up position to finally be sitting. She does it so carefully... I love it!! The army crawl is still her preferred method of getting around though. I have secretly spotted her up on her knees crawling around so I know she can do it, but I'm convinced she thinks she can get around faster with her army crawl so that's why she does it! Silly girl!! [I'm not sure if this is new this month or if she was doing it last month (mommy brain!) - probably last month., but...] She has figured out how to go from laying on her belly, to crawling, to sitting up, back to crawling and then back to sitting up. She can get herself in all different positions no matter where she is! She still only has her two bottom teeth, which makes trying new foods a little tough since she doesn't have very many teeth to chew and bite with. But nonetheless, she has tried blueberries, strawberries, pulled pork, scrambled eggs with cheese and her favorite is cheerios! We've opted for letting her munch on cheerios instead of the puffs and yogurt drops - with the way our little girl eats, we'd be broke from buying the puffs and drops! We've resorted to calling her 'our little porkchop'! Chloe still loves sucking on her two fingers on her left hand. We can tell when she is tired because the two fingers go in her mouth and she grabs the top of her shirt with her right hand and holds it up to her mouth as a comfort. It's like she assumes the position every time she is tired so we just know!

Happy ten months, Miss Chloe!