Pretty, pretty little princess

Meli is 10 months in 5 days!  That means our precious little baby girl is almost a year old!!!!! That thought just blows me away.  I cannot believe that almost a year ago baby Meli made her entrance into this crazy, beautiful world of ours.  OK...10 month things...Meli is able to crawl (without doing the army crawl or sliding on the wood floors - which is possibly easier than crawling on your knees).  She will crawl but she does not care to.  She still does it as a last resort.  You can tell that she is just itching to take that first step unassisted.  I think that she has had the ability to crawl a few months ago but for whatever reason it is not something she wants to do.  I really think she is only doing it out of necessity.  Normally, I am all about taking your time.  It does not matter what other kids are doing - just go at your own pace.  Plus, I would prefer if she would slow it down a bit and not rush her getting to the next stage.  BUT in the case of Mae...I want her to walk.  I can tell that she is frustrated that she cannot move around like Colin does and this makes her a bit of a grumpy bottom at times.  She gets frustrated a lot easier than Colin did.  He just went with things but Meli wants to be moving onto the next thing.  She is very purpose driven and very focused once that vision comes into light.  She is already standing up from a sitting position without pulling up on anything, bending down to pick things up, walking with assistance (by us our furniture) and what else...oh she is going through this hitting phase that I am not a fan of.  I guess I remember Colin going through it but it was short-lived.  When we say "no" you can see her thinking and she seems to understand but then she winds up and does it again.  Then she gets mad when you say "no" again.  We have started setting her down on her own whenever she does that.  I know a lot of babies go through this but jeez what a pain.  Little miss is soooo strong-minded.  She is going to be a bossy," I can take care of my self" kind of girl.  I can hear my mom laughing...I know, I know...she gets it from her mama.  At least for the most part I lost the bossy part after childhood!  She is our little cuddly, sweet princess who just has to show the stern, grumpy side when things need to be done.



Precious little princess



~ Love, Hugs & Kisses ~

The B Family