Our baby girl is growing up!

This fall has been full of fun with Tenley. She's really growing up into a kid now, and growing out of that precious baby stage (although, of course, she is still precious). However, she will always always always be my baby girl!! Here are a few snapshots from our fun this October.

This first pair of pictures is a comparison of 6 months ago and now.

This is Tenley at 7 months old

Growing up! ...And still helping Mommy with laundry :)

Playing with Navy at the park

Swinging at Wesselman Park


She will stand up on her own, but is still too cautious to take a real step. Navy is trying to teach her! ...

Reading with Daddy

Tenley loves yogurt. And meal time with Daddy is always fun :)


Her very favorite snack is Cheerios


Our little lamb - Halloween 2011
She didn't like keeping the hood on


We went to a chili cook-off and Trunk or Treat at our church, Northwoods, and Tenley got some great candy! Well...Mommy and Daddy got some great candy. :) One lady did have "candy" to give out especially for babies, though, so Tenley actually does get a treat or two this year!



A few of my favorites from her 12 month pictures (taken my Jessie Mason - she's so good!):

Update on walking: Tenley actually took a real step today! Yes, just one. It seems like she's so afraid she'll fall, or maybe she just doesn't realize that she would be able to walk if she just tried. I think once she gets started, she'll catch on quickly. She wants to walk everywhere, she just has to have someone's finger to hold on to. She's caught on to me trying to "trick" her into walking. If I let go, she just stands there and cries because her feelings are hurt. But that's okay...all in her own time! Her not walking yet lets me hold on to a bit of that baby stage a little bit longer, and I love that! She's growing up so fast!

Not too much else new on the home front since our last post from Tenley's birthday. Tenley is still eating like a pro (good job not being picky like Mommy...yet) and she's growing right on track. She still doesn't really use any words correctly regularly, but loves to babble away. She says "Mama" and "Dada," waves and says "I!" (that means "Hi!"), and when I show her a ball and ask her to say "ball" she babbles "ba ba ba ba." She has so many teeth now, I've quit counting. All the back ones started coming in at the same time it seems. She sleeps about 12 hours each night, usually 8:30-9pm to 8:30-9am (a girl after my own heart!!!!), and naps twice a day, usually 1.5 - 2 hours each nap.

Hayden is growing strong and kick- kick- kicking away. I think it's safe to say now that he's more active than Tenley was. I am just past 30 weeks and still feeling great. I love that the weather is cooler during this part of my pregnancy now - no swelling! (so far) I had a Dr. appointment today - Hayden was head down (good boy!), was "running 50-yd dashes in there," and everything looked good.