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Ten Months




Hello My Tiny Best Friend, 

 Well here I sit looking back on month ten with you just two days prior to writing your eleven month post. Maybe its a form of denial, maybe we are just to busy all the time, or maybe mama just hasn't had those writing juices flowing in a while. No matter the reason I need to get these words down before they are lost down the rabbit hole and forever forgotten. 
This month we celebrated your monthly birthday in Albuquerque in the middle of our week long stay with GG so daddy could handle somethings at the VA. Our trip to Albuquerque seemed to gain excitement as soon as you turned ten months with our first visit to the ER after you knocked your head on GG's counter while taking a sink bath. You were fine, mama was not. Two weeks later we were back in the ER because you had a virus and needed an IV. Once again you took it like a champ, mama did not. I believe I cried equally as much as you did. My heart has never broken as much as it did that night watching you be poked and prodded, you are so little and everything they were using was so big.
The month continued and we traveled around, as always, and went up to Wyoming to see Uncle Tyler and Aunt Mickala and play with your cousins. Then came the big trip, you and mama set out on our own great adventure Ellie girl. We packed our backs and headed out to Memphis to visit Aunt Katie. It was so much fun to wonder around Memphis with two of my favorite people in one of my favorite cities. We went through Elvis's Graceland, a favorite of mama's and we saw the ducks at the Peabody. We ate great food and had lots and lots of laughs. It is a trip I will cherish forever. Though we had a blast, you were so happy to be home to daddy! 
Last month was big for mobility, this month was big for sound! You learned how to to pat your mouth and make noises come out which made me so happy! I have been trying to get you to play with me since you were born so this was big! You love to click your tongue and think it is just the best thing ever! You have figured out how to army crawl from the living room to the kitchen and spend most of your time trying to get into Chuck's water. You know how to pull yourself up in your crib, which makes getting you to nap a little difficult. You smile all the time and you have still yet to meet a stranger. Oh yeah, you spoke... You said Mama this month! 





 Eloise, you are our world.

 I'll love you forever, 

 Mama


Eloise's Growth Chart
  • September 19th, ten months
    • 13 lbs 8oz, 26 1
      /4 inches
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