Lately this girl...
Has been reminding me of this girl...
They both are really good at making messes. And being sneaky.
Belle likes to crawl into places like this and take her diaper off.
Both babies know when to shake it.
She crawled as fast as she could from the next room when she heard this song come on the TV:
And like her Mama...she's walking at 10 Months!
Unlike her Mama, her childhood involves SNOW.
We celebrated her 10 month birthday-and the first blizzard of the year- with McFlurries at Rock n Roll.
Lately when I take her outside she starts moaning because it is so cold. And then she just goes to sleep.
We kept the party going through the next day- at the Natural History Museum.
Art of Ancient Central America and Mexico were two of my favorite classes at BYU.
When Belle was just a twinkle in my eye...
And Belle enjoyed the kids room...
And the kids' room enjoyed her
She loves to make people happy.
She's always trying to get us to laugh.
Sometimes she does genuinely funny things. Sometimes she will clap and laugh at herself until we follow suit.
She's really tall. Wears 12-18 month clothes.
Check me out Clara and Kaia.
Although they do get mistaken for twins sometimes, she's actually taller than her 1-year-old buddy Greta.
It's really funny for me to see little girls hang out. They give each other hugs and kisses and are just more gentle and dainty than little boys.
She is very social. Usually she will act coy, lean into her mom and bat her eyelashes at you and then once you've ooed and ahhed at her cuteness, she'll start performing.
Sometimes she will just just jump out of my arms to total strangers.
I have no idea where this picture was taken. Danny and Belle go on adventures at night while I'm at Book Club or Enrichment or Craft Night or Cookie Exchange or blogging.
Mom and Belle adventures include Friday Playgroup, scream-in-the-lobby-of-Leo Burnett-until-Dad-eats-lunch-with-us-Wednesdays, Visiting Teaching, park dates when its warm, museum dates when its cold, and Tuesday's music/story time class.
Belle needs a lot of stimulation. And attention.
On Tuesdays, instead of sitting in her mom's lap during class like all the other kids, Belle likes to sit in the center of the circle and scream at everyone to give her attention. If the teacher is getting more attention than her- she will sit in front of her. Or try to steal her things.
My little Belle is blossoming into an awesome little lady. There is just so much more I could say about this month, but Daddy-daughter adventure duo just walked through the door...
