The Littlest Rausch: 10 months old

Height: 29 inches (.5 in growth)

Weight: 17 lbs 9 oz (2 oz gain)

Diaper size: Still cloth diapers and a size 3 in disposables!

Clothing size: she was still in 6-9, 6-12, and 9 month clothes. SO BORING.

Nicknames: Miss E, Miss Priss, Baby girl, mama

Sleep: she wakes up with me at 7 am, naps on the way to and from fit4mom (20-30 minute naps), and takes a long nap around 2 pm. Then she goes to bed at 8 pm typically. She did get better about sleeping through the night, which I was so worried she wouldn't last month!

Medical issues: STILL no teeth!! She chews on her hands and her teethers all the time, but nothing! Other than that, she really hasn't had any medical issues this month!

Diet: Evelyn is still mainly breastfed, and still loves her solids. She loves nursing and eating! Such a healthy girl.

Milestones: Evelyn is still mostly crawling, but she has started to try and inch around on furniture. I put her up to a walker and she took a couple steps and when WHOOPS, she fell backwards. There's a really funny video of this. She learned to clap along to music or patty cake, but she still likes clapping my hands for patty cake the best. Also, she learned to turn the pages in her books by herself, so now she reads to herself all the time!

Likes: Peek-a-boo, giving and getting kisses, moving ALL the time, chewing on things, naps, cuddles, spoons, swinging, hiding under blankets, being tickled, BUBBLES, being SCARED, playing with friends

Dislikes: being woken up before she's ready, being hungry, mommy not feeding her fast enough, mommy not getting ready for bed fast enough, the doctor, shots, mommy leaving the room, people eating in front of her, short naps, mommy tutoring

Firsts: Evelyn went to her first golf tournament! It was not fun for any of us. Evelyn wanted to crawl down the hill and steal people's beer and it was humid and muggy and just miserable. About halfway through, I got up with her, stuck her in the Tula and nursed her to sleep. We were standing on 18 and it was MUCH cooler and calmer there. We learned our lesson and did not take her to the colonial when it was time!

We went to the water gardens for the first time with some friends! This all happened because we were supposed to get on the TRE at 10:45 but we all got lost and the train left us. So we went to the water gardens. Then got on the next train and went to the Dallas fair park children's aquarium. It is so lame; don't go.

We took E swimming for the first time! The water was so cold so we didn't stay very long. Poor baby was turning a little blue! But she really loved the water! Mom and dad finally got out of school so we got to play with them a lot! Also, E started swimming lessons. She hates floating on her back. We went to the splash pad for the first time and that was quite fun!

Last but not least, Evelyn celebrated her first Father's Day with daddy and Joe Mo. We went out to brunch at Rio Mambo, then Joe Mo and MamaD went off on vacation while Mike, Evelyn and I went to mom and dad's house to watch golf. While there, Evelyn banged her head on the ottoman and got her first goose egg!

Baby gear we love: Evelyn loves her Tula. She also now likes the stroller, after being in it lots for stroller strides. She is fascinated with bowls and spoons. Of course, we could not live without her pool floatie!!

Things To Remember: I always want to remember the way she turns and finds me in the morning, as if making sure I'm still there. The way her whole face lights up when she sees me. The way she calms down when she sees me in the mirror when she's upset in the car. I love being her whole world. I am so blessed to be her mommy. (This is from last month, but it's so true and makes my heart so happy.)

Monthly photo dump!

Visiting the Perot with our friends! Here she is dressed up as a camp ranger doing a cookout!