Last night, Sarah did not want to go to sleep. I was holding her and trying to give her a bottle, but she just kept throwing a fit, so I put her on the floor and let her play for a bit figuring she would tire shortly, and then I would try again. She was down there for about 10 minutes or so while I was watching TV, and the next thing I knew, she was laying on the floor asleep! I knew she was tired, but I guess she just wasn't ready and wanted to do it her way.
New pictures of Sarah are up in the gallery of her 9th and 10th month.
Enjoy.
This weekend was such a beautiful weekend, that we just had to take Sarah out to Longs Park. We loaded her up in her stroller and walked around the pond/lake/body of water and looked at all the ducks, swans, and geese that have made the park their home. The park is probably one of my favorite places in Lancaster to hang out, and now that I get to share this with Sarah, I am thrilled! She was so fascinated with the ducks. She just kept pointing to them, every one that she saw, and wanted them to come over and play with her. We were going to feed them, but the park commission has not put the feed dispensers back in from winter yet, and bread is so bad for them and the water. I can't wait to take her out more and even take her to the zoo this summer. My little environmentalist and animal lover.
Sarah is so smart. She is starting to learn her colors and some of her body parts. For the longest time, we have been playing "head, shoulders, knees and toes" with her, and she has now picked up on some of the parts and can point them out when you ask her to. She knows her head, her nose, and her mouth. She can also point out a few colors, like yellow and purple. Not sure why these colors, but if I had her the string of beeds and ask her where either of those colors are, she will get it right almost every time! Again, I have no idea when she should be able to do this, but I think she is so smart.
Monday night, we put Sarah in her crib to play a bit while Karen and I were cleaning up her room a bit. She managed to pull herself up to a standing position using her crib rails. She's been doing this a bit already, but we finally realized that we need to drop her mattress a bit so she doesn't flip out over the top. I lowered the crib and all is well now.
Last night, however, she decided to see what it would be like to do a face plant off the couch at Todd and Megan's house. One of her toys fell to the ground, and before we knew it, she was going after it and fell off the couch. She was shaken up, but not hurt. I guess we need to keep these things in mind now that is really moving around quickly and freely.