10 Months!

December 13th our little miss turned 10 months.  We can't believe what an amazing little girl we have, she is absolutely darling.

Yes, she is hand feeding herself yogurt...

Right about now she is:

• Doing that funny crawl where uses one knee and one foot
• Cruises using furniture and stands all on her own for short periods playing
• Signing for more and up and giving a huge cheezy grin when her answer is yes
• We're convinced that she's said "hi dad," "all done," and "yes"
• Waves "hi" and gives high fives
• Sleeps through the night
• Wakes up obnoxiously early at 6:30 or 7:00 no matter what time she goes to bed
• Loves eating and loves playing with food
• She has six teeth (four top, two bottom).  They make her look like a completely different child
• If we eat it then she gives it a second shot and will usually devour it from there
• She knows just how adorable she is and uses it to her full advantage
• Has learned now matter how cute she is, she cannot hit mommy in the face (I was impressed how easy this was to teach her)
• Lays all over us when we read her bedtime stories
• ...Obviously there is a ton more that I want to gush about, but there's just not enough time in the day.

On to the ten month pictures!  Merry Christmas!

Also, we love taking a trip to San Francisco during the Christmas season so we took a break from our insane schedules and made the trip today.  Tim's painting class met up at the De Young museum in Golden Gate Park in the morning where we showed off Adelaide to his classmates.  Tim was able to take time to sketch while Adelaide and I walked around.  Everyone in the museum was so surprised how well behaved this little ten month old was.

After that, we headed to China Town and wondered through the shops.  We really wanted to find some little restaurant to find tasty food at.  We stopped in on shop and bought some delicious steamed pork buns.  If you haven't had them before, they're different because the dough has been cooked by steam rather than backed in the oven, but they are so tasty.  This shop sold huge buns overflowing with pork.  We had our confidence up and stopped in another little restaurant to finish our meal and the food was awful.  It was cold and bland.  Such a waste of money, but an experience!

Adelaide loves it!

We then went to Union Square and were dazzled by all the decorations.  Despite it being crowded, everyone we talked to were so incredibly nice.  We went to Boudin's in the bottom of Macy's to top ourselves off after our less than filling lunch.  We split a delicious clam chowder in a bread bowl and Adelaide got her first taste of sourdough bread.  Adelaide also practice balancing a spoon on her nose!  People all over the restaurant would watch and laugh then point her out to their friends.  I tell you, that girl spreads smiles for miles!

They are so proud of themselves!

Now she's doing it all on her own, such talent.