Payden 10 Months

This little one is growing so fast! She's just over 10 months now. Everyday she learns and does something new and it's so incredible to watch her experience everything. Here's what she's doing now:

*She is so animated and cracks us up with all her silly face expressions and drama.
*She loves little kids. Especially her buddies Grayden and Luke. Whenever she sees little kids she gets so excited and starts squealing and jabbering to get their attention.
*She had her first taste of brownie mix. We gave her the mixer and she knew exactly what to do with it. It was not a pretty picture when we had to finally take it away from her. She retaliated by wiping brownie mix all over her clothes.
*She is into EVERYTHING. She can walk pretty well along the walls, furniture, kitchen table, etc. She's quick and she goes for all the worst places. She loves to get into my purse and pull out everything.

*Her balance is getting better and better everyday. She stands on her own for several seconds and even takes a few steps. She loves it when we let her hold onto our hands to walk around.
*Her hair is finally getting long enough to put hair clips in it with out a headband. I am loving it.

*She is very vocal these days. She's always got something to jabber about. The words that are coming in more clear are: Hi, Dadda, Bye, Babba, Ow, and her favorite lately is NO! Whenever her daddy and I tell her No, she looks at us and yells it right back. It's cute now but I'm sure it won't be in a few months when she's really a trouble maker.

*She likes to give things back now. She will hand us her binky, my phone, her food, and trash she finds on the floor.
*She loves to look at books and have them read to her.
*She also learned how to come down the stairs by herself. This was so amazing to watch her learn. One day she crawled over to our stair case. She went up one step and then turned around to come back down. The first time she tried to just step off it and did a belly flop on the floor. With out even flinching she got up and climbed the first stair again. This time she tried going backwards and put just one foot down (testing the water) and then the other. When she got down safely, she was so pleased with herself she looked right at me with a huge grin and then climbed the stair again. She practiced over and over going up one stair and then coming down the stair backwards one foot at a time. By the next day she had it mastered and showed my mom she could go down all the stairs by herself. We still watch her closely because sometimes she gets so excited she just lets go. But we are proud of her determination!