Laynie Bug is 10 months old!

My Laynie Bug is 10 months old!! Holy Guacamole, it's time to start planning a birthday party! I swear she is growing so crazy fast right before our eyes!

Laynie is weighing 17 lbs, 7 ounces. We went to the doctor the day before she turned 10 months old. She had her 4th ear infection within about 2 months so we're going to visit the ENT next week. We will see the same doctor Rex saw for his tubes and aftercare. About 3 weeks ago, we did antibiotic shots because she had her 3rd ear infection in about a month and a half. I actually had not even taken her for her ears that time in particular. I thought she had pink eye and they checked her ears anyway, which is when we discovered the 3rd infection. A few days later after her finishing her 3rd shot, she started with a runny nose and coughing so I knew it was only a matter of time before she got another ear infection. She continued with runny nose and cough for about another week and a half. This last saturday, she was very fussy and had thick, green mucous so I decided to take her in since it was a long weekend. Dr. Gray confirmed that her right ear was bright red and that it was time to see an ENT. I'm not upset one bit at this point...I knew that was where we were headed so I'm just ready to get it done and taken care of! Once Rex had his tubes in, he did not get sick for the next year and a half. God willing, the tubes will have the same effect on Laynie.

Her routine is still the same for the most part: She wakes up and has a bottle or cereal. She has lunch around 12, a bottle around 3, dinner at 6 then night time bottle at 8:30. We're trying to give her the stage 3 foods now but she hasn't taken too well to them so she eats mostly stage 2 foods. I'm going to keep trying with the stage 2's. I also plan to give her more tables foods this next month.

She is wearing mostly 6 month clothes (some 9 month) although she's starting to stretch out of the 6 month footy pajamas. The waist on 6 month clothes is a little big but the length is getting too small. Sometimes I put 3-6 month leggings on her since they still fit at the waist then pull the pant leg up so they're more like capris. She is still wearing size 3 diapers. Her hair is still growing like crazy! She still has her little "rat tail" in the back and a whole bunch on top that I have to pull back everyday so that it's not in her face.

She is quite the chatter box! Some of her favorite words are: Momma and uh-oh. She has said "Hi" while waving a hand full of times as well as saying bye bye. She also says "Da-da" and "Bubba" (at least it sounds like it).

Laynie is very loving. She's quite the cuddler. Yesterday I was hugging on Rex and she crawled over to us and gave her brother hugs too by putting her head on his back. It was the sweetest thing! I love watching her and Rex interact together. They play pretty well for the most party, at this point. Rex can sometimes get possessive of his toys and not want her to have things. She sure does not like it when something is taken away from her! Even the tiniest thing! But if you give her something in place of what you take, she is usually ok. Her and Rex play together often in his bedroom. There's tons of stuff for her to get into in there!

She is still very attached to me and is definitely still a Momma's girl although, her bond with her Daddy has definitely strengthened over the last month. She gets very excited when she sees her Daddy but if Momma tries to hand her off after I've been holding her, she gets pretty upset! She is also very attached to my mom. My mom and Eli had gone out of town for a bit and hadn't seen the kids for a whole week (which is an eternity to my mom and Eli!) so we took the kids over as soon as they got home. Laynie was so so excited to see my mom! I tried to take her back and she cried so much! Broke my heart but also warms it at the same time to know she has such a tight bond with my mom!

She is crawling around pretty fast these days! She pulls up on everything possible and walks around things like the couch and coffee table. I don't think it will be too long before she takes those first steps but time will tell! I'm not in any rush! She had her first swim this month at Cody & Ashley's neighborhood pool. She LOVED it and was splashing like crazy!! I had a hard time trying to keep her head dry (because of the ear infection) because she was splashing so crazy! I'm sure it will be an exciting summer!

Time to start birthday party planning!! YAY!!