Caroline is 10 Months Double Digits!!!

I know I think this every month, but really I can't believe that she is 10 months old! We have had a rough month. She had an ear infection, broke out in hives (I think from the anti-biotics that she was on), and then got hand, foot, and mouth disease. She is better now, but she still has a cough that I may have to get checked out soon.

It has also been a very busy month for her. She learned to crawl, and learned how to get up from the laying down position. We bribed her with little puffs and she tucked one leg under and awkwardly crawled to get them. It was very ungraceful but cute.

She was sick the week of Halloween. I am not a big medicine giver, but C and E were both not feeling good so I gave them Benadryl and put them to bed. Kase and I watched a scary movie and then I laid down for the night. All of the sudden I heard scratching noises from the monitor. I grabbed the video monitor and turned it on and BAM there were these creepy eyes right up next to the camera staring at me. Caroline had learned how to sit herself up, crawl over to the monitor, and was trying to get it down. It was very creepy and startling. That began the night that will now be dubbed as "Benadryl-does-not-make-Caroline-sleep-EVER" night. It was bad. Really bad. It was like we had fed her chocolate cake or something. We will not be doing Benadryl for a long long long LONG time. (Meanwhile, Benadryled Eliza slept so hard that she drooled all over her bed and pillow.)

Caroline at 10 months:
- loves to crawl every where.
- has started nibbling on some small table foods.
- is still pretty patient, but still pulls her "Princess Pea" act (crying very loudly) when she occasionally finds something that she doesn't quite add up.
- has a favorite toy at school: a very ugly and large stuffed walrus. Her teachers always make sure that it is around for her to slobber on.
- loves to play with her sister and crawl around after her.
- still DOES NOT sleep through the night. She wakes up at least once. I'm working on this but I can't really figure out what to do yet.
- She still takes 3 bottles and eats size 2 baby foods.
- She is moving up to the "Crawlers" class at daycare next week. We are sad to see her leave some of our favorite teachers behind. I'm sure she will bond with some new teachers though. Plus the "Crawlers" class has some awesome new toys to play with.
- She gets very excited to see you and gives slobbery open mouthed kisses.
- No waving yet, but we are very close.
- Eliza is still a very sweet big sister. She brings her lots of toys to play with. She has started calling Caroline "Chunky Monkey" or "Chunky" for short. It is pretty funny.

Favorite Sister story:
Eliza told me that when she gets to be really really big she wants to paint her room blue (her room is green and Caroline's room is blue). I told her that when she gets bigger I think her and Caroline will share a room and so she will move into Caroline's room with her. Eliza got really excited and said that she could just move in there now. I told her that Caroline still doesn't sleep very well and we're going to wait until she gets a little bigger before we do that. Eliza said "That's ok! If Caroline wakes up I will just say "It's Ok Sister, I am here. Don't be scared" and she will go back to sleep!" Then she asked me if she and Caroline could sleep in the same bed together sometimes. I am sure they will. I hope they like this room sharing idea in a year or two when they move in together. ha ha.

Caroline learned to wave. She waves at the camera.

Just ignore the drool on her shirt.