Dear Aydri - 10 Months Old

You're pretty good at keeping up with your sister. You crawl very fast and quiet. You sneak away from us or get under our feet without us even realizing you moved. You also stand up by yourself and walk if someone is holding your hands.

You've learned how to explore by yourself. You spend most of your time emptying drawers and cupboards. I have to follow behind you and clean up. Staircases don't scare you at all. You prefer to go down head first even after hours of teaching you how to up and down. You think its funny to stand up and fall down them. All we can do for you now is keep you away from them. You say words like, "yes," and "it is," but the only ones you say and understand are, "Bah bye, Dada" and "Mama." You wave "night, night." You know when its time for bed. We snuggle your blanket around you and you don't even move, you just go right to sleep.

You make the funniest "talking" sounds. You pick up the phone and the remote and hold them to your ear and yell into them. Your very animated like your daddy. You prefer certain people at certain times. You yell for daddy when you wake up in the morning, but when you're hungry and when you were sick you only wanted mom. You get excited whenever you see your grandma's. You still smile at everything. Even when your sick and lethargic we can get a smile out of you.