The DeLorme Family: 10 Months

Our sweet baby girl is 10 months old!!! Why is she growing so stinking fast? I just can't get over how quickly this year is going by. I love watching her grow and do new things, yet I miss my baby. Every day she gets closer to a toddler.
Gracie is growing like crazy and doing new things each and every day. She loves to explore her world and continues to get into everything. She is getting super close to walking. She took 3 steps last Sunday. She walked from the couch to the coffee table. She is constantly practicing standing by herself. She loves to push her little doll stroller around the house to practice. I'm not ready for her to be even more mobile, but I know it's coming very, very soon.
Gracie is getting her top two teeth. These teeth have been very rough on her. I also think she has a little bit of a cold, so she has been going through a lot. Her poor gums were bleeding the other day due to her teeth. It broke my heart. She is a trooper and I'm giving her lots and lots of extra love and cuddles. Her sleep has been awful due to this, and Joey and I are operating on very little sleep. I'm praying that once these teeth pop all the way through she will sleep all night like she was before the teeth.
Gracie is still the sweetest and most smiley little girl. She loves to be sung to and read to. She likes to do whatever her brother and sister are doing. Ashlyn is constantly playing with her and she already idolizes her big sis. It's so neat to watch.
Gracie continues to be a good eater. Although between her cold and teething, her appetite has slowed down. She is still a meat lover and will eat almost anything new we give her. She loves pancakes and egg yolks. Its fun to see how she reacts to new foods.
She still says "mama" a lot. The other day she really seemed to call Dawson "Bubba". I also think she says "Hi", but I can't quite tell for sure. I'm excited to hear all of her new words in the coming year.
I swear Gracie reminds me more of more of Ashlyn as she gets older. When Ashlyn was this age she was such a daredevil and climbed on everything. Gracie is the exact same way. The other day I caught her standing in her infant seat to try to get to what was on a table. Today we had some little chairs out, and she climbed on (I was right behind her in case she fell) and she stood up and put her hands up and was so proud of herself. She even tried climbing on the piano today. I think she's going to be fearless just like Ashlyn is. I'm totally expecting her to be climbing out of her crib at 18 months like Ashlyn did.

Here are some of Gracie's likes and dislikes:

Likes: taking baths, swimming (we got almost every Sunday and she just loves being in the pool with me), reading books, being sung to, playing with her brother and sister, swinging in the swing out back, pushing her doll stroller, putting everything in her mouth, getting into things she's not supposed to have, and being held by mom

Dislikes: getting dressed or changed, having things taken away that she wants (I've even started to see little tantrums), going to bed, not being held by mom when she wants to be held, and her car seat