Lucy is 10 1/2 months! She’s not quite crawling yet, but definitely can get herself around. She moves through a series of scoots and lunges across the floor and if you are not watching closely, she’ll move 4 feet across the room as soon as your back turns! I’ve heard that some babies never crawl and since she can get around just fine without doing so, I’m thinking she may be one of those babies.

She also still hasn’t cut any teeth but I think they are coming any day now. I kept looking at the bottom gums because I was told those usually come first. When she was laughing at me yesterday, I noticed she’s got two bumps coming through on her top gums. So again, she’s going to rebel and not be like other babies. She’s definitely my daughter.

First words? I think she’s had a few. The other day while I was playing with her at day care with a ball, she definitely said ‘ball.’ Of course I ran out to the store and bought a bunch of balls for her, hoping to recreate the scene for Kevin at home. I can say for certain that she is in fact saying ball and definitely only when the ball is present. Also, when I was leaving her on Friday, I said “Bye bye, Lucy” and she definitely said “Bye bye.” She did it twice! I haven’t got her to do it again, but I’m still not convinced it was a coincidence. And of course, she’s been saying “Da da” for months, but no definite “Ma ma’s” no matter how much I try to hear what I want out of her little noises. I’m sure she knows who I am regardless.

We are looking forward to our big week long Alabama visit coming in November! We were recently up there to visit the Derryberry side of the family and so I could go to a conference. Above is a picture from that weekend with all of her cousins. Good times.