The Hinckley Family: 10 months old?!?!

I'm so tired of having the same thought...where does the time go? You know, once when I was in middle school someone told me a child's day is worth three adult days. What she meant was time goes by three times as fast for grown ups as it does for kids because of all the new stuff, opportunities and experiences a kid has in one day. I totally believe that, in fact I would guess it's more like five days for a grown up to one day for a kid.

So, back to the point of this post...Addison is 10 months old! Actually her true 10 month "birthday" came and went and I didn't even realize it until I checked my email and saw my Babycenter.com newsletter for a 10 month old, week 1. I had to stop and read the subject line a couple of times, then check my watch and the calendar to make sure it was right. I felt terribly for not realizing what day it was, but I guess when she's going on three weeks of a fever all but two days the date isn't exactly the forefront of my thoughts.

This month has been huge for our baby girl! She now has a total of five teeth and three that are trying their best to push through and will actually make it any second now (although she is still waiting on one of the top center teeth-funny!). She has realized she can go from laying to sitting all by herself and does it all the time, she is standing all the time and really pulling up on things, she even stands without holding on to things from time to time. She is becoming quite a silly girl and always wanting to play games with us and do anything to make us laugh. She LOVES playing with her sisters' babies and Little People! Anytime music or singing begins she starts dancing, and I'm not entirely convinced she isn't trying to sing along (I'm pretty sure she hums Twinkle Twinkle Little Star- but you know how mommies always hear and see things that aren't really there), she waves to anyone who will look her direction and smiles all the time! The people at school always ask me if she ever doesn't smile, because they have never seen her not smiling (even at nap time, while cutting six teeth, with a cold, fever and ear infection she still finds a way to smile and wave). All her sisters have to do is look in her direction and she will start cackling, which of course draws their attention even more! She loves other kids and really likes to play with them!

Here are a few pictures of her over the past week or two.

Here is her standard monthly shot with "Mister" She is REALLY sick in this pic (102 fever and her eyes are all puffy) but the sight of the camera makes her smile anyway!