10 Months!

Last week, Harper turned 10 months old: double digits, yay!  It is hard to believe that she is getting close to a year, but at the same time, she seems more grown up every day.  Here's what our busy girl has been up to lately:

A visit to the doctor got...interesting.  A couple of weeks ago, I took Harper to the pediatrician for her 9 month check up, which was in actuality a 9 1/2 month check up.  She weighed in at 19 lbs. 14 oz. and measured 28 1/2 in. tall.  She is now in the 75th percentile for both height and weight, and her doctor was very happy with her progress.  So we were sent to the lab to have some blood drawn, and a little virus showed up in the results.  This wasn't a surprise to Dallin and me because Harper had suffered a small stomach bug the previous weekend.  But to be on the safe side, Harper's doctor wanted her to have her blood work redone when she was well. 

So we went back to the lab the following week.  The lab technician pricked Harper's finger, and Harper was a little trooper and didn't even cry.  However, unlike the first time, this lab technician put a bandaid on Harper's finger.  I could see the writing on the wall so my plan was to remove the bandaid once we got out to the waiting room.  Too late!  By the time we had walked all five feet, Harper started coughing, I looked at her finger, and the bandaid was gone.  Fortunately, this disappearing act didn't worry the doctor, who assured us that the bandaid would pass.  Moral of the story: tiny bandaids simply don't belong on a baby's finger.

The world is Harper's oyster.  Now that she is independently mobile, there is nowhere she doesn't go.  The other day, we found her looking at Pat the Bunny underneath her walker.  She also likes to get into mischief.  I have recently been on an organizing kick, and Harper has been more than happy to lend a hand going through the paper.  She is such a curious little girl, which often results in a mess for mommy to clean up, but thank goodness for that cute little face!

Harper also has even more teeth coming in.  In addition to the two on the bottom, she has three more coming through on the top. Her smile has been totally transformed.  She has really been pretty tough, as far as the teething process goes--though her sleep has been a little bit disrupted lately.  I honestly have been so surprised at how long it takes for a single tooth to come in though!  I thought a tooth would be in after just a few days, but it takes foreverrrr.  

Dallin and I have been having so much fun with Harper.  Her little laugh will make us do the most ridiculous things, over and over and over again, if it means that we get to hear her little giggle just one more time.  Basically, she has us wrapped around her little bandaidless finger.  And we love it.