our wrist sucker and smoothie kiddos

Some babies like to suck their thumbs, or maybe even their fingers ... others like to suck their wrist (ok, so maybe our girlie is the only one who does this). A few weeks ago Callie took to sucking her wrist. We thought maybe it was just something she was doing while teething, however she has since sucked on it often throughout the day, every day, primarily when going down for naps and bedtime, or when she is tired. I get asked all of the time " what happened to her arm" ... umm, she sucks it. That always gets an interesting response. For those of you who don't live locally and want to see exactly what her arm looks like, here you go ...

She's a silly girlie, that's for sure.

In case any of you are interested in her recent stats here they are:
At almost 10 months:
18 lbs. 4 oz.
28 1/2" tall

Some of her accomplishments over the past month or so...
~Cruising - taking steps while holding onto pretty much anything ... she also loves to walk while pushing a little cart around
~Standing with no hands
~Doing sign language for all done and please
~Waving hi and bye-bye

I think that some of the things she does is because of the other kids ... they think it's great getting her to do things that they tell her to (waving, walking while they hold her hands, asking "how big is Callie" to get her to raise her arms, etc.). Our girlie is finally starting to grow a little bit of hair ... of course it's so light you can hardly tell, but when she is in the bath tub it is obvious that she is starting to outgrow her bald phase (of course she is not even close to having a sprout or a barette ... both things that the other girls had by her age)! Still no teeth ... but this Mommy is not complaining about that!

She is a good little eater with her favorites being avocado, bananas, sweet potatoes, peas and green beans. About a month ago she decided to go on strike against being spoon fed (she preferred to play swat the spoon and get food everywhere), so she pretty much picks up all of her food on her own these days. Now we're working on teaching her not to throw her leftovers on the floor.

And of course a couple more pics of her (that actually include her face instead of only her wrist!) ...


The other kiddos are all doing great ... loving school and all huge helpers to me. Our days seem to pass quickly, but we're having lots of fun together!
They love to spell their names and make words with Trader Joe's Oatmeal Letters ...



And they also love to drink green smoothies ... funny thing is that they prefer them to be bright green, but when I add blueberries or strawberries (both of which I have lots of frozen) it doesn't make it as green since the berries outshine the spinach. But I typically mix it up throughout the week and use different fruit combos so that at least a few days they can have their bright green smoothies! Today they asked me to take pics of them drinking their smoothies and put them on the blog, so here they are ...