10 month photos

10 months and six teeth.

As you can see, I am really good at standing in my crib and trying to crawl out. I have six teeth and can eat lots of different foods now. I have taken a couple baby steps while cruising, but prefer to crawl since I am really fast. I have had a few colds this month, including and ear infection but so far have escaped H1N1, thank goodness. I have become very attached to Mama lately, fussing and fitting when she walks away or puts me down. I wish she would just hold me all the time, unless there is someone else around to play with me. So please come over and play with me anytime! My Mama will make you cookies and tea!

I am really excited for Halloween. I got to dress up as Eeyore yesterday for the fall festival, below. That was fun but Mama has another costume in mind for the real day. This month has been really exciting with all the changes in weather and colors. The garden is no longer, with all the veggies dried, canned or stored in the root cellar that Dada made in the basement where the old coal shoot is. The raised beds make for a really fun dirt pile to play in. Dad has been busy hunting and fishing this fall and took a new job with the Yakama Nation. He'll be working to restore Salmon runs in the Methow River, which will keep him close to home all the time. Now Mama can settle in more to the Methow Valley and put down more roots since we won't be heading over to Seattle for graduate school anytime soon.

In the beginning of October my mom took me to New Mexico! You can see some photos from our trip below. It was an exciting trip and I got lots of time with Grandma Gina and Grandpa Larry. Dada stayed home to work and clean up the garden.

I am leaving to Spokane today to visit my new cousin William Riggs Schrock who was born yesterday. You can follow his photos at www.schrocksblog.blogspot.com. I can't wait to meet him!

Bandalier National Monument - Exploring the Ancestral Pueblo Indian Cliff Dwellings

Peppers at the Santa Fe Farmers Market