10 Months and Counting

Miriam wasn't feeling very well on her ten month day (that, or she didn't like the dress I made for her) so she was pretty mellow (a rare state) when I took this picture. Just when her fever dropped, two more teeth decided to emerge, but we are over the worst for now (fingers crossed).

We spent the last truly cold days of winter exploring local museums and entertaining ourselves indoors. This is easily accomplished when even the variations in our floorboards hold endless wonder to Miriam as she scoots around the apartment. She had her first taste of the Children's Museum with some playgroup friends and then we went to the Harvard Museum of Natural History as a family. We can get in for free with Zach's work ID, and we're looking forward to taking her again when she will actually appreciate the dinosaur bones and enormous stuffed animals instead of taking a snooze.

Winter seemed to suddenly turn to summer last week with weather in the 80s. Our courtyard is bursting with buds and bulbs, and the evenings are staying lighter and lighter. The spring weather has made me reminisce about last year when Miriam was still on her way, and now she wears some clothes that say 'toddler' in the sizing. Ok, ok, maybe she is just a big baby, but toddler days aren't too far off.

For now, though, we get to enjoy what she is like at ten months:

Loving her blueberry oatmeal. However, she does NOT love the  subsequent cleanup.

Bath time is much more fun now that she actually has some hair.

Zach brought this huge box home on the bus. First playhouse? Check.

Hanging out with Grandpa Ward in the dress he brought her from Ethiopia.
Uncle Caleb visited too!

Her first real picnic...

and her first taste of baguette.
We're looking forward to more warm weather to come!