Maylee is 10 months old!

Things Maylee knows...

• Up and Down - when I say "up," she pulls herself up and when I say "down," she sits down (She has been doing this one since May)
• Dance - she will bend her knees to bob up and down (She's been dong this one since June)
• The meaning of "No" - sometimes cries when I say no to something she wants...makes me laugh even though I hurt her feelings and ruined her plan
• Blow - she will either do the raspberry or blow on your body to make a noise
• Kiss - she will give you an open mouth, slobbery kiss
• High Five - uses one hand to pat your hand that is held in front of her
• Belly - uses both hands to tap her belly
• "Uh" - when you say "uh-oh" she repeats it back but only says the "uh." She also will say "uh" after she drops something and has said it after making rumble noises in her diaper...(laughed out loud that day)
• Pat Pat - She will pat her dog or you with an open hand
• Milk - when I say "milk" she is looking for the milk stand to open and is ready to eat
• More - can do sign language for "more"
• "Indian" Noise - Great Grandma Doris taught her to pat her hand over her mouth when she is saying "ahhh" to make a fun sounds
• She knows Mama & Da-da and can say the sounds but doesn't call us by our names yet
• She says the first two phonemes in the word dog (/d/-/o/) when she sees Cinder or other dogs
• She is also really good with her grasping and before she was nine months old she could pick up small little fuzzies on blankets to put in her mouth.
• She can crawl forward, sit independently and turn 360 degrees using her feet, pull herself up, and walk along furniture or by holding someone else's hands.
• She can mimic well
• She makes too many noises to count...some that I can't even make with my mouth.  She has a great 4-wheeler/motorcycle noise and a Trail 90 noise. She is ready for hunting camp!

She still sucks her thumb to fall asleep, but once she is asleep she stops and she doesn't suck it other times. She usually sucks her right thumb and now her left hand will simulationsly rub her left ear and hair.

Note: I have updated this list four times and keep thinking of more things that she can do.  I'm still probably forgetting things.