10 months goes by in a flash

Cliche's are cliche because they are true. time flies. we can't believe that Irene is 10 months old! She continues to get better at crawling. She zooms around the room in search of the next toy, book, swiffer, or just to follow us! She also loves to walk. She prefers to hold onto someone's hands (as you stand/walk behind her) but she will also walk holding onto furniture and even has a walking toy that she uses (she pushes it in front of her)...it has been a big month:

-Shannon and Irene visited Minnesota. Shan wanted to attend a baby shower for her childhood friend ANGIE who should be having her first baby any day now! also, in a bit of sad-yet-hope-filled-news, it was a great last time for baby Irene to see her great-grandmother-Irene! She passed away this past week...she lived a long good life and was ready to go HOME. Our sister-in-law blogged about it here. You should read it...she captured everything well.

-We took our first Florida vacation with the Iwasz-family! Irene LOVED the swimming pool and was a little fish; however, the same cannot be said about the BEACH...she hated the sand with a passion and only slightly put up with the ocean. She would tolerate it only if I were clutching her as tightly as I could while saying soothing things to her the whole time. but she loved hanging out with the family, her baby cousin, 3 dogs (two of them black!), and watching all the birdies/seagulls!

-she finally cut her first tooth! we were on the beach and she was playing with an empty glass bottle. She was sucking on the end of the neck and Shannon heard a "clink clink" sound! it was a super fun discovery, although not as fun that night when she woke up at 2am and would not get back to sleep until 4am...apparently cutting teeth hurts.

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