Audrey is so very plump. Perhaps at the peak of her plumpness, her arms and legs wrapped in deep, soft rolls and creases. She gorges herself on milk and burns very few calories doing her hitched crawl around the room.

I observed that the second front incisor has now worked its way through the gum, showing a tiny pointed edge when she grins. That will be the third tooth in the past four weeks. She turned ten months old a few days ago. Still pretty much exclusively breastfed. I didn’t take her to her 9-month well child visit because we were going through so many cold bugs. Starting to think that for a growing, chunky baby, it’s not really so necessary. Might wait til her birthday to take her again.

Today while Freya was napping, Audrey finally expelled the poo she had been saving up all week. I noticed this because of the big yellow stain that blossomed on the back of her shirt as she was playing at my feet. I took her upstairs and during the change/cleanup, came to the conclusion that I might as well just give her a bath rather than spend a dozen wipes and washcloths trying to get it off of her shoulders, legs, belly, etc. It was epic.

I set her down naked on the bath mat and got the faucet going into her baby tub. It doesn’t take long to fill, in the mean time she played with her favorite silicone funnel. Then plopped her into the warm water, gave her a good gentle scrub all over, and a thorough rinse. She loves her bath, especially with a toy to occupy her fingers.

All done, back into the bedroom to dry off and dress in a new yellow romper with a ruffled pink butt. Then Freya up and gave her a snack. Waited for Brian to finish his seminar over in Mountlake Terrace. He’s waiting for the boat now. I just turned on the oven for the very last time, going to heat up some sweet potato tots to go with supper.

Wish we had gotten outdoors a bit more today but those rain clouds kept coming and going, and with both girls, one who kind of refused to nap for very long, it was a challenge. But we did okay, had our lunch at Central Market and got a few chores done. Now Freya is cutting out tiny pieces of paper with her scissors, and Audrey is working on her standing balance.