My baby blue is a new star,
In the sky,
The world the world the world the world,
Just for you for nobody else.

Your four top teeth are popping down just as the green grass is popping up. I wonder what you will look like with four brand new top teeth.

Today you slammed down a half dozen cups of water! Of course there was less than an ounce in each, but you have become a real pro at drinking from a cup. Your mum, aunt, and I were thoroughly entertained. I laughed so hard, was tearing up. Each time you took a swig and we all clapped, you smiled and were just as proud as could be. Then you reached out for another cup.

Also, you now understand that when someone says bye-bye, there’s more to it than just the bye-bye game of waving hands. If you are having fun and see that you buddies are leaving, you will protest with a wrinkly face and a faint cry.

You love the fishies in the aquarium at your poppy’s house.

You are so smart and developing just fine.

Addison, you are no longer a baby. You’re a toddler! At ten months old you . . .

• wave bye-bye
• drink from a straw
• clap your hands
• play peek-a-boo
• pet Big Kitty gently now
• insist on feeding yourself
• open and close doors by yourself (you crawl everywhere!)
• love to look at books