10 months old!

Lynsey turned ten months this week - so crazy that she's that old already. She has started posing for the camera a lot of the time (see below - a lot of fake smiles!). She can be so silly! We had a fun long weekend. Brian went camping with his dad and other male family so it was just Lynsey and me for the weekend. On Friday we went to Three Hills for a girls night with my sisters and nieces and on Saturday we went to Banff to hang out with Brian's mom, aunts and cousins. I was a bit worried that it would be a stressful weekend, being away so much, but it ended up being a lot of fun! Lynsey did pretty well, with the exception of Saturday bedtime when she freaked and wouldn't drink her bottle. The good news is, she finally cut those two top teeth that have been hanging around for weeks now! What a relief! Since those teeth came out, she has been eating, drinking and sleeping a lot better. Her nights have been really good all week. She doesn't do so well at naptimes, though - she keeps waking up and crying before she's ready to get up, so she cries for a bit and goes back to sleep. Not really sure why she's doing that, but I'm hoping that it will just be a phase.

I went into BDR on Friday and told them that I'm not coming back to work. I had been thinking over the last week that I might be interested in working one day a week, basically just to get out and do something different. I wasn't completely sold on this idea, but I thought I'd pitch it to them and see if it was even an option and then take it from there. As it turns out, that isn't what they would want so that makes the decision for me. It seems kind of final that I'm definitely not going back now, but I still think it's the right decision for me. I know I'm ready to get involved in more things this fall so that should help me not feel isolated. I'm looking forward to this week because I can still participate in Corporate Challenge for BDR. It should be fun to participate in some competitive sports again, even if I'm not at the top of my game anymore:). Once a competitor always a competitor!

Lynsey's walking hasn't progressed much over the last few weeks, just as I sort of suspected. She still takes steps sometimes, but she isn't very balanced and as soon as she realizes we've let her go she instantly goes down to her crawling position. Oh, well - we'll keep encouraging her and let her get there on her own time!