I am so excited that Amber of Starfish Jewelry wanted to do a giveaway with Lay Baby Lay!  She sent me one of her gorgeous necklaces (the Lauren) customized for my family.  Isn't it the sweetest?  I absolutely adore it, and can't wait for one of you to get one, too!  To enter, please visit the Starfish Jewelry website and leave a comment here with which design you would like to have.  It can be any necklace or bracelet - no restrictions!  You will also receive extra entries for following Amber's blog, "liking" her on Facebook, or following her on twitter.  And the last final, wonderful detail is that everyone gets 30% off any Starfish jewelry orders through October 6th by entering the code JONI upon checkout.  So, go do some shopping - one of these beauties would make great gifts for a new mama or grandmother!  I'll announce the winner next Monday.

Before I post Vivi's 10 month pictures, I had to share this photo.  I thought it hilariously captured a moment.  The advantage of being able to crawl over and get into nearly everything she wants comes with the pain of frequent bumps and falls.  She is getting much better at a graceful fall onto her padded little bottom, but she will still get a good bump or finger pinch now and then no matter how great my efforts to stay a step ahead of her.  Right before Chip came to take her pictures, she had a little fall, poor thing, in the middle of one of her favorite activities - pulling all the books off of her shelves.  It seems some days she has more falls than others, and those afternoons can be quite long!

And there is bear, once again.  He has become so synonymous with nap time and bedtime for her that when I hand him over, she cuddles him to her ear and there is a thumb in her mouth right away!  It's the cutest thing.