10 months old, another milestone

My baby is finally 10 months old (well officially she was 10 months old 13 days ago.. hehe). In another 2 months she ain't going to be a baby anymore and I am sure I am going to miss calling her a baby.

Now that she's 10 months, she has achieved quite a lot.. hmmm... let's see.

She can now:
- clap her hands
- wave bye bye or hello (same type of waving)
- put her hands together and do the 'gong xi gong xi' gesture (I thought her that cause CNY is just around the corner) haha
- cruise around steadily although she can't walk or stand up unassisted yet
- climb up 2 steps on the stairs (not sure why she's stopping at 2, maybe fear, maybe she's not ready, we don't know)
- constantly making the 'oorrr, chiak, mum mum or ehhh... ' sounds. Oorrr is her all time favourite
- pointing at some of the things we mention such as birds (she even tried to make the bird sound and sometimes her pronounciation is very clear), fan, dogs, TV, toys, books etc
- she understands some basic words such as 'mum mum (food), nen nen (milk), let's go, gai gai (go out)' etc. When we say let's go, she will crawl very fast towards us knowing that we're going out :-)
- kick her legs when we ask her to (thanks to the Your Baby Can Read CD)
- raise her 'arms up' when we ask her to (thanks to the Your Baby Can Read CD)
- pay attention when watching her favourite shows or CDs (she can mimick the sounds of an elephant from the Baby Einstein CD)

She is now getting naughtier by the day. Putting her to nap is becoming a challenge. We have to force her to nap although she is already showing the 'I am tired' signs. She will never nap or sleep on her own. When we go out, she will never nap unless when we're in the car (where she has nothing to do or nothing to see). She always enjoy crawling here and there and poking her fingers into everything and anything. She also likes to pick things up from the floor and putting them into her mouth :-(.

When I brought her to my sister's, she refused to nap as I predicted. I guess she enjoyed all the new surroundings, toys and her little companion (Caitlin who is 3 weeks younger than her). Sometimes it makes me wonder if she's actually choosing where she would like to nap/sleep. What if we take her for a holiday? Will she end up not sleeping or napping because the place is not familiar to her? Should I introduce her to 'sarong' to make it easier?