11 Months!

Oh my goodness I love this girl more than words! Every month that goes by I just love you more than I thought was ever possible! You are SOOOO sweet!!! We can tell that you love your mama and dada so much. We have had such a fun month together. You have such a fun and happy personality. It seems like crying is a thing of the past. You are so curious and we love watching you explore your world around you! I am just going to cry my eyes out when my little baby turns 1 next month!!!! This month's pictures were the hardest yet! You really showed an interest in Mr Beeps for the first time and gave him LOTS of hugs before throwing him overboard. It's impossible to keep big bows on you and the monthly sign is immediately shredded!

weight: 20.5 lbs

diaper size: 3 (size 4 overnight at night)

clothes size: 9-12 (9 months getting snug though!)

shoe size: 2

teeth count: 4 (2 top and 2 bottom)

Showing some sass in the picture above! We are definitely starting to see the 'tude show up from time and time again. Usually when you are tired and bored of being in the shopping cart. Or when we won't give you what you want (iphone, flip cam, keys). You have started arching your back really dramatically! You are FULL of the funniest expressions! My favorite one still being "the face" which is pictured below.

You have been an amazing sleeper the past month. We are so thankful for this! You sleep consistently from 7-7. You seem to have figured out napping this month. We thought you were trying to drop your morning nap, so we let you. But you were so exhausted by lunch you were falling asleep in your highchair. Suddenly you wanted a morning nap again. Thank you Lord! For about 2 weeks you would just sit there and cry and not sleep! You have now figured out how to lay down and put yourself to sleep! You sleep now from 9-10ish and then again from 1:30-3:30ish. You seem to sleep better at night too when you have a good napping day. Maybe the good sleep has something to do with the fact that you are busy!!!

You get really silly right before bed. Sometimes you fall asleep while drinking your bottle. But when you don't you are delirously funny afterwards! You lay in my arms and look up at me and just LAUGH! You will try to put your paci in my face and cackle if I take it. You also like to face me and lean your head as far as you can back. I will kiss your precious neck and you will just giggle soooo loud! It's my favorite right now!

You dropped one of your bottle feeds this month. You weren't finishing your day time bottles and were flat our refusing them sometimes! So we eliminated the 11ish feed and gave you a snack instead. You now take 6 oz breastmilk @ 7 am, 6 oz @ 1:30 pm, and 7 oz @ 7 pm.

You are doing SOOO well with table food! You pretty much want what we have. New foods this past month have been bagel thins with cream cheese, toast, scrambled eggs(hated), kiwi, grapes, strawberries, clementines, spaghetti(loved!), goldfish, and animal crackers. You are eating 3 solid meals a day.

You are so funny and are constantly cracking us up. You do this thing where we will give you a bite of yogurt and you will clamp down on the spoon. Then you will think it's really funny and try to smile while still holding onto the spoon with your mouth! It makes me laugh every time!

You are a cruising and crawling maniac! You cruise the furniture with ease. You still crawl mostly with your R foot down while dragging your L leg. I was paranoid something was wrong with your leg until I saw you crawl normally one day. I think you can just get to where you want to be much faster with your peg leg crawl.

You love to hand my tiny particles that you find on the floor. I swear I will have just swept and you find every single tiny piece of anything left behind. You will crawl up to me and so sweetly offer me your prize.

We had a fun Valentine's Day this month! We had heart shaped pancakes, opened some presents, made cookies, and went and played at the park at our outdoor mall down the street! It was such a fun day together!

You will sometimes hold our hands and walk, but only for steps. You usually don't care to though. If we try to set you down to get you to walk with us you will not put your legs down! You keep raising them up in front of you until we set you on your bottom!

You are getting very good at playing independently for much longer now. I love to just sit and watch you play with all your toys and figure out what does what.

You are soooo cuddly after your naps! You lay on me for a good 10 minutes and just snuggle!

You love to blow raspberries in the car. We often just spit back and forth to each other and laugh!

Your feline brothers have taught you how to open the pantry door, and it is becoming one of your favorite places to play! I have cleaned up many a messes from your pantry raids!

You said mama this month!!! I don't really know if you are referring to me quite yet when you say it but you are definitely saying it more and more! You also say dada, ba (ball), du (duck),

ca (cat), hi, and dyu (dog). When you see squirrels you say dyu. When you see birds you say dyu. When you see dogs you say dyu. Basically anything that looks like an animal that is not a cat is a dyu (dog).

You love to throw the washcloths into the bathtub as you watch the water fill up. You also love to stand at your hamper and dramatically fling all the dirty clothes out!

We craigslisted a jogging stroller this month! We got an awesome deal and with the warmer weather we got to try it out a bunch! We have taken lots of walks so far, and even a few runs! You seem to really like it. It's nice and padded. You especially love the snack tray!

You started pointing this month! You like to point at ANY animal and say "Dyu!" Here you are pointing at some random seagulls we found in the pond at the park. You always seem to notice any animal wherever you are. You especially love dogs!

You are very much still into waving at everyone and everything. You have been waving at your Baby Einstein videos in the car. If I say "Wanna go bye bye?", you instantly start waving at me.

You are starting to enjoy walking with your walker toys much more. You can walk across a whole room while pushing one. You go really fast too!

You mostly sleep on your belly now.

You are starting to give us the sweetest, slobberyist open mouth kisses. I love 'em!

Once all our babies were well again, we had another fun playdate. This time it was at Devi's and Miss Laine joined in on the fun for the first time!

You are starting to let me rock you more before bed. You are getting more snuggly again, even falling asleep on me sometimes. I will treasure these moments with you forever.

If you have a blankie with you, you will initiate peek-a-boo!

You LOVE junk mail. If you go get the mail with me you will cry and cry until I give you some junk mail to tear up and carry around with you!

Oh my sweet happy girl! How has a full year almost gone by? I have no idea, but I know that it has been the best year of my life! Your daddy and I love you sooooo much! We feel like the luckiest parents in the world to have you as our daughter!