11 months!

how is it even possible?  next month you will be a year old.  you have mastered lots of new skills over the last month and are constantly testing boundaries and pushing limits with your physical capabilities.  you are standing, sitting, crawling, cruising, dancing and a little mover and shaker.  you pretty much are always standing and exploring or crawling to get to something to stand and explore.  you rarely sit still and are always on the go.  your appetite is big, for both food and knowledge.  but you absolutely hate getting cleaned up after a meal. your favorite game is to put an object on top of something from a sitting position (the fire place, coffee table, sofa) etc. and then stand up to get it and then do it all over again.  or knock an object off of something and watch it fall and try to lean over the sofa or table to get it.

i'm not sure what your favorite toy is yet.  you love playing with the remotes and you also like taking the sink out of the play kitchen and removing all the items inside of the play kitchen cabinet.  you like banging the peg dolls and playing with the ball pit balls.  and of course you are interested in anything bowie has.  you love the furry mountain goat page from the mount rushmore book.

you have started to do this screeching voice that is ear piercing.  you do it a lot during meals.  we always listen to music at dinner and you will keep the beat with your head, it's so cute!  and when you hear some good dance music you have to shake it!

you are full of smiles all the time, there is little that makes you unhappy.  your toothy grin and sparkly eyes can light up a room.  your laugh is contagious and you bring so much joy to our family.  you make me so happy, thank you for being ours!

milestones:

~5 teeth (6th coming  in)
~size 18 month clothes, but fits in some 24 month clothes
~size 4 diaper
~30.75 inches tall
~approximately 23 pounds
~lots of babbling (ma ma and da da most often)
~holds bottle on own
~2 naps a day still (morning 10-12, afternoon 2-4)
~sleeping through the night (don't wanna jinx it) but we are at 7 nights in a row!!!
~blonde hair
~dark hazel eyes
~favorite song "baby shark"