September 19

Eleven months?!  How is it even possible my little baby is eleven months old?  Going by much too fast!

     

     

A few of my favorite pictures from her 11 month old photo shoot.  Love her toothy (7 teeth!) grin!

Lots of fun this past month, including lots of travel!  Little Sweetie has gone on 10 flights since she was born...so crazy!  She had lots of fun in Arizona with Uncle J, Aunt S, and cousin T, and lots of fun in Ohio last week too!  I do have posts for each of this trips, but here are a few extra cute ones from our latest Ohio excursion.

So excited to be a Mimi and Pop-Pop's house!

Hanging out in the cradle that Pop-Pop made!

Now modeling the dress that Mimi made her!

"Aren't I cute?"

She's always up for playing, is enjoying the start of football season, and makes the best faces, no matter if she's eating, asleep, or supposed to be sleeping.  

Brother dressed me up and I'm the cutest bunny ever!

A little rainbow playing inside the mall on a rainy day.

OH...IO!!!

 

Banana-infused hair is all the rage this fall!

Sleeping beauty!

     

Sleeping beauty resisting the sleeping part...but still totally charming, even when she's being obstinate.

She also seems to think she's a big girl and heads to the stairs whenever our backs are turned so that she can get to the good toys.

     

"Oh, you found me?  Don't worry, I can totally do this myself!"

"Told you!  I'm a big girl!"

Don't worry...we still try to remind her that she is still our little baby...

Baby burrito!

Height and Weight 

Finally breaking the scales at 20 lbs. and just about at 29 in.  My mighty girl!

Personality

Little Sweetie is still very happy and sweet.  She is starting to hit the separation anxiety stage though.  We saw it a bit in Ohio.  It took her a little bit to warm up to her grandparents and other Ohio friends and family, and she wasn't too sure when Daddy and I weren't around (which is funny when compared to Big Brother on this trip, who was so engrossed with his grandparents, I don't think he made eye contact with Daddy or I for a week!).  

Developmental Milestones

As I mentioned, she climbs up the stairs all by herself with surprising speed.  She is also bravely starting to take a few steps!!!  Not completely stable yet, but loves to walk by holding one of our fingers and will occasionally let go to make one, two, or three steps to a nearby object.  It's not going to be long now!  She's also signing "more" for more food, putting on bracelets and necklaces, and pointing to everything demanding to know what "dis" (this) is.  She's sleeping well and nearly completely transitioned to table foods, except for pouches when on the go (which she loves).  She's also dropped two nursings as a result of our hectic travel schedule, bringing her down to just 4 times a day (Momma has mixed feelings about this...sniff).

Fun Tidbits

So this happened...crawled right up on the potty, grabbed some books, and started grunting.  After all the trials of trying to potty train Big Brother, might I luck out on an easier go round this time?

Oh, if only it were this easy!

Now, excuse me as I go break out a box of tissues and cry as I realize that my baby girl will be one year old next month!  *sob*

Good night, 

LSM

Little Sweetie's Momma