Allie you are 11 months old today! I cannot believe how much you are growing and changing every day. You never cease to amaze us and we fall more in love with you each day. Here is what you are up to this month!
You wear a size 3 diaper, we buy Cruisers only now. We just finished up your pack of Pampers Swaddlers.
You wear 12 months clothes, 18 months are still a little big on you.
You have been waking up around 6:45 lately. You nurse, then want to play. You then eat breakfast. You eat Gerber organic apple cinnamon oatmeal.
You typically take two naps a day. One around 9:30-10 and the other around 2 or 3. I just wait to see when you start to get sleepy and then I lay you down.
You have seven teeth now! Three on the bottom and four on top and we know you are cutting another one.
You love to be rocked to sleep now! You will not let me bounce you anymore. I love it! Makes me remember when you were so small and you would nap in my arms all day.
You are so cute! When I am rocking you to sleep you want to play for a few more minutes so I tickle you and we laugh and laugh, then you cuddle in to me and you fall asleep. It is one of my favorite times of day. You do it at nap time and bed time. Love!
You are trying new things daily. You can put away some Panera! We went for Daddy's birthday and the entire time we ate so did you! You love broccoli cheddar soup, French bread and the grilled chicken off of my sandwich! You also drink out of a straw now. You are a pro and you love water. You have tried spaghetti. You liked the meat and sauce, but weren't too sure about the noodles. You LOVE yo baby yogurt. You have tried blueberry, banana and vanilla. You have eaten a grilled nugget, green beans and animal crackers from Chick-fil-A. You love ice cream, especially Cold Stone. You are not a fan of Chick-fil-A's ice dream, although I am sure that will change!
You want to walk so bad! You will stand up and lean forward trying to figure out how to pick up your feet. It's so cute!
You love to clap. You do it all the time and look around waiting for everyone else to clap and say, "yay!" You clap when you stand, when you fall on your bottom, when you pick up a toy. You just love it!
One of your most favorite times of day is still bath time. You love to stand in the tub. Playing with the knob and faucet is your most favorite. You love to chew on the foam letters and numbers, pull the turtles around and suck water out of the wash cloth. You also enjoy standing and dropping things out of the tub, Mommy says, "uh oh!" and you lean way over to see them. I pick them up and you do it again. You like for me to get your lady bug toy holder off the wall and put the toys in and take them out again. You also love when Daddy holds you up so you can see out of the window. You make the silliest face!
You love to stand. Because your playroom is in the dining room and the couch blocks the tv you will stand on your tippy toes to see it. It's precious. You will come up to me or Daddy and crawl in our lap. We used to think you were coming to love on us, but soon realized you were using us to see the tv. You love to watch Jake and the Neverland Pirates. It is by far your favorite show. Your favorite episode is Peter Pan Returns. You would watch it over and over if we would let you! You love to watch the intro to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, but get bored afterwards. You are not much of a fan of Special Agent Oso anymore either.
You love any and all technology, iPhones, laptops, Grammie's iPad, doesn't matter! If it's out, you want it!
You love to play with your diapers. You will carry two of them around for hours. You also love when I am changing your diaper to close and open your wipes warmer.
You love to have multiple pacifiers all at once. One in your mouth and one in each hand. This makes you so happy.
You love your chair that Uncle Tony & Aunt Cathy gave you. We have taken it out of your playroom because you love to stand in it and bounce. We are afraid you're going to fall.
You love to look out the window. Daddy has been out in the yard lately and he will play peek-a-boo with you in the window. You love it. You wait for him to jump out and say, "boo" and you crack up laughing.
You are so incredibly ticklish. Your feet, belly, neck, knees and palms are so ticklish. Your belly laugh is the best sound in the whole world!
You are riding in your big girl car seat now. I can't believe how big you are! You love it.
You like to ride in the buggy now too! You go grocery shopping with Mommy and I love it when you do. You just sit in the buggy like a big girl and watch me put things in.
You love to go on walks in the evenings. You sit back in your stroller and relax as we walk. If any of the dogs are with us you like to be able to see them.
You are so very curious of your surroundings. We were in Lowes the other day and someone walked by pushing a cart and you heard it, stopped what you were doing, found it and followed it until you could no longer see it. This creates some difficulty when we go to take pictures with Anna. You follow the cars, animals and anyone that is around.
You have a bit of a diva attitude at times and can fake cry at the drop of a hat. I think you know Momma doesn't want you upset so you cry to get your way. You are just so very precious, and we do tell you no, but when you cry I just want to make it all better.
You absolutely hate to get out of the tub and you let us know it. You will scream until you are dry and sitting up. I can't decide if you just don't want to get out or if you don't like laying down. I do know you do not like the hooded towel. Something about having it on your head makes you unhappy.
You have the sweetest expressions. You scrunch your eyes, nose and mouth and make the cutest faces.
You love to play in your ball pit. You will sit in it, pick up the balls and throw them all around waving your arms through them.
Your favorite thing to do is read. Mommy always stacks up your books and you pull them down one by one to get to your favorite ones. Your favorites now are: Ten Perfect Puppies, Twinkle Twinkle You're My Star, Inside Noah's Ark & Baby Einstein's Baby Animals. You will sit and just pull out books looking through them, turning the pages. You are so very smart. You know how to turn the pages and you study the pictures now.
You can now easily navigate all of your toys. You know how to move and push your walking toy to be able to get behind it to push it. You place the balls in your gumball machine and push the lever to get them out again. You place the balls in your dinosaur, watch them come out, pick them up and put them back in. You open and close the stove on your refrigerator with ease, pulling out the milk, carrots and apple jelly. You pull off all of the rings on both of your stacking toys. You will crawl to your toy bin and you seem so very focused like you know exactly what toy you are looking for and you pull them out one by one until you find the one you are looking for.
You love to put anything and everything in your dinosaur to see if it will bounce.
You love puffs, Happy Munchies & yogurt melts.
You also love blueberries. I have found that anything you can pick up with your fingers you will try.
You have incredible fine motor skills. Most things you pick up (food wise) are with your thumb and finger.
We went and had your foot measured and bought you your first pair of walking shoes. You are a size 4.5 wide! I love those chubby feet!
There isn't anything we don't like about you baby girl. You are our whole world!
