Ok, I can deal with 8, 9 and even 10 months going by so quickly but 11? 11 whole months. I don't think this is something that ever gets easier but I have to admit, it has been an incredible experience watching you grow.
Here's what you've been up to this month:
(added 2 pictures because the first one you're not smiling but Marcel is and the next one you're smiling and Marcel isn't because you're smashing his face into the couch.)
- You weigh about 23 pounds and are approximately 30 inches tall.
- You wear size 3 diapers and size 3 shoes
- You wear 12 and 18 month clothes and if you can believe it, you can wear a size 24 month Carter's onesie. Carters brand shrinks like crazy. I'm not just saying that to keep you in smaller sizes. It's true.
- As of yesterday, your favorite thing to say is "Ma Ma" or "Mum Mum" You say it to everything, Dakota is "mama", spoon is "mama" and daddy is "mama" He doesn't mind. I call him mama sometimes too.
- You can also say "Dada" you say it less than mama but you do say it. And it's very clear. You are so smart.
- You love french toast sticks and gobble them down the moment the pieces hit your highchair tray. You also love mandarin oranges, french fries, bananas, squash, pickles, tomatoes, chicken and macaroni.
- You have 4 teeth currently although your front 2 teeth will be in soon
- You have never used your teeth on me and I appreciate that as you are still nursing.
- Speaking of nursing, we have started the weaning process and you are handling it better than I would've ever imagined. We're down to 2 nursing sessions a day and you get one 4 oz. bottle of mommy's milk before bedtime and one 5 oz. bottle of cow's milk before morning nap. You had your first taste of cow's milk about a week ago and didn't even flinch. You sucked it down like you'd been drinking it forever.
- You love blocks and just recently started stacking them. This blew us away. You were watching us and all of a sudden you just stacked one on top of the other. GENIUS.BABY.
- You imitate us and it's hilarious
- For the past couple weeks, you've been waking up at 5am, ready to party. We do not party at 5am Jonah and I tell you this every morning. It's takes the better part of an hour to get you back to sleep.
- You love walking around the house holding onto your car push toy. You are not great at steering so we stay close to help navigate.
- You love dumping out your blocks and then putting each one back in the tub. You do this over and over. Since you started doing this, you think everything has to go into a compartment of some sort. This means that we find your toys in the office trash can. Not cool baby. Trash cans hold trash not your spoon.
- You are not color blind. We know this because green spoon has a twin and it's blue spoon. Same length, same wonderful, bendable texture, different color. You flat out refuse to hold, touch or play with blue spoon. It's green spoon or no spoon.
Here's a few more pictures from our photo session this morning..you and Marcel have a love/hate relationship.
"wanna look over the edge Marcel?"
Your birthday's coming up. We are already in plan mode and have most of the party supplies already. The theme is.....drumroll please......Jungle Animals!!! Surprised? Didn't think so. You know I love animals and your room is my favorite room in the whole house. Here's a little sneak peak..
And your cake may look something like this:
Fancy Dancy. I hope we can find somewhere around here to make an amazing cake like the one above. We're working on it.
The next monthly post, I will be writing about my 1 year old. It feels weird typing it and even weirder saying it. A lot of time has gone by but some things remain the same like you are still the ultimate snuggler, best dance partner and your mama's very best friend. Please try to slow down your growing. It seems like it's becoming a habit for you. Let's break that habit. Here's to another wonderful month before you're a big 1 year old.
Love,
Mama
xoxxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo (times infinity)
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