11 Months!!

My baby is now 11 months old.  48 weeks.  Crazy!  It’s hard to believe that in just a few short weeks we will be celebrating her first birthday.  I get a lump in my throat just thinking about it…

This past month, Evie has learned all sorts of new things.  She knows how to play peek-a-boo and she loves the game.  She will blow kisses (mwah!) to us and even give us real kisses on occasion.  She’s getting better and better at drinking water from her cup and she’ll actually carry it around with her to take sips.  She loves reading and singing and dance parties with Mommy and Daddy.  She starting to ‘tell’ us what she wants or doesn’t want.  She loves her baby doll.  We are using her doll to help teach her where her eyes, ears, mouth, toes, etc. are and we are also trying to teach her to be sweet to her doll.  And she’s learning! 
After throwing her doll on the ground, poking at its eyes and dragging it around by its hat, she will sit and ‘rock’ her baby from side to side and give it a kiss.  That’s progress!

This month has also been a month of some new foods.  She’s tried shredded cheese and baby cheese puffs – she loves them!!  She’s had parsnips and avocado, as well as Ritz crackers.  We have to watch her with the crackers because she loves to shove the whole thing in her mouth, but she loves them.  She gnawed on a cucumber and seemed to enjoy it, but she didn’t really eat it.  I took it away as soon as saw that she might bite off a piece.  And speaking of biting, my little chomper has 7 teeth and one more is about to pop through!  It’s so cute when she smiles to see all of her little teeth!  It was not easy on any of us when they were coming in, especially the front two, but she seems happier now. 

  

She’s a growing, changing, happy little girl!  Happy 11 Months Evie!