Eleven Months Old

It's hard to believe that we have only one more monthly update of Audrey's first year! We will be having her first birthday party in just three weeks! Here is what Audrey is up to at eleven months old...

- She is a crawling pro! She also now has started to what we refer to as "spider crawl". She moves around with her feet and hands on the floor and her bottom in the air.

- She is a very physical baby - she never stops moving and even when she's sitting in one place, she has her arms and legs swinging.

- She can pull herself to standing but has NO interest in walking! She scares us because she pulls herself up on things and then pushes herself back down to sitting on the floor.

- She has four teeth, two on the top and two on the bottom.

- Her only real word is still "mama". She makes lots of sounds though and is starting to say "up" and "down". She spends half of her day pointing at things and saying, "da!".

- She feeds herself at most meals. For breakfast she eats oatmeal with prune juice, but at every other meal she eats finger foods. She loves green beans, pasta, peas, peaches, and pears. We're working on using a sippy cup, which isn't going too well. When she's hungry or thirsty, she smacks her lips at you! She also makes this motion with her hand over half of her face to blow you a kiss.

- She is a good sleeper! She goes to bed between 6:30 and 7:00 pm and doesn't make a peep until 6:00 am. She loves sleeping in the same room as Ellie. We listen to them talk to each other over the monitor and it is so sweet.

- She has the prettiest blue eyes.

- She is still our sweet, snuggly baby. When she's tired, she loves to sit in your lap, hold on to your shirt, and smell it. She also sucks her bottom lip when she's tired.