Charlotte's 11 Months Old!

Well this is a tough one.  Only one more month until the big 1st birthday.  I can't believe it's nearly here. 

 So Charlotte is eleven months old.  We have a serious look this month.  It's been a rough week for the whole family. Andrew was traveling.  Kids weren't sleeping well.  Tantrums, meltdowns, cough/sore throat/runny noses, pure and utter exhaustion.  But Charlotte was still a doll babe, always smiling and happy even at 2 in the morning! She just didn't feel like sleeping at that time of night for two hours!

She certainly is a lot of fun.  She doesn't sit still for a second. All the pictures above were taken within about 30 seconds.  This is her birthday present.  We got it a bit early because she loves to climb on it.  That's not the only thing she likes to climb on.  She also likes to take Tommy's wooden chair, push it over to the island, climb up on top of it, and grab things off the counter.  It is absolutely terrifying.  She's at least a foot off the floor standing on a super unsteady chair.  It takes her 2 seconds to do that too.  She's unstoppable! 

 She's also quite goofy.  Look at that face.  She loves to stand in the tub.  What a stinker!

 She will eat pretty much anything you set in front of her.  Anything except asparagus.  She hid the asparagus at the bottom of the pic if you look closely.  Then smiled adorably when she got caught. :-) Tommy wouldn't eat it either though.  He called it "Despair-a-gus."

 She has six teeth now that help her eat yummy food like Chick-fil-a.

 She is starting to take steps.  She fell at school though (bumped her head) and has been quite hesitant lately to take any steps. :( Hopefully she'll get up and at 'em again soon!

 Boy, does this girl love to eat!

Did any of it end up in her mouth?

Let's see, what did we not cover? Oh yeah, she is starting to imitate!

This is Charlotte imitating Grandpa.  She will pick up on something you are doing and then she will keep imitating you over and over.  It's, of course, absolutely adorable. 

Happy Eleven Months, Charlotte! Next month is the big one!  

11 Months!

Once again, I'm late posting his 11 month growth update.  We've been quite busy lately so I offer my sincerest apologies.  :-)

Back to Tommy.  Tommy turns 11 months old this month.  It's crazy how close he is to being one year old.  The time has gone by so fast.  It's really incredible.  

It's also incredible that I'm able to get a single shot of him sitting still.  He's constantly on the go! He won't sit in that chair for more than a few seconds before he's trying to climb out of it. 

He is seriously such a little boy these days.  He amazes me every day with the things he does.  Some things he's been doing lately that just boggle my mind:
-He has figured out how to work the squirt toys in the bathtub, sort of.  He will squeeze it under water to make it bubble but he doesn't hold it under long enough to have enough water in it to squirt out.
-He likes to put things in other things.  If there's an opening, he will find something to put in it.  Does the bouncy ball go in the laundry basket? Does the sock go in the bathwater? They do now!
-He will spend inordinate amounts of time trying to put lids on things.  He worked on a little cup with a lid that is supposed to hold snacks.  He tried and tried and tried to line it up.  He eventually got it! It was so cool to see him do it.  He also tried to put a lid on a bottle.  He didn't figure out the spinning part of the lid but he was able to cap it.  That was very cool to see.
-He walks more than he crawls now.  He's realizing he can reach things while standing up so he stays upright much more of the time.  He takes tiny little steps but he is really starting to move.  Just tonight, he walked in a circle for 5 minutes while waving pieces of Kleenex around.  It looked like he was having a ball!
-Speaking of that incident, he tried to put the Kleenex in his mouth and both Andrew and I would tell him "No".  He would look at us and then go back to waving the Kleenex around again.  It was awesome.  He's getting so very smart.
-He says mama, dada, uh oh, doh doh, baba, and and many other sounds.  He only knows what the first three words actually are.  He talks constantly.  It sounds like he's telling the most amazing stories.  Wish I knew what he was talking about! :)

I love his little shirt with the elbow patches.  So cute! So manly!

He loves to climb on his rocking chair.  We've got to keep on eye on him because he wants to climb it and stand on it! He's such a daredevil!

He wears shoes pretty much all the time now since the kitchen floor is slick in his socks.  He loves to play by himself and with others.  He has a lot of fun while doing both.

He loves to rock that rocking chair.

Here's comes Tommy, rounding the corner, gaining speed! :-)

Look at how BIG he is! Such a little man already! 

Happy 11 months, Thomas!