11 months old!

*This blog originally started Friday night, but haven't been able to complete it until now! Ah, the life with a baby...

Today  Friday RaeRae turned 11 months old! I can hardly believe she is going to be ONE next month! It is bittersweet. I have loved watching her grow up and be part of it, but it also makes me a bit sad that she is growing older and soon will no longer be a "baby." She will always be my baby though.

To date, she: 

• has 8 teeth (4 on top, 4 on bottom);
• crawls a storm from room to room, and often chasing the kitties and sometimes us or wanting us to chase her; she also has two different types of crawls--one regular crawl on her knees and another bear-type crawl where her knees aren't touch the floor at all;
• understands words and signs for: mama, dada, kitty, more, and milk; 
• babbles with her voice a lot and can say "dada," "mama," "nana," "uh oh," and sometimes "hi"; 
• is starting to babble with signing (pointing, waving, making up signs, etc) and can sign "milk" (not too often), "kitty" (on the chest), and "dog";
• Also makes "mwah" sound or copies us when we do it (so darn cute!); 
• is cruising when she stands along the couch or against the walls, etc (soon she will be walking!);
• is starting to stand alone for a few seconds while maintaining balance (Friday she did her record of 8 secs!); 
• self-feed herself with finger foods (not yet spoon or sippy cup);
• turn pages of a book back and forth;
• make the connection between two objects or an object's meaning (examples: baby bottle to the baby's mouth; the door goes open and shut; mama's make-up brush goes on the face; a hairbrush is for the hair; or phone goes near the ear or for our iphones, she uses her fingers to trace along it like we do for the apps, etc)
• taps us to get our attention sometimes; 
• likes to eat oatmeal, broccoli, black beans, cheerios, rice, or anything she can put into her mouth that we give her;
• loves books, wooden toys, and pulling off socks;
• also loves to make a mess with her box of baby legs or help mama sort diapers...

So much! So busy at 11 months!  We are having such fun! 


Happy 11 months RaeRae! Next month: birthday post! We are doing the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle for the theme of her party. She has a dress with matching diaper and shoes all set for it.