I find it so hard to believe in a little over two weeks we will have a one year old! Such a joyful time!
So far, I am handling all of this really well. I really haven't been sad. I think that is because a.) She is just SO much fun right now b.) I get to plan a party and c.) I know she is not my last baby
But I still catch myself daydreaming about when she was born and how tiny she was and how quickly time has flown by. She changes so fast! I can remember when she was just a couple months old laying her down at night thinking how can I soak in this moment!? Because tomorrow she will be one day older. Then again at 5 months and 8 months... and so on and so forth. Now she is 11 1/2 months old!!!
She officially started walking the day she turned 11 months old. She had been taking a few steps here and there for several weeks but on that day she just got it and there was no turning back. I absolutely love it. As exhausting as it can be at times, I just love watching her confidence and independence grow. Lately, I have been shutting all the doors in the hallway except the play room (the only child proof room) and I will sit in the living room and watch her walk down the hall and into the play room. She will stay in there a few seconds and come running back to me with whatever toy she deemed her favorite at that moment. It is so sweet! Tonight before I rocked her to sleep I followed her down the hall into her bedroom. She went straight over to her toy bin in the corner and started digging in it. It was the sweetest thing. I just stood back and watched her from the door way. She finally found what she was looking for and slowly stood up and steadied herself and then off she went. I just feel like she is so grown up!
Here are a few of my favorite things lately:
-I love the way she uses the back of her hand to push food in her mouth while she is eating.
-On 2/24 I went to check on her during her nap. I thought I heard her moving around in her room but she hadn't started fussing for me to come get her. I peeked in the room and she was sitting in her cri with a book in her lap. She was holding it so perfectly! It looked like she was just reading to herself. So sweet!!
-I love when we play chase! She gets so excited when we say "I'm gonna get you"! She will take off so fast in anticipation of us tickling her. A lot of the time she falls down because she is trying to move faster than her legs will go!
-Daddy loves watching you learn new things! He loves playing with you all day. He loves the way you love mornings and bath time.
- Lately, when she finds a bucket or a cup she will put it up to her face and talk into it so she can hear the echo. Its so cute. And tonight she held the cup out for Micheal and I to make noise in it and then she would take it back and do it again. This was the first time we noticed her intentionally sharing something with us!
-If you ask her where the ball is or where her books are she will stop and look directly at them. She won't go get them but she will look! Ha Ha!
More later!
Blessings!!!
