Eleven Months

Reagan Avery, you are now ELEVEN months old!! I cannot believe that you have been in our lives for 11 months now, I can't remember what life was like before you came along (besides being a little more rested)!! We are so blessed to have you in our lives baby girl!! So, what new things are you doing now in your eleventh month of life????

If I hadn't been here to witness your transformation from a baby to a big girl in this last month, I do not think I would have believed it!! You have changed so much in this past month its unbelievable!!

1. You are starting to talk, and have several new words now. You say momma, dada, hi, OOH, and Maggie (Gee). It is the cutest when you say Maggie, which you started doing this past week. You will follow Maggie around saying hi Gee, hi gee!! Its just precious.

2. You are FINALLY starting to eat more table food. You will now eat cut up bananas, blueberry muffins, cereal bars, puffs, goldfish, and other finger foods. You are still a big fan our your yogurt. You still eat lots of squash baby food. You are still nursing, but we are just now starting to cut out some feedings to work toward weening you from breastfeeding (which I dread).

3. You are a clapping fool!! You love to clap your hands, and you clap clap clap ALL the time, for everything, and its too cute! You also have started playing peek a boo, which is really fun. You will play peek a boo with just about anything you can find, your hand, your shoes, a diaper, a towel, doesn't matter, as long as it covers at least one eye, you are good to go!! You will put something up over your face (or at least covering one eye to make sure that you are completely hidden), I will say "where's Reagan and begin to look all around for you," and then you will uncover your face with a big smile and I can imagine you saying "Here I am Momma, no need to worry, I didn't go anywhere, I was just hiding behind this shoe, silly momma!!"

4. You are kind of sleeping through the night. This has been a source of difficulty for us, not because you can't do it, just because alot of times, I am too weak to let you try!! But this past week, again, we have done some consistent sleep training, and finally the past few nights you have slept almost through the nigh with just one time awaking, crying for just a few mintues and then going back to sleep.

5. Did I mention that you LOVE Maggie, I mean, LOVE that dog!!

6. I am not really sure how much you weigh right now, but I am sure that its more than you did last month. I also think you grew a little taller this month also. I recently put on a pair of pants that I swear last month fit you perfectly, and this month you sported a cute little pair of high waiters!! You still are wearing size 3 diapers, and will be for some time!!

7. You are a big teaser, you love to play and tease me!! You will grab something, anything, and then come up to me like you are being really sweet and letting me have it. Then you will start to hand it over, and as soon as I go to grab it, you snatch it right out of my hands, and proceed to laugh, run away, quickly, stumble, fall (because you really aren't coordinated enough yet to run), get up and do it all over again!! So fun!!

8. You are doing really great at school, and love all of your friends at school. You have taken a few naps at school on a mat like a big girl. You are napping a little bit better at school and at home. You still take about 2 naps a day, but the length you sleep has started to increase, thank goodness!!

9. I hope I didn't forget anything!! You are just as fun as you can be, your personality is developing right in front of my eyes, and its such a joy to watch you change daily!! We are enjoying this so much that its ridiculous. You are our precious baby girl, Happy 11 months!!