11 Months!

Dear Avery,

You are 11 months old(September 17th)...just one month away from your first birthday!  We just picked up your invitations for your birthday party today.  I can't believe it!  You have changed so much in the past month...these past few weeks really.  You used to be my sweet, laid back baby girl.  That has changed a bit.  You are still as sweet as ever, but you have suddenly gotten an ornery streak in you.  You want everything that your big sister has and if you don't get it you SCREAM and throw a fit! You don't like it when mommy or daddy leave the room and you like to whine or cry until you see them again.  What a little stinker you have become!  You had your first of two flu shots last week and you will get your second one next month at your one year check up.  You did so good and only cried for a second. 

What you are doing at 11 months:

~you have 2 teeth

~you have transitioned into your toddler car seat (still rear facing)

~you eat a lot of table foods

~you nurse 4 times a day (you like to bite so you sometimes get pumped milk/some formula in a bottle during the day and nurse in the morning and at night)

~you eat 3 meals a day and you will even eat some veggies now(mostly the yellow/orange ones)

~your favorite food is yogurt and that is what you usually eat for breakfast

~you can pull yourself up onto furniture

~you can crawl UP the stairs

~you started standing up in your crib

~new foods you tried this month: pizza, grilled cheese, cheese, a reuben, chicken, quesadilla, noodles, mac and cheese

~are in size 12month or 12-18 month clothes

~you say mama...a lot

~you can sign "more" and "milk"

~you are getting better about sleeping longer at night, but you still usually get up once

~you use a sippy cup and a straw with water during the day

When I write to you next month you will be a year old...a toddler.  What am I going to do?!  I'm sure I will cry my eyes out just like I did when I wrote your sister's one year letter to her.  You girlies are just growing up way to fast for your mommy.  Could you please slow down?  I love you to the moon and back baby girl...

Love,

Mommy