You And Your Books

So we were out running errands this afternoon and things were a little
too quiet in the backseat. When Mommy snuck a peek what else did she
see but you reading a short story. We decided that we should pull into
the bookstore to get you more books.

Update: 11 months

Dear Lily,

Today you turn 11 months old. One day last week Daddy was playing with you after you woke up one morning. He looked at me and said that there was something different about you. He was right, you all of the sudden look much more like a kid and less like a baby. You spend less time crawling and more time cruising along furniture now. You can't take any steps by yourself yet but you are an expert at pulling up to a standing position. You are not saying any true words yet but you are much more imitative of speech now. Sometimes when I say "Mama" or "Dada" you will imitate it back. You understand everything.

I am amazed at your ability to figure out how your toys work. You know how to activate any toy and push buttons to turn something on. You love to play with my alarm clock in the morning. You know which button turns the music on and which button turns it off.

You are still not quite sleeping through the night. You fall asleep so well right at 7:00 but you always wake up around 3:00 to 5:00am. I still have to feed you to make you go back to sleep. I'm hoping that routine will end soon. You have made a lot of progress towards eating solid foods. One day it just clicked and now you will eat pretty much anything. You enjoy feeding yourself finger foods but definitely don't like touching anything wet or slimy. You like to play with water and wash your hands. We started a Mommy and baby swim class. I think the pool is a little overwhelming for you but you seem to like it more each week.

The snow has melted and spring is just around the corner. We are very much ready to get outside and show you there is a world outside of the house. One more month and you will be one!

Love,

Mommy