ELEVEN MONTHS!!!

How did we get here?!?!?

The Baby Bean is almost ONE. I can hardly believe it.

Not all that much has changed in the past month. She's got a few more teeth, for a grand total of seven. She is still a champion walker if she's holding onto someone's hand. She has taken a step or two on her own, but that's it. The length of time that she can stand independently is growing, though. She still loves food and is getting better and better at eating table foods on her own. The best is a banana. I can give her a piece and she holds it and takes bites all by herself. She loves bananas, I think she's part monkey. I don't know how much she weighs or how tall she is, but she's still small for her age and that's okay with me. She usually wears the 9 month size of clothing, but she can still wear some 6 month clothes, and dons a 12 month sweatshirt from time to time.

I am currently working on plans for her first birthday party. It won't be anything too extravagant, just a bunch of people hanging out and having a good time.
These past eleven months have absolutely flown by me.

2010

What a year!

This is the year I became a mom and life changed forever. This is the year that I became a sleep-deprived wreck, that my husband finally started working during the day again, that we read the Book of Mormon the whole way through, together. The year that Gypsy died, that I quit my job, that Barry's Grandpa died and we made the trek to Oregon.

I'm sure a lot has happened, but I feel like it's all baby related and I'm pretty sure you've heard it already.

Cheers, 2010, you've been good to me. Let's hope the New Year is just as kind!

Ten Months

A few days late...

Saturday The Bean hit the 10 month mark. That's wild and crazy and I can hardly believe how quickly this first year of her life is flying by. Here's the latest and greatest:

-She's able to stand without holding on to anything for several seconds. She can walk pretty well while holding only one of my hands for support. It won't be long before she is walking everywhere and getting into everything.

-Her little mouth has four teeth that she loves to brush. By "brush" I mean that she loves to gnaw on the toothbrush.

-She is babbling up a storm. She will copy sounds, especially silly things like clicking you tongue or blowing so your lips vibrate and make fun noises. The best thing of all... She Meows! When she hears a cat meow, she says, "Eeooowwwww" right back to them. It is delightful.

-The vocabulary that she understands has increased, too. She's also figured out that when I point to something she should look in that general direction.

-She loves to stick her finger in her nose. I wonder where she got that?!?! (It is the pointer finger on her LEFT hand. So hoping she is a lefty!)

-When I let her hold a hair brush, she attempts to brush her hair.

-She LOVES playing with Addison. They are baby wrestlers and I love the way they laugh together.

-Sleep is going okay, but not right now because she has a cold and has been up coughing for about an hour the past two nights. I'm tired.

-She loves to eat. The only thing I've tried to feed her that was not a hit was zucchini, otherwise, if she sees food she goes crazy and starts having a hissy fit because she wants it in her face. Bananas are a favorite.

-I adore her more and more with each passing second. How is that possible?