07 April 2013

11 months

***Note: for some reason this didn't post and I actually wrote it right on time too. Oops...so here is a month old update.

Amelia AKA Mia OR Millie-Monster, Millie-Billie, A-milli-A, Ameli-O is officially 11 month old!

She gave me kisses today. Big, wet, open mouth slobbery ones. She's given me kisses before, but it was hard to tell if she truly meant it or rather her mouth just slammed into my face. But today, they were real. And it was sweet.

I swear everyday she does something new. She's racking up a list of awesome skillz. Some of which include:

- pointing!
- waving ALL the time.
- cruising. She's gotten really good at this. She's fast. And can walk with just barely holding on to the coffee table or couch.
- pushing! She can push her toy walker like nobody's business. And the laundry basket too. That's pretty fun.
- standing! This is really cool. She started a couple weeks ago and we enthusiastically cheered and clapped every time. And now she does it nonchalantly like its no big deal. But she can't just standup all on her own. We're working on that.
- paying attention to books for more than 5 secs. She loves touchy feely books and her small dr. Seuss books from Auntie Chey.
- babbling. She can make so many different sounds now, I couldn't even list them all. She is great at mimicking our tones. She still likes to say MAMAMMAMAA the most. But I'm pretty confident she knows and can say uh-oh. And shes finally figuring out Dada. She also knows words like milk and all done. Today we were reading a book with a doggie and she pointed at Lily and tried to say doggie. It was a proud moment.
- grinding her teeth. Oh, it's so awful. Her top tooth is coming in and she keeps grinding it against the bottom tooth. It's painful to hear.
- feeding the dog. Yep, she likes to give her snacks to Lily.

She is still a great eater. We haven't found a food that she dislikes. The past month or so we've been supplementing with formula since my supply has gotten low. She totally loves it. After Spring Break I stopped pumping at school since it wasn't really worth it anymore and so she gets formula doing the day and breastfed morning and night. I had hoped to make it just one more month completely breastfeeding - but it just didn't work out that way. In another month we will start introducing whole milk. That'll be so nice and easy!

Other baby things you are dying to know about:

- She normally wakes up around 8am. And goes to bed around 7:30pm.
- She takes one long (1.5-2hr) morning nap and only sometimes will take an afternoon nap.
- She fits in 6-9month clothes, 9month fits the best. I think some 12mo clothes/dresses fit too.
- She likes sippy cups - the ones with the handle. But she's learning to not use a handle. Big kid stuff, I tell you.
- Her eyes are staying an awesome blue-green-hazel color.
- Still no FREAKING hair!! The longish wisps in the back are a sandy blond color, so we'll see if that EVER?!?! fills in?
- Favorite foods: avocados, bananas, mandarin oranges, puffs/Cheerios, bread (with purées), and basically anything you put in front of her.

We are looking forward to her 1st birthday party. Hopefully she will have all her close family visiting.

And here is a bunch of cute photos from the past month. (I hardly ever have time to grab our DSLR, so most are from my iPhone.)