ELEVEN MONTHS!

I cannot believe how close you are getting to being one year old! You are growing up so much!
-You LOVED your first Christmas. You loved playing with everything under the tree all month long. You would play with the tree and the ornaments, and all the presents. Luckily nothing got destroyed though!
-You drink from a bottle, hallejuah!!
-You also love table food, we found out ham and stuffing are huge hits with you! You out-ate both of your brothers when we had our Christmas Eve dinner
-You pull up on everything!
-You aren't cruising yet
-You are afraid of falling and sitting down once you are standing, so you just stand there and cry when you are ready to get down
-You are cutting both of your top molars right now
-You are getting a little better about going to other people. We still haven't left you with anyone yet though
-You are starting to understand a lot of what we say to you
-You love baths
-You can act out pat-a-cake when I do it with you
-You got the nasty shigellosis bacteria that everyone else got in December. It was NO FUN! But you got the mildest case of all, and handled it very well.
-You are into EVERYTHING and put EVERYTHING in your mouth!
-You are the sweetest thing EVER!

TEN MONTHS

(FROM 11-27)

It is amazing how much more we get to see of your personality every month! Here is what you are like at 10 months...
-HUGE stranger anxiety. Will only go to mom and dad, and sometimes not even dad.
-You won't take bottles and mom doesn't make milk, so we feed you formula from a syringe because it is the only way you will eat.
-You love to wave and clap
-You sleep really well at night
-You have no interest in standing, or walking. Even when we are holding on to you, you don't want to do either.
-You love table food!
-You are shy, but love attention. Kind-of a juxtaposition!