Eilers 6: Elynn: 11 MONTHS

My baby girl is ONE MONTH AWAY from turning ONE! AAHH! Okay, I had to get that out! I just cannot wrap my mind around it. I mean, literally, 28 DAYS! Craziness! It went by so fast! I love that she is such a cuddle bug, because I hold on to her so tight, hoping she won't get any bigger. It is NOT working!

So, 11 months! She is cruzing furniture, but is not interested in walking as of yet. She has let go of things and just stood there, but that is about all. When she started to do that last month, I thought, "oh, she will probably walk early because I don't remember Ez or Em doing that." Well, so far, no. I have tried to hold her hands and see if she will walk with me, and she will pull her legs up and try and sit. I am not in too much of a hurry for her to walk, but it is nice when they do start walking and they aren't on the ground all the time. We shall see.

Other things she is doing or that has happened:
-we have TWO teeth! Ha. Her cousin, Joseph, and her friend, Holton, have full mouths of teeth.
-she can wave 'hi' and 'bye'
-she can blow kisses (super cute!)
-she can sign "more". She will also give a big head nod if she really wants it! Love it!
-she can say "uh oh" in a cute higher pitch voice. And, she LOVES to play the "uh oh" game, where she throws things down, looks for it and says "uh oh"
-she loves to crawl up the stairs and go into Emersyn's room to play with her dollhouse
-she eats anything and everything you have and that you will give her. She loves to eat! I think she is a social eater. Anytime anyone is eating, she thinks she needs to be eating too.
-she loves to dance. She will sit and clap to songs, she will get up and bounce up and down or sway side to side when a song is playing.
-she also loves to "sing" with you. If I start singing "twinkle star" or the "abc's" she will "sing" with me.
-she loves peek-a-boo
and her brother and sister!

I think that I am going to have to start weaning her when she turns one. It is getting to the point where if Ezra and Emersyn are in the room while she is nursing, she will get off to see what they are doing and then get back on, then off, then on, etc. And, lets face it, when are they NOT in the room with me?? It makes me sad, but I am so thankful that we have been able to do it for as long as we have.

I love this happy, happy girl, and am so excited to see what this new year is going to bring. She is a light in our life!