Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: Kayla's 11 Month Update

It is hard to believe that we are only 1 short month away from our baby girl turning one. She is the sweetest girl ever and is adored oh so much!

Here is what she is up to at 11 months old...

*Some words she tries to mimic are baby, doggie, and ruff ruff. She also will look for certain items when asked... ("Where is the ball?")

*When I ask her, "Where's Daddy?" She scans the room until she finds her Daddy and then smiles
the sweetest smile at him.

*She likes to use her index finger to point to things.

*Long gone are the days when she didn't mind Joshua taking a toy from her.

*She loves to be chased! When she wants to be chased she will crawl away from you and then look over her shoulder at you like, "Come get me." Then when we get on our hands and knees to crawl after her she takes off as fast she can laughing and shaking her head no. It's so hilarious!

*She loves being outside. She crawls all over the place exploring. When playing outside she can always be found with wood chips, leaves or grass in her mouth.

*She signs all done and more but I am certain she doesn't know what they mean yet. The other day I was cleaning out her nose which is her least favorite thing. She cried and cried until I was done. Once I stopped she signed more.

*We are starting to set up boundaries and teach her the word, "No" when she gets into something she isn't suppose to. She sure has shaking her head no down. sometimes she will crawl towards something she isn't suppose to get into as she is shaking her head no. Or right before she touches something that is off limits I will say her name and she will stop, look at me, shake her head and then crawl away. Joshua asks, "Why are you telling Kayla no?" And now he tells people, "Kayla is learning what no means."

*She really likes dogs and cats. One day we went to Petsmart to look at all the animals. When we were looking at the cats she was smiling from ear to ear and literally shaking with excitement lunging towards them.

* She continues to be a great eater eating mostly finger foods now. She loves feeding herself and I don't think she has rejected anything yet. Once I was feeding her puree food and she saw some finger foods I was going to give to her afterwards and she all of a sudden stopped eating the purees because she wanted the real food. Sometimes when she finishes the food on her tray she starts eating out of her bib.

*She now sleeps with a white polar bear stuffed animal that Omah gave her for her baby dedication. It all started one night when Daniel was getting her ready for bed. She was playing with this bear that is bigger than she is. She would cry something fierce whenever we took it away. She even held on to it when I nursed her right before bed. We decided to let her sleep with it. The next morning when I got her up she was so tickled to have it in her crib. She was so cute sitting in her crib just holding on to it. As cute as it was I just couldn't see myself carting around that huge bear so I gave her the smaller one. It is so cute to see her cuddled up with it at night. If its already laying n her crib when I lay her down she goes right go it and lays her head on it like a pillow. When I hand it to her before bed she gets a big smile and lunges for it. So sweet.