11 Months Old

Here is a synopsis of what Jaelyn is doing at 11 months:

• Walking (almost running at times)
• Still requires something to pull herself up into the standing position before she walks
• Has had many battle wounds from run-ins with furniture/walls
  
• Her 6th tooth is almost popping through...so that will make it 4 on top, 2 on bottom
• Says Dadda frequently, Momma is harder to come by.
• When she hears the garage door open, she says Da (meaning Daddy)!
• Has learned the "I don't know" sign with her hands and uses it all the time...it's pretty cute.
  

• LOVES swimming class~especially going down the slide all by herself and then under the water.
• Is a "thinker". She is very alert and attends to things for a long time. She looks at things very intently. Even the librarian picked up on it at story time. I think she has the "engineering" brain...she wants to know how things work.
  
• Is starting to "blow kisses" to Mommy & Daddy
• Still taking 2 naps/day. Usually around 9-10am or so and 2-4pm (depending on the days activities)
• Has mastered the art of opening up the cupboards & drawers. She loves the tupperware cupboard...ahhh...she loves to create a mess! I need to get the china out of this cabinet so she can have full reign.
  

• Continues to enjoy standing at the paper shredder (while Mommy or Daddy are at the computer) and likes to shred the paper Jaelyn style (by mouth).

• Still pretty much eats anything we put on her tray. Her go to fruit is grapes...she could eat those all day long as well as mac-n-cheese.
• Enjoys running around without a diaper on...this happens when mom gives up on trying to get the diaper on after a diaper change! She has won that battle. A couple times she has peed on herself...she gets this funny face as it trickles down her legs! Kinda funny! :)
• Is now confined by the gates we have installed in the house. I LOVE these things....Jaelyn isn't so sure of them, though! :) We should have put these up a long time ago!