11 Months

26 days and counting until you are 1. O-N-E. My precious baby, I love you so much. You are such a joy. You bring our family together in so many ways. It is rare to see you without a big smile across your face. 

You eat better than your sister and brother combined! Waaaaay better. In fact, this past month you have filled your tummy with Tuna, Oranges, Salmon...even kale! You amaze this Momma.

You are a solid 21 pounds.

You have started dancing all the time. Anytime you hear music you bounce up and down. You are a crawling machine. You are already walking around while holding on to whatever you can climb up on. This month you started standing in your crib when you wake up from naps waiting on me.

We made it to 10 months and then had to start supplementing formula. You are now exclusively fed formula and love it. It makes you sleep through the nights!!! You have been sleeping through the night about 2 weeks now.

As for naps, well they are slim to none. Not by your doing though, it is due to our crazy schedule. Between Parker's school and Blakely, plus some necessary errands...they just don't happen all that much. You are still one of the happiest babies ever though!

I've started planning your party! We are doing pink and gold with a splash of hearts! This Momma of yours loves her some b'day celebrations!!! We've invited just a few of your friends!

You say Momma quite often, but only when I'm away from you and you are trying to get to me. You've started a bit of separation anxiety when someone you are unfamiliar with holds you while I am within eyesight. I'm not gonna lie, it makes my heart a little happy.

You love Zizi. You two have a ball at meal time. She counts on you to give her a few bites and you think it is so so funny.

You sister and brother adore you. Blakely has started carrying you around the house. Like, all the time. I tell her that you are going to have to learn to walk! She just always looks for you and wants to play with her 'kitt-en" and "meow-ers" as in the sound a cat makes plus ers.

You are my sunshine little doodle. You are just into eve-ry-thing!!! and I mean everything.

We have started to see a tad bit of neediness...we will just say that you like to be held =)

Alli Kate, I love you more than I could ever tell you. You are one fifth of my heart. You calm me when I am anxious and remind me that God is in control. You have a pretty funny personality and are totally laid back. I love you to the moon and back.

10 Months

Ten Months. T-E-N months. Oh my sweetness. Ten whole months with this girl. 

This has been such a big month for you! 

You love to stand. I mean L-O-V-E it. You pull up on any and everything! You love standing so much that you lock those knees of yours when we try and sit you down! 

You have such a sweet smile! I absolutely adore your smile!

You are crawling like a crazy now. You are in to EVERYTHING! 

We had to introduce formula this month. I'm still feeding you around 3 times a day, but we've gone through two cans of formula, so I'm guessing you aren't getting much from me these days. It's been hard on me, but I'm getting used to it! I don't think you mind it too much =)

You are still giving the nursery workers at church a hard time. You are high maintenance while you are there! I can't figure it out...my easy going baby is the most demanding when in that setting!

You love all things shiny. Christmas and all of its glitter sure does amaze you.

You've started talking quite a bit. You say Momma, Mimi, and a bunch of jibber jabber!

You eat like a champ. There hasn't been a food you have refused! Turkey, bread, cheese, eggs, yogurt, veggies, fruit...everything! It makes me so so so happy--especially considering what we've gone through with the other two picky eaters!

You love picking on people's faces. Let me tell you, it hurts!

Even though it's December, we've enjoyed many days outside!

Girl, you own me.

Happy 10 months sweet girl! You have brought our family so much joy. I love you more than you will ever know!

9 Months

It's been a big month for us! This month we had a bunch of 'firsts'. 

You got your first tooth...well teeth. They came in on the same day at the exact same time. They are the bottom centers.

You had your first sickness =( It was a big ol' bad fever virus that lasted a little over 4 days...

You got to eat a large variety of table foods! You have loved every single thing we've put on your plate.

 You still love life in a big way. You are always smiling. Even when you were sick, you couldn't hold back your smile from me!

 Sister dresses you up in her baby doll clothes all the time and you don't seem to mind one bit!

 You have been working so hard at crawling all month long! You've got a backward scoot perfectly, but crawling forwards, not so much.

 poor sick baby!

 You did so great at your check up, sick and all!

 You weigh 19 pounds, 11 oz (75%) and are 28.25" long (75%)

 We got you your first cookie ever at Publix on our way home!

 You really weren't sure what to do with it! You just kept turning it over and staring at it. You put every single thing in that mouth of yours, but the cookie just confused you!

 You are loving turkey and cheese!!!

This next month should be really fun for you getting to eat a yummy thanksgiving meal!!!