the crisps: 11 months.

Sunday, November 20

11 months.

height & weight: we’ll find out at her 1 year appt

this month has been much better than the last! avery has turned into our little “drama mama” and wants to do everything her brother is doing {he’s not such a fan of this new development!}. i can tell she is absorbing so much and has been a blast to be around! she is finally sleeping through the night again like a pro! this mommy & daddy are beyond excited about this! here’s a little more of what our princess is up to…

avery is:

now using a paci. she discovered them shortly after she turned 10 months old and is a bit obsessed. i also think they are helping her sleep through the night so whatever! she will crawl in her room to get them out of her crib but we try to limit them to sleeping times and when she is really tired.
crawling everywhere! i forgot how hard this stage is because when we’re out, she wants to be down but i’m not necessarily a fan of her crawling on all of the icky floors. c’mon walking!
pulling up and cruising around everywhere. she walks behind her cars quite easily and is pretty fast! she’ll also walk with you holding her hands but will fall to the ground as soon as you drop either hand she wants to hold. i think she just needs to realize she can do it but we’ll see.
standing by herself occasionally but will fall to the floor as soon as she realizes she is doing it.
still wearing a size 4 diaper.
wearing 18 to 24 month clothes for the most part although she can still fit in some of her 9 month shirts and dresses and occasionally sports a 2T.
eating all table food and is a complete mess!! she loves it though so whatever.
getting formula twice a day {she was only doing once a day but her dr wanted her to get more so we added back the morning}. shortly after she turned 10 months, i got worried that she was taking too many bottles and basically eating all day and that would be a problem when we went to drop bottles at 1. we started by dropping a bottle at a time and it didn’t seem to phase her. before we knew it, she was just taking a bottle at night before bed {8oz}. we added the morning one back {6oz} when she wakes up but put it in a sippy cup.
napping once a day for about 1.5-2.5 hours. she usually goes down around 12 or 1. occasionally she will take 2 naps but that is very rare.
saying “dadadada” and “mamamama” as well as “uh uh oh” {uh oh}, “didi” and will blow you kisses but instead of the normal kissing noise, she clucks her tongue when she puts her hand to her mouth.
actually getting in her front 4 teeth. we thought it was only 2 but on closer inspection {you know, when you have her turned upside down playing:)}, there are 4 that are coming in. they are all the way through, just pushing out a bit more.
still a mommy’s girl in every sense! she’s fine as long as i am not in the room.
also a daddy’s girl! if she hears his voice or sees him walk in a room, she gets a huge grin on her face and goes crazy!
thinks her brother hung the moon! she wants to do what he’s doing always! it’s very sweet and we hope that one day, evan will think so too :)
all about her brother’s trains and he is not a fan!
a climber! i think she will try to escape her crib long before evan does. she climbs up on evan’s chair to then climb up on the couch. you have to watch her or she will be on the back of the couch before you know it.
in love with her dogs. she thinks they are hilarious! rylea puts up with more from her than she did with evan – grumpy puppy!
STUBBORN! her way or the highway!
a complete stinker – plain and simple!