11 months!

Cate Elisabeth, the past few months it's been near impossible to get one of these "monthly shots." So, we take what we get, and most of the time, they turn out better if I (rather than daddy and I) just quickly dress you, plop you in the chair, snap a pic, and in this month's case...let you hold one of your bath rubber duckies, that is squirting out water...=)
At 11 months you:
~ weigh an estimated 24 lbs
~ feed yourself everything with your hands, there still isn't much you don't like
~ have taken your first itty bitty baby steps, as of yesterday you took 6, you can prop yourself up off the floor into a standing position, and are walking with your walkers, including the laundry basket, like a pro.
~ still are saying ba, da da, ad da, and ma, and you know who your ma ma and da da are.
~ you have become VERY gigglie, especially at strangers when you try to get their attention
~ have gone from your fist wave/point/hi/bye bye, to an actual point and wave
~ are becoming very independent, and if we take something away from you, say a cell phone, or something else you are not really suppose to have, you let us know that you don't really like that
~ cut your two top teeth, and I think the ones on each side of those are on their way
~ are starting to mimic different sounds that we make
~ LOVE swimming in the pool and at the beach=)
~ love watching "Super Why," definitely your fave over "Cat in the Hat" "Sesame Street" or "Mickey Mouse" if you are fussy, tired, teething, etc. this show will stop you in your tracks and you will just sit there and watch it, like you did "Wheel of Fortune" when you were a baby. It's seriously magic, and this show grants 30 minutes of silence and calmness if you (of mama=) need it.
~ same eating schedule, 3 meals, one snack and nurse twice a day, and have milk in a sippy the rest of the times, however, with those top two teeth coming in, we are going to work on dropping one more nursing this week...
~ are still in 18-24 month clothes, size 4 diapers, size 3 shoes
~ still sleeping thru the night, (even with teething, and going on vacation!!!!) 7pm until 7am, napping twice a day, 1 hr in the morning and 1-2 in the afternoon
~ are an absolute delight! We have SO much fun with you every day, you make us crack up at your facial expressions, noises, sounds, and I told Daddy last night, I can't wait until you really start talking, and we really see and hear your real personality=) We aren't quite sure where you get your bubbly, outgoing personality, I guess mostly from me, we know it's not daddy, but it sure is cute!