eleven months old - 1.27.13

emery annabelle is 11 months old! she has spent over a month in her new bedroom and she loves it. the transition to sleeping out of her sleep sack has been great - she loves rolling all over her bed and has discovered the joy of sleeping on her tummy. and sleeping cross-ways. and sleeping on her side. and sleeping every which way. every time i look at her on the monitor, she's laying a different direction. she's also discovered the fun of jumping on her bed and will hold on the crib sides and jump jump jump!

she has four teeth now - the two on the top came in a few weeks ago. and we are starting to see a third one on the top left (her left).

emery eats all sorts of table food and likes a lot of things. it's easier to list the things she doesn't like: tuna, raw tomatoes, plain avocado (though she tolerates it sometimes), and some types of plain bread. she does better when things she likes are offered in between bites of things she doesn't like as much.

emery is starting to repeat things we say to her. she can say "hi kitty" (though it sounds like "hi key"), "wow," "mama," "dada," "hi," "kick," and sorta repeats other syllables when she wants to.

she raises her hands above her head when we say "touchdown!" - i guess i didn't realize that other babies do this in response to the question: how big are you? "so big!" she loves to clap, she's started waving, and i've finally gotten her to sign "more" but it looks mostly like a clap. her favorite face to make is the big open mouth, wide open eyes, gasping look that's just too stinkin' cute. she and i make that face at each other in the mirror when we wash our hands. when we wash our hands, i wash her right hand and then say, "give me the other hand," and she brings it around from behind my shoulder. such a smartie. and when i ask: "is it snowing?" she'll look at the window! genius child, i know.

her two favorite "toys" to hold and carry around are gift cards and chapstick. two very convenient toys when all i have with me is my purse. in some of the pictures below, she's holding her nice-smelling diaper cream. our favorite one is blueberry crumble - it makes her smell so yummy!

 

 

emery can stand on her own, but she never wants to be that still!