11 Months

Ellie is 11 months old - WOW! She still has her sunny little personality and each day is learning new tricks to make us smile and laugh. Her BIG milestone this past month was learning to walk. It was slow and wobbly at first, pulling up on something and taking a few brave steps. But within 2 weeks she was getting up from the floor and then full-out walking. Now her own two feet are her preferred mode of transportation. She still puts her hands up at times (like she's walking on a balance beam), but for the most part she's steady eddy! =) Let's see, what else is new with Ellie this past month?

Yes and No - she's a master at the head nod and even uses NO in the right context (like when she doesn't want anymore food)

Where's your tongue? - which promptly results in her sticking out her tongue!

Hi, Mama, Daddy...she was kind of saying these things before, but HI is definately loud and clear now (and she says it to EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE). We get lots of smiles from random strangers when we're out in public. Mama is more like Mamamamama, but Daddy is pretty good. We even get 'Hi Daddy' at times.

Ellie loves her books and continues to love turning the pages. Lift the flap books are her favorite right now, but we need to work on lifting the flaps gently as some of the books are taking a beating.

Clapping her hands when someone else does or when you say 'Good job!'

She got 1 more tooth putting her grand total at 8 (4 on top and 4 on bottom).

She loves getting into the cupboards - pots, pans, and tupperware being her favorite.

She DOES NOT love getting her fingernails clipped. While this was never that bad before, it now results in full-blown temper tantrums. The only place I can clip her nails these days is in the car when she's sleeping.

It's hard to believe her first birthday is right around the corner!

Walking girl



She got these flower legos for Christmas and thinks it's really funny to put them on her mouth and stick her tongue out the hole!





Where's your tongue?





Here with her new monkey that Auntie Shannon and Uncle Andy got her in Jamaica (which is quite possibly the most annoying toy ever!) You can see she's getting a little hair now too =)