


your FIRST BIRTHDAY is coming up in less than one month...26 days to be exact.
how you have changed our family! our world revolves around you, little one.
you love to stand, crawl EVERYWHERE, and "talk" with your sisters. you love to play with balls, noisy toys, cars, and your noisy floor vacuum. you eat your mixed oats, fruit, veggies, and mommy's milk. you now have your two front teeth with more bulging and on their way. you continue to wake up at least twice during the late night hours. which means you like at least two naps a day. you love your blue/white blanket that erin made you. you love to look at books. you love to cry...oh, how you love to cry...until mommy picks you up. then all is well again. you love your kitty cats and say "kittttteeeeeee." i also believe you say "daaaadda" and "ewwwa," among other fun babbling sounds. ella and sophia can make you laugh until you cry. again. mommy picks you up and all is well again. ella and sophia can also lock you out of their room, take your toys, and carry you around, with your toes hanging on the ground...all of which you tolerate very well. you belly laugh and love a good leg-tickle. you love to swing and dance. you enjoy the water and relax in its warmth. you travel well by car, plane, train, boat, bike trailer, and backpack. you are so proud of yourself when you stand in your crib and babble, throwing your binky on the floor. when the camera is pointed at you, you smile. what a relief, because your sisters don't! you love to pull hair...sisters and daddy's hair. AND you love to be naked...such a cute little one!

to my eleven month old baby...xoxoxxooxxooxxoo.