11 months down…one to go!

Is this real life? It doesn’t seem real that my baby is going to be one year old in just one month. I feel like just within the last few days, she is looking so much less like a baby and more like a little girl. She has been making leaps and bounds in her physical and verbal development lately. She’s talking up a storm and clearly trying to communicate with us. She’s not walking yet but with all the standing and moving around she does, she’s definitely on her way. I started school at the beginning of the month and of course I miss her like crazy when I am gone…but one of my new favorite things is seeing her face when I come to pick her up. She lights up and crawls to me as fast as she can. I honestly never get tired of her presence. She could light up anyone’s day! How did Ryan and I get so lucky to be the parents of such an awesome little girl?!

Kinsie’s updates at 11 months old…

She has 7 teeth
She loves table food. Some of her favorite foods are avocados, carrots, and blueberry waffles
She loves to stand up
She likes to throw all of her toys out of the toy basket
She knows “more” in sign language
She can say “Uh-oh”
She is constantly mimicking words we say (her newest favorite word to say is “polar bear”)
She loves to roar like a monster
She dances to a rhythm
She loves to wave to people and always makes new friends at restaurants and stores
She finally claps…but she learned around the same time as learning “more” in sign language, so she often claps when she wants more food