11 Months

Lauren is less than one month away from turning one!  Aaah!  Then I'll have no more babies, so crazy.  I'm starting to plan her first birthday party already and worked on her birthday banner the other night, yay!  She's been up to a lot lately:

• She moves constantly.  Whether its crawling, cruising or pushing around any toys with wheels Lauren just wants to go, go, go.  She tries to stand very briefly by herself but doesn't have the balance thing covered yet.  
• She's not a sleeper.  We either get one 2-hour nap a day or two 45-60 minute naps a day.  How can this be??  At night she's out by 6-6:30 most days and gets up at 6:30-7 the following morning.  Lately this has also included an hour or so feeding/awake session in the middle of the night.  
• She drinks four bottles a day, still on the crazy formula. 
• She eats stage 3 fruits and veggies and is finally eating some other solids than cheerios.  Her favorites: tomato puffs and bananas.  She has at least tried green beans and we're still working on carrots and strawberries.  As far as protein, she'll only eat the stage 2 meat options.
• She is wearing 12 month clothes and size 2 shoes. 
• Her hair just keeps on growing and filling in! 
• She tries to do what Luke is doing so I'm using that to my advantage when it comes to eating new foods - he shows her how he eats it and then she gets excited and at least tries it.  
• She chews on EVERYTHING!  Has two teeth in the bottom front.
• She's been congestion free for the first time in the last 6 months finally!  Now she'll turn 1 and we'll have to figure this out all over again but its all good.
• She is very serious but also super ticklish and will always laugh for her daddy and brother.
• She started her transition to the 1 yr old room last week, she won't move for another 3 weeks but she'll slowly spend more time there to help her adjust.  

Happy 11 Months Lauren!