11 Months old

Look at that face. This little girl is so spunky. You can see that little glimmer of trouble in her eye in the above picture. That's my girl! Amelia was a little cheated out of her 11 month birthday being that February only has 28 days! So, we went with March 2nd being the official 11 month mark. The last few months have been so busy with William's birthday, Christmas, Thanksgiving and Halloween it is starting to feel like I've been cheating our girl out of some camera time. I wanted to be sure I got some pictures of our baby before she turns 1 next month (or this month, whatever).
In the last few weeks, EVERYTHING has been in her mouth. If you're brave enough to put a finger in there with all her other sharp teeth, you'll feel four HUGE bumps in the back of her mouth where her molars are coming in. Poor baby!

Chew, chew, chew
She loves the game where she "shares" something with you. She hands you an object. You hold it for a heartbeat and she takes it back. And the cackles away. Because she is the funniest baby ever.

Such a happy girl! As long as things are going her way...but don't cross her! She has a temper! I'm still working on getting video proof of her temper. So cute (at this stage anyway)! Her hair is still so soft and fluffy. Something is a little different not though I'm not sure what. It is SUPER fluffy on top and I can't get it to lay down for anything. It looks like it is coming in more and more in a light brownish color, but I suppose anything can still happen.

William's toys make the best teethers!

I have been looking forward to putting Amelia in this polka dot dress for awhile now! With the sun shining in, today seemed like the perfect opportunity!

Dropping things on the ground over and over is also a riveting game. Here she is dropping William's toy, retrieving it, dropping it, etc.

Pretty girl! We haven't been doing many dresses lately because a)it has been cold and b) they are VERY difficult to crawl in. So fun to see her in her dress!

Silly faces!

Tiny fingers. You would not believe the damage these fingers can do! She pinches and scratches HARD!

Cute baby toes in summer sandals (crossing my fingers they still fit!)
Tip toes!

Amelia is quite the efficient climber. The minute she hears the bathroom door open, she crawls like crazy to get in there. We had been keeping the door open to allow W. quicker access to the potty, but no more! William's room is also off limits now as Amelia has figured out how to open his dresser drawer and empty it quicker than...well really fast.

She loves to get up here and look at herself in the mirror. And throw things into the sink. Like toilet paper, tooth brushes, garbage, anything in her reach.

Just standing on the stool isn't cool enough!
Higher! Higher! Must climb higher!

Ahhh....the two kids. This picture is a great representation as to the relationship between the two. It looks all sweet and nice, but William is really with holding the toy Amelia really wants. Because he can. He doesn't care one bit about any stuffed animal or baby doll unless Amelia is playing with it. And Amelia is waiting for him to give it up. We had our first instance of biting recently (A bit W) over a toy.

No Amelia! Amelia then replies "Nonononononono??!?!" So cute!

My handsome big boy

I will not smile for you. Nope, I won't.

William and his sidekick waiting for Mama at the top of the stairs

THIS is what I need to remember about this age. Amelia is a tornado. She can unload/tip/open just about every container we own. I think I pick up the books from the bookcase about 45 times every day. I shouldn't, but otherwise they get stepped on, driven on and ripped. I just can't let that happen to our books. Yet. Anyway, Amelia spends a great portion of her day crawling to and from different areas of the house emptying book shelves, dumping buckets of blocks, cars and play food, unfolding clothes, and harassing the cat. The only time I have to get ahead of her mess making is when she is harassing the cat.

Other stuff:

Really starting to talk. She greets everyone with the prettiest "Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii-a!" everywhere we go. She also has been doing a lot of mimicking of other words lately. She has said "thank you" "potty" "van" and "book" recently. All words were one time occurrences which I don't count as words. Amelia is finally starting to come back to books. I just couldn't get her to slow down enough to read with me for the past month or so. Not even a page here or there. Nope. Just way to many things for her to do. Now she is finally interested in sitting for a short while and listening to books. Not like William. William would sit with you and read for as long as you were willing. And then want some more. Amelia especially likes books with real photographs of babies in them and any book about animals. In the last week she has decided the funniest noise is "Meow!" . She laughs every. single. time. I do it. Which means I do it a bazillion times a day. Because I love to hear her laugh. She continues to love baby dolls and stuffed animals. She carries them around with her either clenched in one hand or in her mouth. She kisses them, hugs them and pats them exuberantly. We are seeing more and more standing unassisted for longer periods of time. We've also seen a few steps here and there without any support. So far, it hasn't been her idea to leave the support of mom or dad to go out on her own. But, it's coming along. Amelia loves all food. There isn't anything she has encountered she hasn't tried. From cardboard to vegetables, Amelia is quite the little eater! At dinner time, she has been crawling over to her high chair and attempting to crawl in by herself and when that fails, she busies herself with shaking food off of the tray to the floor to eat. When she has something she likes, she hums "mMMMMmmmn" as she eats. There have been a few occasions lately where I'm certain Amelia has out eaten William at dinnertime. Amazing! Her current favorite is probably spaghetti. She loves, loves, loves it! I think that sums up our Mia!