11 MONTH STATS:
Weight: 21.4lbs
Height: between 29 & 29.5inches (quite squirmy!)
Clothes: 12months
Shoe: size 2 Toms (1st pair!)
Teeth: almost 2...they're still making their way in!
Diapers: Finishing up 3's and moving to 4's
Well hello little almost one year old,
Where did my six pound baby go??!! Thank goodness for
pictures and memories stored in my heart or else those months would be long
gone! They have seriously flown by sweetheart since the day you entered this
world! Well safe to say this month, your personality has literally blossomed!
We’re not sure whether to be thrilled or scared because it’s a strong one and
cute one all balled up in one! You went with the flow rarely making a peep or
showing any signs of anything but totally chill for the first ten months of
your life and now it seems you are making up for lost time. You scream when
your food doesn’t come fast enough. You scream when getting a diaper change.
You scream when getting into your car seat and you certainly scream when you
can’t have the toy you want or get into something that you’re told you can’t
do. It makes us laugh, but it is definitely reminding us that you do indeed
have a little personality and now we wonder so much what your true temperament,
quirks, strengths, and weaknesses will be. We wonder what will bring you joy
and what will make you cry. We love you so deeply sweet girl and we’re so
thankful to be your parents. Your sisters’ love for you could bring me to
tears. They would move heaven and earth for you. They love to be your big “mommies!”
They still will do anything to make you smile and anything to stop the tears
from flowing. SO.MUCH.FUN . having three
little girls playing together now. And we know that will only continue to
become more and more as you grow! We hope you see Jesus when you see how we
care for you. Howe we would sacrifice all we have for you and how no matter
what you do or how you act, our love for you will always be unconditional. You
make us so happy sweet Ashton Kate and you bring many others great joy as well!
Happy 11 months to our newest little squirt! We love you!
Love, Mommy & Daddy
Milestone and Memories from 10-11 months:
-Not much has changed in your typical schedule! You are
still an awesome sleeper! Once we put you down we rarely have to go in there
until morning. Occasionally, you will cry out but it’s over and done with
before mommy can even fully wake up. You go down around 8ish still and you are up for the day between 7:30 and 8 as well. You take two naps
generally totaling about 3-3.5hrs a day. If you miss your morning nap, you
catch up by taking one really long nap. Your sleeping really makes mommy’s job
just a smidge easier!
-Still nursing every morning and then taking a pumped bottle
of milk for the other 3 feedings. Has worked well and you are mighty quick with
the bottle! You even learned how to hold it yourself when laying down (9/8) and
are pretty eager to get it in your mouth once you lay eyes on it! Typical day
is 7:30 /8, 11:30 /12, 3:30 /4:30 , & 7:30 /8
with three meals mixed in there.
-Mealtime is a favorite for you =) As soon as you see your
twin sisters make their way to the table to eat, you aren’t far behind begging
to be picked up and put in your highchair. As long as you like what’s being
served, you devour it quicker than I can get it cut up on your tray. You aren’t
afraid to show your dislike for certain foods now…such as eggs, avocado, and
butternut squash/sweet potatoes. You like just about everything else so far
which is SO nice! And you want to do it ALL
BY YOURSELF.
-You have developed quite a feisty/fiery/spunky little
personality this past month! Your daddy jokes and says you sure didn’t have an
opinion for the first 10 months of your life, so you sure don’t get one now =)
But seriously, you are quite vocal about your likes/dislikes of everything! You
make yourself known around this family and it’s quite funny!
-Last month you were just getting mobile, but now there is
no stopping you! Wanting to be on the go constantly is an understatement. You
can’t get down fast enough from our arms to be moving. You are into EVEYRTHING
and I mean everything. You have found the stairs, cabinets, drawers, laundry
room, bathroom toilet-you name it and you have probably made a visit or quite a
few. You love exploring new places and as long as no one tries to stop you,
you’re a happy camper, but boy take you away and you will scream and protest!
-So with that mobility has come great difficulty in changing
your diaper and getting you dressed. It is quite a sight to say the least. You
WILL NOT stay still and escape from mommy’s arm regularly and take off as fast
as you possibly can. You also put up a big fight (as in screaming!) during these
tasks and being wiped off from mealtime. Patience my little one, patience!
-The car seat used to not be an issue but remember when I
mentioned feisty? Well, you will do a full out plank when we try to get you in
your seat. I mean straight as a board, can’t bend your torso for fear of
hurting you while adequately expressing your displeasure for containing you =)
Again, quite an opinion now, ha! (This began at 10.5mo and is still going
strong…)
-Other things you learned to express or do at 10.5 months
old and are still current things you do…shake your head profusely and clinch
your mouth shut when rejecting food, crawl ALL
over the house, get to wherever the action and people are, especially your big
sisters, mess up the twins stuff or things they have made/built, express your
happiness or disgust for things, crawl up on mommy for some love and then get
back down to play, hold your own bottle, pull up on everything, open cabinets,
drawers, try to get in the dishwasher and dryer, unload bookshelves, pull magazines
off end table, grab our cell phones and try to “swipe” them as you have seen
done, unplug things such as monitors and the sound machines, & mimic/copy
noises and animal sounds or words
-Your all-time favorite toy if you can get your hands on
them are the door stoppers! Following behind that would be the Fisher Price
doll house, the play house that you can crawl in and out of and go head first
down the mini slide, playing with the twins kitchen stuff, stuffed animals, the
doctor’s kit-really, you’re a pretty content child when it comes to playing
with things!
-When I think of you at 11 months this is what comes to
mind: You are quite an affectionate
baby! You love being near mommy and daddy (+ your two sissies too!) and giving
and receiving lots of hugs and kisses! =) You will crawl up to get some “love”
and then go back to doing what you were doing many times a day. You smile all
the time! People still comment on what a doll baby you look like (you’ve heard
that since the day you were born truly), you wave and say hey/hi to the FedEx
man, mailman, cashiers, really anybody, you are an extremely active and squirmy
one now who wants to be climbing, crawling, pulling up, opening, shutting,
exploring and testing the limits! You LOVE anything soft and cuddly and will
squeeze and pat babies and stuffed animals by your chest (PRECIOUS!) and you
will bury your head into big teddy bears and animals, you are pretty persistent
when it comes to achieving things and can now put all the rings on your toy in
addition to the coins in the piggy bank. You watch and then you replicate and
you do it well. You are a sociable baby who is fun to take out because you love
people. You don’t think you’re a baby and think you can do anything you big
sisters do. You try to chase them up the tunnels at the playground and you like
to follow them everywhere they go. You belly laugh when tickled and you make
our days brighter!!
-Important dates this month: 9/3-Stood up in the
middle of the carpet without falling for a second; 9/8-enjoyed your first Jim N
Nick’s meal-tasted mac n cheese, watermelon, chicken, and cheese biscuits;
9/10-9/14-you stayed overnight with someone other than mommy & daddy-we
left you with Nana & G-dad while we were in Orlando for daddy’s work
conference/Disney trip; 9/17-used your first snack cup; 9/22-saw you drop food
off your tray intentionally; 9/23-played in the sandbox for the first time;
9/27- climbed up on the bottom stair; 9/28-intentionally gave someone a hug!
Crawled right up to Makenzie and wrapped your arms around her! 9/29-I spy your
first two teeth coming in on the bottom (haven’t poked through yet); 9/30-1st
bouncy house experience and loved it; 10/1- your two bottom teeth broke
through! (a day past 11months!)
