11 Months

11 months my sweet Henry James! I adore you more and more with each passing day. I love your heart for adventure, the way you try to keep up with your 2 older sibs, and the way you gasp with excitement every time I walk in the room. I love the way you clap as if everything is the most exciting thing you have encountered yet, and the way you lean forward to greet anyone that talks to you. I love how you lean in and cuddle with me when you are tired, and how you love to jump, jump, jump when you are excited.

I love how you hold on to the coffee table and bounce up and down when you hear music, and the way you laugh when I tickle you is one of my favorite sounds in the existence of all time. I still love your squishy soft cheeks, and the way your white blonde hair sticks straight up in the middle no matter what length it is. I love how you crawl with one knee and drag your other foot on the ground even though you know how to crawl in the traditional way. I love how you take little steps all the time without even thinking it through! It's as if your body can't keep up with your mind, and you are trying to run before you even know how.

I love how you want to be involved in everything Kaelyn and Liam are doing, even though they get frustrated for you messing up their blocks and tea parties. You are just happy to be with them, regardless of how they let you participate. People tell me all the time that you are the happiest baby they've ever met, and I continue to be amazed at how easy going you are. You do want to be held most of the time while I am trying to make dinner, and get a little fussy around bedtime, but we understand you are just trying to communicate with us. ;-) You started sleeping nice long stretches for mommy and Daddy, going to bed now at 7pm, and sleeping until 4:30 or 5am, having a snack, and going back to sleep until almost 7! Sometimes you just stay and play by yourself with toys in your pack and play until I come and get you because... you are just independent and sweet like that. You are easy going in the way that you LOVE to be around lots of stimulation and people, but you are also completely content to explore the world and play on your own. That makes it sooooo easy on mommy... because I can take you anywhere, and because you allow me to do other things rather than hold you 24/7! Which don't get me wrong... I do love to hold you... but you are getting a little heavy!! You were about 20 lbs at your 9 month visit... and you have since gotten chunkier! Looking forward to your 12 month visit!

You have been exploring lots of new foods, and 90% of the time feed yourself! You have 4 teeth on top and 2 on bottom. Your favorite foods are watermelon and toast and you will try most anything!

Here are some adventures from this month!

11 Months

11 months my sweet Henry James! I adore you more and more with each passing day. I love your heart for adventure, the way you try to keep up with your 2 older sibs, and the way you gasp with excitement every time I walk in the room. I love the way you clap as if everything is the most exciting thing you have encountered yet, and the way you lean forward to greet anyone that talks to you. I love how you lean in and cuddle with me when you are tired, and how you love to jump, jump, jump when you are excited.

I love how you hold on to the coffee table and bounce up and down when you hear music, and the way you laugh when I tickle you is one of my favorite sounds in the existence of all time. I still love your squishy soft cheeks, and the way your white blonde hair sticks straight up in the middle no matter what length it is. I love how you crawl with one knee and drag your other foot on the ground even though you know how to crawl in the traditional way. I love how you take little steps all the time without even thinking it through! It's as if your body can't keep up with your mind, and you are trying to run before you even know how.

I love how you want to be involved in everything Kaelyn and Liam are doing, even though they get frustrated for you messing up their blocks and tea parties. You are just happy to be with them, regardless of how they let you participate. People tell me all the time that you are the happiest baby they've ever met, and I continue to be amazed at how easy going you are. You do want to be held most of the time while I am trying to make dinner, and get a little fussy around bedtime, but we understand you are just trying to communicate with us. ;-) You started sleeping nice long stretches for mommy and Daddy, going to bed now at 7pm, and sleeping until 4:30 or 5am, having a snack, and going back to sleep until almost 7! Sometimes you just stay and play by yourself with toys in your pack and play until I come and get you because... you are just independent and sweet like that. You are easy going in the way that you LOVE to be around lots of stimulation and people, but you are also completely content to explore the world and play on your own. That makes it sooooo easy on mommy... because I can take you anywhere, and because you allow me to do other things rather than hold you 24/7! Which don't get me wrong... I do love to hold you... but you are getting a little heavy!! You were about 20 lbs at your 9 month visit... and you have since gotten chunkier! Looking forward to your 12 month visit!

You have been exploring lots of new foods, and 90% of the time feed yourself! You have 4 teeth on top and 2 on bottom. Your favorite foods are watermelon and toast and you will try most anything!

Here are some adventures from this month!