11 months

This kiddo is growing way too fast!  It's hard to believe we are planning a birthday party!  Some fun things that she is doing so I don't lose track- she leans in for hugs and makes the kissing sound, but can't quite figure out how to kiss...she will sign for more and all done (especially at meals)...she lets the dogs out every morning whether I want them free or not...she loves to dance to a good beat...she can stack up to 3 blocks...can climb the stairs (and scare me!)...eats pretty much anything we offer her so long as we are eating it too...she still only has 2 bottom teeth, still 2 naps a day, still size 3 diapers and kinda fitting 9-12 months clothes better...love "Mr. Brown can moo, can you?" and "Goodnight Moon." She is definitely a little sponge!  She will crawl everywhere, and pretty quickly at times, but still no walking (totally fine).  She is quite attached to her blankie and 2 wubbanubs (lambie and Tony the Tiger), but those generally only come out at nap time and bedtime.

We are definitely looking forward to the festivities in the next couple of weeks and know E will at the least enjoy all the food!  And at the end, she will finally get to taste some cake!  Now if I can just get her to blow a little harder she might be able to actually blow her candle out!

9 and 10

The last 2 months have flown by!  Once we started getting close to holidays, things got so much busier than normal!!  I mean, it could be that some little person decided she wanted to move around the whole house...nah!

But seriously, this kid is everywhere, all the time, into everything.  We have "safe" drawers in the kitchen that I will steer her towards when I'm cooking and lots of toys that migrate around the house.  Thank goodness I have kept up with her baby book because I cannot keep up with when she started doing what anymore!!  She is so inquisitive and seems to be connecting lots of dots!

In October, we took our annual "just us" family vacation and went for half of a week to Chicago.  B spent a very short 24 hours there last year (for work essentially) and wanted to go back since he didn't get to see anything.  It was the perfect time for us!  The flight went really well, E totally enjoyed the tall buildings and people watching and the museums were impressive!  We actually want to go back again because we missed some things still!

We did a little trick-or-treating for Halloween and E was an owl.  She seemed to love being dressed up- totally a girl!

Then into November.  She turned 10 months in November and we celebrated by introducing her to thanksgiving food!  She was a huge fan!  Sweet potato casserole and mac'n'cheese seemed to be her favorites, but she ate everything we offered her!

A week after thanksgiving we went to Greenville to celebrate B's sisters marriage!  Everything turned out beautifully and the bride and groom couldn't stop smiling!  E did great all day as well, she got to hang with the big girls all day!  Needless to say, she enjoyed exploring!