Penelope is 11 months old!

My gentle, darling, sweet Penelope!  You're already 11 months old! Time has gone by so quickly, but you're still my little sweet baby. 

Penelope, at 11 months you:

Weigh about 19 lbs, and are wearing 12-18 month clothes (mostly hand-me-downs from your sister).

Can crawl and pull up to standing.

You're crying face continues to break my heart into a million pieces...but as soon as I pick you up, you usually cheer up.  Very validating. ;)

You're a little scared of the blender and immediately drop what your doing and start to crawl to towards me all panicky when it turns on (damn mommy and her stupid breakfast smoothies!)

Can now blow kisses (by holding your hand up to your mouth and licking it), and say "uh oh"- your first word! 

Still sleeping through the night: about 6:30 pm - 4:30 am, when I nurse you for 15 min and then you go back to sleep until about 6:00 (most of the time)...we went to RI together last week and now your sleeping schedule is all off! 

You nurse about 6x a day now, and drink two, 4-oz bottles and one 2 oz bottle when at daycare. At work, I pump about 9 oz now... Starting to go down. Weaning will start soon! Happy/sad...

You have your top teeth now! Four total teeth! 

You are so sweet and gentle and curious!  

 

Our baby is 10 months old!

Penelope, your smile is magical!

At 10 months (double digits now! You're practically a teenager), you:

Weigh about 19 lbs, and wear 9-12 month clothes. 

Can pull up to a stand, and you've started "cruising" a little. 

Can wave, play peekaboo, and will sometimes say "more" using sign language while eating. Whenever we say the word "bye", your hand shoots up and you start waving. 

Are finally taking longer naps...about 1 hr and 15 min, twice per day. The afternoon nap still varies and is often 45 min.

And you're finally sleeping through the night: about 6:30 pm - 5:30 am, when I nurse you for 15 min and then you go back to sleep until about 7:00 (most of the time)...

Nursing like a champ. You nurse about 7x a day, and drink three, 4-oz bottles when at daycare. At work, I pump about 12 oz, so I think your total intake right now is about 18 oz. 

You like to stand on your head while you nurse, too. 

You're eating more finger foods and can chew and swallow them without gagging/choking! 

You have two bottom teeth still, but those top teeth are coming soon. The gums up there look mean. 

You are so playful and love to laugh. I think you're going to be a little jokster as you get older. 

You were baptized on 4/26/14, and you were the star of the show. You were singing with the choir and "talking" to the priest (during his sermon)! The priest decided to cut his sermon short and do the baptism bc you were being impatient. Then during the ceremony, you kept kicking your little legs and wiggling around in my arms. You saw Papa in the crowd and yelled out to him. Everyone laughed and thought you were the cutest little thing. 

Now you're free of original sin! Don't mess it up, little one!