Adeline at 11 Months

Baby Adeline is growing so darn fast!  Oh, but she's SO much fun.  Her personality continues to emerge and it's so delightful.  She's easily excited about things and teaches us all to find joy in the little things.  She's such a happy baby.

Here's what she's doing now.

• She's singing.  You know . . . that cute baby way of singing.  When music comes on or when we sing, she "tries" to sing along with us.  
• She's "bouncing" much more regularly and more consistently to music.  She's going to be such a good singer and dancer.  :)
• She's getting more proficient at walking while holding onto things.  She's even starting to walk while holding onto our hands.  We've also caught her balancing without holding onto something . . . but this doesn't last more than a second at a time.  Needless to say, she's well on her way towards walking independently.
• She's even more vocal now than she has been.  She will rarely sit in silence now days.  She's almost always babbling something fancy.
• This past month little Addie caught a sinus infection.  She only had a few really rough days before the antibiotics started working and then she returned to her happy and pleasant self.
• She can point or gesture to something to get what she needs.
• She is able to say "dada" and "mama" discriminately.
• She responds to one-step commands without gestures (I'll say "no touchies" and she'll take her hand off of whatever I've warned her about).
• She LOVES playing in the dishwasher.
• She wants whatever Evie has.  It's humorous to watch sometimes.  There can be 15 other toys around, but she usually wants what Evie has at that moment.  
• She still loves to play with Evie.  Evie can make her laugh hysterically . . . especially when playing peek-a-boo type games.  
• She's a pretty good eater.  She's eating more and more solids and tends to want to try EVERYTHING we are eating.  She still loves her bottles too. 
• She's a cautious child.  She's so careful when working with stairs/steps.  She's careful when she has to get herself out of sticky situations (like when she crawls into places that aren't as easy to crawl out of).  She just seems to be "aware" of dangerous situations and handles them with ease.
• She looks to me for approval as if saying, "Is it okay that I play with this toy?" or "Is this person really okay to smile at?" or "Is it okay if I eat this crumb off of the floor?"  And . . . a myriad of other situations.

She's seriously the cutest and we're all so blessed to have her sweet soul in our family.  We can never seem to get enough of her.