Happy eleven months! You’re more little boy than baby, and you discovered so many new things to love this month!

You and I got to visit Washington State and hang out with grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins. We both got sick, but it was such a nice trip (and warmer than it was in Florida!).

It’s been really cold here this month and so we bundle you up often. You own at least 5 winter hats and 3 pairs of mittens. I always try to keep your feet covered in socks, but your crawling and jumping wiggles them free and I find them all over the house, just stranded.

You’re trying out all kinds of new foods. It is clear that you like cheetos and doritos. You take a full three minutes to eat one chip, and most of the cheesy orange coating ends up on your face. One morning, I gave you a whole chocolate chip cookie and you nibbled on it contentedly. You also got it all over your hands and face and used it as a sort of hair gel for your precious little blonde locks. Foods that we know you like: chocolate, any of the gerber 2nd foods, tortilla chips, slices of apple, paper, multi-grain cheerios, and paper. Foods that you don’t like: cheese, french fries, diced peaches (they’re too slippery and slimy!), teething biscuits, any kind of cheerios other than multi-grain, lettuce, and yogurt. You’re always very interested in what we’re eating, and we like to share, but more often than not, you make the Mr. Yuck face before the adult food reaches your lips and block any repeated attempts we make to give you another taste.

We’ve established a bedtime routine for you to help you sleep better and we all really enjoy splashing in the bath and then bundling you all up in clean jammies and reading to you from our library of awesome children’s books. You’re favorite so far is a teeny little board book about Buzz Lightyear that you’re Dad now knows by heart. The last page of the book reads, ” but most important of all, I always believe in being a good friend. Mission Accomplished”. You often want us to read it one more time.

There’s always fun to be had with you in the house. You picked out a drum at a thrift store and the joy on your face when you hit it and it made noise is unparalleled. Now you like to bang on everything to see what kind of sound it makes: toy bins, doors, mirrors, your face. You also dance when the radio comes on. Your lower half wiggles and shimmies and your arms raise high in the air and you grin from ear to ear. In fact, we can even find you dancing when there’s no music at all.

We love you little man- you’re gonna be a year old before we know it!
xo
mama

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