11 Months

11 Months came with alot of developments for little Ms. Lillian, also known as: Lilly Lou, Big Lil, Big squirrel, Lilly Billy, among others.

She is starting to take steps, just a few in between objects maybe the most would be 4-5. She is starting to cruise whenever possible.

She has also developed a love for pointing at everything, clapping, waving bye-bye, and blowing kisses.

We are unsure as to whether her words are truly 'words' or just really good babble. Her favorite is still dadadada and any derivitve thereof. She also says mamama but only when she is upset, hurt, hungry, or just in general need of something. She is also in love with her doggies and 'talks' to them and about them all the time. She will point and babble at them when she is mad if they knock her down or something and she uses correct intonations and wags her finger back and forth as if she is telling them off--it is very cute.

A big change in her little life is her daycare. Before she went to a center daycare called Appletree Christian Learning Center which was very nice, clean, educational etc However, she was not sleeping because there was always so much going on, they had a crib room that was glass so she could still see and here what was going on out in the other room which resulted in about 45 minutes worth of naps all day. This was clearly not enough naps for her and she was grumpy at night. We did our research and interviews and settled on a small home daycare with one provider whom she could bond with and a room where she could nap separately from all the other older kids. The ladies name is Sharon and she is a Godsend. Her prices are very low, she "does it for the kids and doesnt need alot of money". She loves kids, has pictures of her daycare kids on her walls and is just as nice as can be. Her husband is also there during day because he works 3rd shift and all kids they watch call them "grandpa and grandma" they also dont seem to loose anyone as there is a 12 year old in their care that they have had his whole life and a teenage girl who comes to help on days when their is no school.

In the food arena Lillian has decided she is done with babyfood so she is almsot exclusively on table food. She does pretty well. When she decides something doesnt feel right in her mouth or that she is full she still has a bad habit of spitting it out--with force!

All in all she is getting to be such a big girl and is so much fun. We cant imagine our lives without her and still cant recall what it is we did before she was around.