Eleven Months Old!

Hello, my darling! It's been a great month, as usual. Summer is finally in full swing here in Chicago, and we've been making the most of it. In the last week alone, we've been to the farmers' market, the beach, several parks, and swimming in the backyard. All this excitement has been really wearing you out -- you've been taking two good naps a day lately. Good baby.


Having finally mastered crawling around 10 months, you're getting around readily these days. Your explorations are getting more ambitious, and you're starting to pull up on things. Today, you figured out how to pull out your bottom dresser drawer, and then you tried to pull up on it. So that's why people buy those baby-safe dressers!


You love to be free to roam the floor, crawling around until you find something of interest, and sitting down for a serious examination of all its properties. You want to know what everything is called -- you're a great mimic, and you're picking up new words like crazy. Today, you used the words "car" and "flower" for the first time, and you demanded "bubble" in your bath (which I happily obliged). You're really into new textures and sensations at the moment, so we've been finger painting, playing in the sand, digging in the garden, whirling silk scarves, pouring cornmeal... you take your 'work' very seriously.


You are taking life by storm these days. I can't put you down on your back for a second before you're off and running again, probably looking over your shoulder to make sure I'm chasing you. It is just so much fun!



Love,
Mommy