"Um... Excuse me. I'm 11 months old."
So Bella officially hit the 11 month mark on Saturday. We have had quite the eventful month. Dusty and I started a new school term which means that Bella has been spending a some time with her neighbor friends. We are so grateful for them and their willingness to watch Bella while we are in class. Bella has been through the ringer this month. It seems like she's sick for a week and then a day or two after she gets better, she gets sick again. She had croup for a week. It was horrible. She saw the doctor, but there was nothing that we could do besides tent her crib. If you've never heard of this, it's quite inventive. We put a sheet over the top of her crib with the humidifier on the side of the crib under the sheet. Everything in her room was wet for a week. It was so scary listening to her struggle to breathe all night. She finally got better and then last week she go sick again. This time we think she has the flu. It's not quite as scary as croup, but much much more messy (for you moms out there, you know what I'm talking about). We got a hamper for her room (she didn't have one before, we just piled her clothes on the floor) and we have been getting good use out of it this week since we have to change her clothes multiple times a day. I can't wait for her to feel better.
As far as progress goes, this month she's become a master at standing and climbing. She loves to get into the middle of the living room and stand up by pushing up off the floor. She is so proud of herself. Once she's up, she looks around the room to see who was watching her and wait for praise. Some times she gets her Curious George Monkey and just stands in the middle of the room holding her stuffed animal. It's pretty funny. Also she loves to climb up the back of the couch. She likes to look out the window and she just has to have the best view.
So Bella officially hit the 11 month mark on Saturday. We have had quite the eventful month. Dusty and I started a new school term which means that Bella has been spending a some time with her neighbor friends. We are so grateful for them and their willingness to watch Bella while we are in class. Bella has been through the ringer this month. It seems like she's sick for a week and then a day or two after she gets better, she gets sick again. She had croup for a week. It was horrible. She saw the doctor, but there was nothing that we could do besides tent her crib. If you've never heard of this, it's quite inventive. We put a sheet over the top of her crib with the humidifier on the side of the crib under the sheet. Everything in her room was wet for a week. It was so scary listening to her struggle to breathe all night. She finally got better and then last week she go sick again. This time we think she has the flu. It's not quite as scary as croup, but much much more messy (for you moms out there, you know what I'm talking about). We got a hamper for her room (she didn't have one before, we just piled her clothes on the floor) and we have been getting good use out of it this week since we have to change her clothes multiple times a day. I can't wait for her to feel better.As far as progress goes, this month she's become a master at standing and climbing. She loves to get into the middle of the living room and stand up by pushing up off the floor. She is so proud of herself. Once she's up, she looks around the room to see who was watching her and wait for praise. Some times she gets her Curious George Monkey and just stands in the middle of the room holding her stuffed animal. It's pretty funny. Also she loves to climb up the back of the couch. She likes to look out the window and she just has to have the best view.
We have been working on walking this month. We took her to the park on Saturday to see if we could get her walking, but she wasn't having it. We were trying to get her to walk before her cousin, Lily, but Lily beat us out and started walking this weekend. She has taken a couple of single steps (Daddy even got to see one today, the first he's seen), but it's hard to tell if they are actual steps or more of a balancing thing. There's no video proof yet, but we'll post it as soon as we get it.
Bella finally got her first tooth this month and has been having fun playing with it. She likes to stick her fingers in her mouth and bite them or rub her tongue across her tooth. It's pretty funny to watch her. Although today I think she fell (after standing up) and bit her tongue.
Here are Bella's 11 month pictures. Usually I can't get a good picture of her and I can't figure out which one to post, this time I got like 10, so I put "a few" of them up because she's just so darn cute.
What are you lookin' at?
Aye, Aye Captain.
Look at my belly.
Woo Hoo, Mom's letting me stand on the couch!
What?
She's been sitting in corners lately. I don't know why she does this?
Again, in the corner.
I think you can see her tooth in this picture. Maybe not.
Typical Bella.
Playing at the park. She loves the swings and this park had some pretty cool ones. It was very windy, but not too cold. We still had fun.
Sliding...
Sliding...
Sliding...
Climbing up the couch.
New hamper. Can you tell why I got it? Oh, there's a surprise inside...
Tada! Bella had fun playing in it. Okay, I made her get in it, but at least she didn't cry.
Peek-a-boo! (see the fingers in the mouth, she's checking out her tooth)
Sleeping with Curious George.
She loves to look out the back door and Grandma and Papa's house, this is the best we have to offer. I don't even think she can see the parking lot due to the porch. Maybe she's looking in the neighbor's window, directly across from us?
We had some great weather last week so we were able to play outside. Of course, Bella had to find the biggest bike out there.
This is more her size. A few days before this she was pushing her buddy, Lizzy, on this trike. It was pretty funny.
Dusty caught her sitting in this basket the other day. She took all the toys out of it and then just sat down. Weird-o.
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The picture of her saluting is my favorite. Stinking cute kid, Melody.
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