She's growing so fast, I can't keep up! At eleven months, Shannon is...
...into everything. Professional crawler and puller-upper, she is now determined to use these skills for evil missions. Like playing in dog bowl water (or even grosser, toilet bowl water) the minute you turn your back.
...learning to climb stairs.
...eating "real food" and slowly trading in bottles for cups of milk. This month she had spaghetti and meatballs for the first time. What a delicious mess. And she likes the whole dessert concept too. We came home from Cleveland with pizzelles (Italian cookies) and for some reason we went through our stash faster this time!
...developing quite a sense of humor. She plays peekaboo with herself in her carseat mirror and roars with laughter. (Is the suprise what's funny, or is she laughing at how good she got herself?) Other ways to crack Shannon up: making a toy fall off your head, sniffing and snorting her all over like a dog, or shaking a toy in your teeth. Also the phrase "Amish doughnuts" was really funny for awhile there.
...saying "uh-oh" when she drops (read: flings) her cup from her high chair.
...using her signs. She does milk, eat, light, fan, water and more pretty well. I think I've seen dog a few times, but who knows!
...full of all sorts of amazing tricks: giving juicy kisses, opening and closing boxes, turning light switches on and off (handy when carrying her and laundry!), climing in and out of her baby bathtub
...one happy girl!
