11 Months - nearly a year! What a great month it's been with you keeping us on our toes. In fact, your daddy and I were saying recently that this might be our favorite month yet.
Maybe it's your smile, sometimes it's a shy, sweet little grin, sometimes it's big and toothy/gummy, with your mouth wide open and your tongue sticking out. Sometimes it's accompanied by your laugh and sometimes by your squeals. Either way, it always makes us grin right back at you.
Maybe it's your curiosity, growing by the day. You now point at new objects as you see them, wanting to touch and feel everything in your path (and often taste it all too). You love to figure out how the world around you works - opening and closing doors, drawers and cabinets, touching your food at each meal, twirling your hair and mommy's too, waving and clapping and playing the "so big" game without any prompting. Turning the telephone on, changing the tv channels, reading your books (10 Little Ladybugs remains your favorite right now) and turning the pages by yourself. Either way, we'll always be by your side for every new discovery.
Maybe it's your apparent love of music. You get a big kick out of shaking the maracas or the jar of sprinkles that you found in the pantry. The jingle bells are always your favorite instrument at music class, and you groan when it's time to put them away. You bop when you hear music in the background and sway from side to side. You lift your arm up and wave it to the beat, and when we're riding in the car, you often seem to be humming to yourself. Either way, you make us want to drop everything and dance right along with you.
Maybe it's your spunk, crawling at lightening fast speeds, climbing any set of stairs you can find, drinking your bath water if we happen to look away, kicking your legs whenever you get excited, patting us on the face to show that you're happy to see us, looking back when you're getting into something you know you probably shouldn't to gauge our reaction, chatting away with us to your heart's content (no, no, no is a new favorite expression of yours - perhaps because you hear us saying it to you more each day). Either way, you turn even the most mundane day into a fun one.
Maybe it's your sweetness, when daddy steals early morning snuggles before he heads off to work, or when mommy takes you up to your room for your only bottle of the day - the very last one just before bedtime - and we cuddle and rock in your glider, and I hold the bottle for you - for just a little longer, just a few more days or weeks. Or when you awaken from a nap, standing at your crib, calling out for us and greeting us with such a look of delight. Either way, you warm our hearts without so much as a word.
Maybe it's all the dreams we have for you - or all the dreams you've answered. Either way, we love you so.
Maybe it's your smile, sometimes it's a shy, sweet little grin, sometimes it's big and toothy/gummy, with your mouth wide open and your tongue sticking out. Sometimes it's accompanied by your laugh and sometimes by your squeals. Either way, it always makes us grin right back at you.
Maybe it's your curiosity, growing by the day. You now point at new objects as you see them, wanting to touch and feel everything in your path (and often taste it all too). You love to figure out how the world around you works - opening and closing doors, drawers and cabinets, touching your food at each meal, twirling your hair and mommy's too, waving and clapping and playing the "so big" game without any prompting. Turning the telephone on, changing the tv channels, reading your books (10 Little Ladybugs remains your favorite right now) and turning the pages by yourself. Either way, we'll always be by your side for every new discovery.
Maybe it's your apparent love of music. You get a big kick out of shaking the maracas or the jar of sprinkles that you found in the pantry. The jingle bells are always your favorite instrument at music class, and you groan when it's time to put them away. You bop when you hear music in the background and sway from side to side. You lift your arm up and wave it to the beat, and when we're riding in the car, you often seem to be humming to yourself. Either way, you make us want to drop everything and dance right along with you.
Maybe it's your spunk, crawling at lightening fast speeds, climbing any set of stairs you can find, drinking your bath water if we happen to look away, kicking your legs whenever you get excited, patting us on the face to show that you're happy to see us, looking back when you're getting into something you know you probably shouldn't to gauge our reaction, chatting away with us to your heart's content (no, no, no is a new favorite expression of yours - perhaps because you hear us saying it to you more each day). Either way, you turn even the most mundane day into a fun one.
Maybe it's your sweetness, when daddy steals early morning snuggles before he heads off to work, or when mommy takes you up to your room for your only bottle of the day - the very last one just before bedtime - and we cuddle and rock in your glider, and I hold the bottle for you - for just a little longer, just a few more days or weeks. Or when you awaken from a nap, standing at your crib, calling out for us and greeting us with such a look of delight. Either way, you warm our hearts without so much as a word.
Maybe it's all the dreams we have for you - or all the dreams you've answered. Either way, we love you so.
Happy 11 Months, Alexis Rose. Next stop - first birthday party fun.
1 comment:
Though we only get to see you about once a month Lexi, we savor every minute of the visit! It is truly is remarkable to see the growth in you each time, and it is also wonderful to read about it on this blog Erin.
Thank you for keeping such a great set of memories for all of us to share in, we visit this site daily in hopes of a new entry:) Looking forward to Lexi's big day,
Love, Aunt Wendy
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