Evelyn | Eleven Months

-Wears size 4 in diapers.
-Wears size 9-18 months in clothes.
-Plays "peek-a-boo" and catches on to other little games we teach her.
-She was laying on the changing table holding a brush while I got her dressed after a bath. Then she dropped the brush and I gasped and said, "Uh-oh!" She got a kick out of my reaction and now intentionally dropping things is her absolute favorite activity. Sometimes it's really exhausting and I occasionally kick myself for starting this whole thing, BUT she gets laughing so hard and it is just the cutest thing.

-Finally napping longer than 40 minutes. Typically she'll still have one shorter nap, but usually takes a 1 1/2 to 2 hour nap every day. And there are no updates with nighttime sleep... Some nights she's only up once, some nights it's multiple times, and there doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason to it. We're just taking it one night at a time and practicing lots of patience.

-Starting to throw very mild tantrums when I take something away from her or when I'm trying to change her diaper and she would rather play.

-Is content to play independently for long periods of time.

-Crawls everywhere. I can't take my eyes off of her for more than a minute. And she's so speedy! Sometimes we like to chase her and she giggles as she crawls away super fast.

-Overall a very non-picky eater, but we finally did find food she doesn't care for: Baby food. Ha, she never really got into baby food and I think at this point is pretty set on just eating whatever we're eating.

-Can fit her hair into a very small pony tail.

-Loves playing with blind cords, electric outlets, electrical cords, doors, door stops, cupboard doors, and pretty much anything else that's not technically a toy.

-Can open drawers and cupboards. She's a busy one, and thus keeps me busy!

-She is often referred to as a "he" by strangers. Might need to incorporate more pink to her wardrobe.
-Say's "dada". Sometimes when she's sad she'll approach me and make a "mmuuum" sound, which I'm assuming means mom. Or maybe she's just making random noises. Either way, we're getting excited for her to start saying more words.
-Loves being outside, especially going for walks in the stroller.
-Loves car rides.
-Loves tagging along on errands and always gets lots of attention while we're out.
-Loves baby Einstein vidoes.
-Loves her Binky-Bear.
-Nicknames: Peanut, Love, Gorgeous, Leven, Birdie (because she can be quite loud, like a bird). 

First pony tail.
 

She breastfeeds in the morning, before her two naps, before bedtime, and usually a couple more times through the night. She has always preferred the right side but lately she's refusing the left side completely (my mom claims I did the EXACT same thing). Between that and her love for solid foods, I'm not sure how much longer she'll be breastfeeding, so I'm just trying to savor every second of it.

 

My cutie, shoveling in cutie oranges.
 

 Each time I lay her in her crib, she rolls onto her belly then perches her booty up like so.