11 Months

Sweet Luke Michael, YOU are ELEVEN MONTHS old today!

How in the world did that ever happen? While it seems like you've always been a part of our family, it doesn't seem like you should be so close to your first birthday!

You are such a sweet, happy, go with the flow baby. You are never fussy or cranky, and really the only time you cry is during diaper changes or if we take something that you want (cell phone, remote control, Rhett, Caleb's tiny toys) away from you. Yet, you are so, so wild.

You attempt to get into everything, and are pretty successful. You pull up to the coffee table and somehow get your tiny hands on everything that you shouldn't have and you love to open and slam our bottom pots and pans drawer in the kitchen.

Last weekend you met a step for the first time and had it conquered in two minutes flat.

You new favorite game is to throw an object back over your shoulder, crawl over to it and pick it up, and then throw it over your shoulder again in the opposite direction. You've actually got a pretty good arm! ;) You also like to take random objects (toy drum stick, spoons, etc.) and push them across the kitchen floor, watching them slide in front of you.

You love, love, love your big brother and just watch him play. You also love Rhett and want to have your hands all over him. Because you are such a proficient and fast crawler, I don't see you walking anytime soon, but we'll see.

You have 5 teeth with a 6th coming through any day now.

You are really not interested in baby food anymore and I have a feeling we'll be done with it totally by the end of this month. You shake your head back and forth and refuse to open that little mouth for anything once you've set your mind to it. I can get you to eat yogurt and baby oatmeal on most days, though. You love pasta with marinara sauce and cheese quesadillas. You'll eat green beans really well if they are seasoned, steamed broccoli covered with cheese, and don't mind spinach mixed in with your pasta. You still have 4 formula bottles each day (8, 12, 4:30, and 7:30) and we are working on using a sippy cup for the lunch one every day.

At 11 months, you are an amazing sleeper! (Thanks, big guy!!) You are asleep by 8pm and either you wake at 8am or we wake you up. You nap each morning around 10 for an hour (I usually wake you up) and take a great afternoon nap around 2 or 2:30. You sleep in your Sleep Sack and hold two of your little softies. And, your passie is a must at nap and bedtime.

Yes, Luke, you are SOOOOO BIG!


We love, love, love you Luke Michael.