Happy Eleven Months, Shelby!
We will be celebrating your FIRST BIRTHDAY in just a few short weeks!
We call you "our big girl" all the time because that is truly what you are becoming before our very eyes, and we are just so proud of you!
This next picture isn't the best, but it's a great shot of your toofers! :)Here's your collage of monthly photos from birth until now...
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And without further ado...
Here is what Miss Shelby is up to these days....
--still sleeping great at night! You usually go to bed around 7:30pm and wake up at 8am. Mommy & Daddy are really enjoying you sleeping in a bit later in the mornings. :)
--your mobility really took off this month! You're still doing your "Air Force crawl" to move around. You like to get up on all fours and rock back & forth, but when you're ready to move you plop your belly back down on the floor to do your version of crawling. We're not sure if your big ole belly is too heavy to lift off the ground, or if you're just content with your mode of mobility...but we have a feeling you will not be doing the "traditional" baby crawl. You march to the beat of your own drum! :)
--you have learned how to go from sitting on your bottom to your "Air Force crawl" position..it is still a very slow and methodical transition from sitting to crawling, but you are doing it and we are SO proud of you!
--you can't go from crawling to sitting yet, but we're sure you'll figure it out soon!
--loving to play on Mommy & Daddy's bed. You think it's so funny to just roll back and forth across the bed! You still don't roll over very often, but whenever you're on our bed you do it about a gazillion times!
--you still aren't pulling up on anything just yet. We try to put your favorite toys on top of something high to entice you to pull up, but you are still just very apprehensive about new things. You get scared and then frustrated you can't do it. We're working on it though!
--your naps are finally getting to be a bit shorter! This is how I know you're really getting to be a big girl! Shelby used to nap for 3 hrs in the morning and 2 hrs in the afternoon...she loves her sleep! But now that she's getting older, her wakeful periods are starting to lengthen and both of her naps are about 1.5-2 hours.
--holding your own bottle! Your Daddy taught you how to do this :)
--your favorite tricks are: waving, blowing kisses, & making "Indian sounds" with Mommy & Daddy. We are also still using baby sign language with you. We regularly use these signs with you: water, milk, yes, no, and more.
--you are a very easy baby and Mommy & Daddy still haven't had to baby proof anything. You usually only crawl to your toys and then you just stop and play there. Knock on wood, you really haven't gotten into anything you're not supposed to yet! But I'm sure that will change soon! ;)
--getting more adventurous with table food! You at least try everything we give you, unless of course it has a strange texture you don't like! ;) Things we have discovered you like this month: the meatballs from our spaghetti, but not the spaghetti noodles; sausage off of our pizza; the crust of my sandwich bread...lots of random things! :)
--your mobility really took off this month! You're still doing your "Air Force crawl" to move around. You like to get up on all fours and rock back & forth, but when you're ready to move you plop your belly back down on the floor to do your version of crawling. We're not sure if your big ole belly is too heavy to lift off the ground, or if you're just content with your mode of mobility...but we have a feeling you will not be doing the "traditional" baby crawl. You march to the beat of your own drum! :)
--you have learned how to go from sitting on your bottom to your "Air Force crawl" position..it is still a very slow and methodical transition from sitting to crawling, but you are doing it and we are SO proud of you!
--you can't go from crawling to sitting yet, but we're sure you'll figure it out soon!
--loving to play on Mommy & Daddy's bed. You think it's so funny to just roll back and forth across the bed! You still don't roll over very often, but whenever you're on our bed you do it about a gazillion times!
--you still aren't pulling up on anything just yet. We try to put your favorite toys on top of something high to entice you to pull up, but you are still just very apprehensive about new things. You get scared and then frustrated you can't do it. We're working on it though!
--your naps are finally getting to be a bit shorter! This is how I know you're really getting to be a big girl! Shelby used to nap for 3 hrs in the morning and 2 hrs in the afternoon...she loves her sleep! But now that she's getting older, her wakeful periods are starting to lengthen and both of her naps are about 1.5-2 hours.
--holding your own bottle! Your Daddy taught you how to do this :)
--your favorite tricks are: waving, blowing kisses, & making "Indian sounds" with Mommy & Daddy. We are also still using baby sign language with you. We regularly use these signs with you: water, milk, yes, no, and more.
--you are a very easy baby and Mommy & Daddy still haven't had to baby proof anything. You usually only crawl to your toys and then you just stop and play there. Knock on wood, you really haven't gotten into anything you're not supposed to yet! But I'm sure that will change soon! ;)
--getting more adventurous with table food! You at least try everything we give you, unless of course it has a strange texture you don't like! ;) Things we have discovered you like this month: the meatballs from our spaghetti, but not the spaghetti noodles; sausage off of our pizza; the crust of my sandwich bread...lots of random things! :)
And this is when you got bored with our photo shoot and starting playing with your toes and the cushion of your glider. ;)
By this time next month, we will have a one year old on our hands! We love you, Shelby!
HELLO!!! Yay, another blog to stalk :). Shelby is just the cutest, I can't wait for y'all to come & play Wednesday!
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