Hadley: Eleven Months!

ELEVEN months old..I can hardly believe it!
This year has flown by!

People always say the years fly by with kiddos. Shelby's first year didn't seem to go by quickly for me, but I think that's b/c I was so caught up in worrying if I was doing everything just right since I was a brand-new mom. But Shelby's 2nd year did go by super quickly! But this first year with Hadley--I don't even know where it went. It seems like she's almost a year old in the blink of an eye. She has just been the sweetest, easiest little baby & has made our transition to life as a family of four incredibly easy. And we love her immensely! It's hard to believe we will be celebrating her first birthday next month!

Here's what Miss Hadley is up to these days....

--You've got three teeth! You have your two bottom teeth & your top left lateral incisor...you look like a vampire baby! ;)  Hopefully you'll get your top front teeth soon, so it won't look quite so funny!

--Still sleeping great from 7-8 pm to 7-8am with 2 naps a day. You usually sleep for an hour in the morning & 1.5-2hrs in the afternoon.

--Still a great eater! Your favorite foods this month are mandarin oranges, scrambled eggs, goldfish, soup, & yogurt.

--Your eyes are still blue, but your hair is starting to lighten up a bit. We think you might be more of a strawberry blonde!

--You LOVE bathtime with your big sister & swinging in the baby swings at the playground.

--You love to drink milk out of Shelby's cups! If you are near us when I'm giving Shelby her cup of milk in the morning when she wakes up or after her nap, I HAVE to have a cup for you too or you will go crazy until Shelby will share her cup with you! It's a little ridiculous. We're hoping your infatuation with drinking Shelby's milk means we'll have an easy transition next month when we switch you to whole milk & get you off the bottle. ;)
--You are obsessed with feeding yourself with a fork. You love for me to poke your food with the fork, and then you put the fork in your mouth. You will try & try to poke the food with the fork by yourself..it's so cute to see you try so hard! Every now & again, you are successful!
--Your newest tricks this month are blowing kisses & saying a version of "hi" and "bye" when we're waving.
--Much to my dismay, you love to take things out of baskets/containers & then put them back in. Why is this so fun?!

Here you are making your "silly stink face" while taking all of your
socks out of the sock basket.

--You used to make a mean stink face, but now it's a silly stink face.

--You babble all the time and love to interject your opinions when we're having conversations.
--You are wearing size 4 diapers & mostly 12-18 or 18 month clothes.
 --And sadly, we think your days of your hair sticking straight up are coming to an end. At the crown of your head, your hair would always stick straight up! But now when we get you out of your crib in the mornings, more & more often your hair is all laying down. We're sad to see your spiky, crazy hair go!

Here's a pic of the girls from the end of January where you can clearly see
Miss Hadley's spiky hair ;)

--Not mobile yet. Shelby started her "army crawl" at 10.5 months, so we were kind of anxious to see if you would get moving around that time frame. But no such luck! You easily go from sitting to your tummy and then back to sitting again. You get on all fours every now again, but you don't really seem to realize there's anywhere to go from that position. Not pulling up yet either, although you are trying more & more! You can get to your knees a good bit now, so maybe that will happen soon! When we had your 9 month appt, the doctor seemed a bit concerned about your lack of mobility until we shared Shelby's gross motor development. We'll see what the pediatrician has to see at Hadley's 12 month appointment in a couple of weeks. I worried a lot about Shelby's delayed mobility, but I'm so much more laid back about it this time around! I know Hadley will start moving whenever she's ready!

You LOVE to sit with books & turn the pages by yourself!

Desperately trying to figure out how to grab another
book from the basket ;)

Until next month when we'll have a ONE YEAR OLD on our hands!