Eleven Months!

I'm several weeks behind with this post so I am doing my best to catch up before Mary Beth turns one in a few weeks. The eleventh month was full of changes for MB. A few quick updates are below.

- She is finally fattening up a little bit and she has gained two pounds in the past two months. This is great news for us since she had only gained 11 ounces in the three months before that. She now weighs 16.11 and we are so proud.
- She is such a sweet baby but is starting to give us a run for our money. She is super independent and stubborn, just like her mom I'm afraid. When we tell her no, she either laughs or cries, depending on her mood.
- Her favorite things to do that we don't want her to do: Play with the night light in the hall, hit the spoon out of our hand when it is full of food, play with the blinds, flip in circles on the changing table, pull on the lamp cords, pull up on the toilet, book shelves. etc.
- She still has two teeth on the bottom but we think her top two are on their way in.
- She is eating pretty much everything except for dairy. Her new obsession is blueberries.
- She is cruising around and pulling up on everything. We keep waiting for her to take her first few steps but she prefers to be carried around. :-)
- She plays really well by herself when Dan is keeping her but if I am around, she wants to be under my feet constantly. She loves to pull up on my pants while I am cooking or washing dishes. - She loves to read any and all books and normally sits surprisingly still while we are reading to her. She isn't really interested in TV but I'm sure that will change at some point.
- She is so easy to make laugh and she has the best laugh ever. It can put a smile on your face when nothing else will!
- She is still bald as a coconut and we love it! She is starting to get some hair in the back so there is hope for hair by the time she starts kindergarten. A friend told us that God gave beautifully-shaped heads to some babies and he gave hair to the rest of them. :-)
- She is still sleeping really well and she goes down about 9:30 at night and sleeps until 8:30 or 9:00 in the morning.
- It has become really difficult to take her monthly lamb photo. For the 11 month photo shoot, it took three of us and two days and we still had a really hard time. The pictures and video below show how active she is now. There is never a dull moment. We love you Mary Beth!