11 Months Old!

   Someone is quite excited to be 11 months old!!! She was such a little ham during her 11 month "photo shoot". She wouldn't sit still and just kept giggling. At the end, I literally had to hold her down and then take my hand off of her at the last second just before snapping the picture. Using this strategy I was finally able to get an "okay" shot of her on the chair. She is definitely going to give us a run for our money (and sanity) once she starts talking and walking/running!! 

   At 11 months PJ has grown quite a bit. She is crawling so fast! And she gets into EVERYTHING! One of her favorite pastimes is to empty off my shelves or out my cupboards. I spend quite a bit of time each day following her around and cleaning up after her. One positive result of this is that I have started de-cluttering my house! The less things there are...the less things she can scatter. She is talking quite a bit...always following me around and "chatting" away. I have started to just respond to her as if I know what she is saying and we have quite the conversations. I had to watch myself during the past couple of weeks as we have had a plumber working in our house and I didn't want him to think I was crazy! 
   PJ is a lot of fun. She and I can spend quite a bit of time each day just laughing and giggling. She is very ticklish under her arms and on her belly. She loves her feet and will spend quite a bit of time just holding (playing with) them (and maybe sucking her toes!). She also HATES things on her feet...this Winter is going to be difficult trying to convince her to keep socks on. She plays so well. She can entertain herself with some blocks, a puzzle, or a bucket of little toys to sort through. She loves her Daddy (Dada) and gives him BIG hugs when he comes home from work. She sleeps well during the night and late into the morning (9AM wake-up). All in all, she is a wonderful addition to our family and a lot of fun to have around. If we could have all little PJ's we could easily "handle" a tiny army of children :). We LOVE our PJ!