11 Months

Oh Tater Bug, it's hard to believe that you are 11 months old.  You are a joy and Daddy and I love you so very much.

You weigh close to 23 pounds and are so solid.  You aren't fat, just muscular.  

You wear size 4 diapers and 12 month clothes, although some of the 9 months things still fit.  The shoes you have on in this picture are 12-18 months.  

You eat three food meals each day, one in the morning with me, one around lunchtime, and then one for supper.  You like baby food less and less and want the real stuff.  You LOVE to eat and will eat just about anything we give you.  

The other night you ate an entire piece of pizza (minus a few pieces of crust) all by yourself and the next morning, you devoured a half of a waffle.  Last night at Outback, I think you ate more than me!  You had steak, chicken, broccoli, squash, baked potato, bread, cucumber, cheese, and more.  

You still get bottles throughout the day and you are now drinking juice and water out of a sippy cup.  You like ones with handles and ones without handles and you even learned how to drink through a straw, so you now have a straw sippy cup that you like.  

You have three teeth on the bottom and three on the top.  Your fourth top tooth has broken through the surface, but it still has a little ways to go before I can count it as a tooth.  

You still do well with your glasses and that makes me happy.  You like having them on and still don't mess with them unless you're tired.  You go back to the eye doctor in April to discuss what the next step will be in what is needed for your eyes.  

You are officially walking and getting into everything.  You starting walking on February 8th with just a few steps here and there. You get better and better everyday and you love it.  You're getting to the point that you would rather walk somewhere than crawl.  It's pretty awesome being able to watch you learn to walk.  

You love to play, especially with a toy ball.  You will hold it and throw it, crawl (or walk) to it, pick it up, and throw it again.  

You still aren't sleeping through the night.  You do pretty well until around 4 and then you start to get restless.  It doesn't seem to matter what we do, you just want to be up and moving around.  I've very spoiled, Tater.  Your daddy lets me sleep and he gets up with you.  He's a very special daddy and we love him very much.  

You take 1-3 naps a day, all depending on how tired you are and what your activities for the day are.  You are super flexible and aren't fussy, so we just kinda go with the flow when it comes to your napping schedule.  The amount of your napping doesn't seem to change your sleeping at night one bit.  

You say mama, dada, dad, dog, nana, papa, and hug, but you will not perform.  Your favorite word to say is dada.  

You will also give a high 5 and wave.  Waving, though, is something that you only do sometimes and only when you want to.   

You are quite the people person.  You have had a few moments of only wanting Mommy or Daddy, but normally, you are happy with attention from whoever will give it to you and I love that about you.  

You are so loved by so many people.  It's amazing to hear that people from all over have prayed for you and love seeing your pictures.  

You have the greatest laugh and giggles. We love to listen to you laugh.  

You also have the crazy laugh that you do for no reason whatsoever.  I'm going to have to get that on camera sometime.  

You've also started doing this thing when you're getting into something you're not supposed to be messing with.  When you hear me say your first and middle name, you will look over and smile.  If I get up to come move you away from whatever you're getting into, you will start moving (almost running) away from me.  I can tell that you're going to be a handful.  

I love you, Tater!  

Mama