*11 months

What an incredible incredible joy this little Edie is!!! Her first 5ish months were a little rough - she always seemed to have little tummy troubles and was quite fussy. You could never tell now - she is so happy and fun and mellow and silly and wonderful. I absolutely love all her little ways and keep failing at catching them on video. The way she shows you something, snatches it away, shows you again saying "zshish!", how she babbles and talks like she really thinks she's saying something, how excited she is when Vera gets up in the morning or when we say hi to Daddy after nap or how she reacts when I get home from work. How she sucks her thumb when she is sleepy or wants to nurse or lately when you hand her any of the soft little toys she usually sleeps with. How excited she was when I started giving her whole crackers not too long ago. I love her teeny little wiry body, pulling herself up on any and everything.

as far as development.....

She is cruising pretty easily and took one kind-of step yesterday. She was standing away from any support, took one step in place and then fell down. I kind of think it doesn't count as a first step - but it's a start! [Vera was already walking by this point] She has a couple words which is hard to believe, but she has said them more than once in the right context. She says leaf "zsheaf" and started saying bird "biiir" the other day. When she sees Boone she says Ba or Da and I think she gets Mama and Dada. She can bockbock like a chicken and woof [kind of ] like a dog. She is good at mimicking what we try to get her to say which is pretty neat. She has said byebye a few times and signed "more" for the first time yesterday - we'll see if it repeats. Her napping is inconsistent - sometimes great, sometimes not, but at least she takes them! I'm also muuuch more relaxed about it :) She sleeps downstairs in the guest room now and pretty much sleeps 12 hours at night with a few minor cries here and there. and she has four little tooths.

I wanted to get a picture of her in her sweet little dress today - I remember it being the same one Vera wore when she was exactly 11 months, but she somehow took it off during her nap today. Ben said she cried out once and then fell back asleep - poor thing, kind of funny imagining her trying to take it off :)

Here is Vera at 11 months. [Jen, the picture was from Graham's baby shower!]