So Big

I think that's the only way to sum up Makayla at 11 months... she is getting so big. It makes me so sad to see her get big, but so excited at the same time. I just don't want her to grow up, but I love seeing her learn new things. I've already blogged a lot of the fun things we've done this month with Makayla, but here's some random pictures from December.

I couldn't imagine this sleeping position was very comfortable, but she did take a good, long nap this way.

 My favorite time of the day is when I get to rock Kayla to sleep. She snuggles right up with her bottle and blankie and before you know it, she is out for the night. She is such a fun and easy baby.

 But Makayla can also be a little stink bug. Lately she loves to get into our drawers. She takes everything out and then climbs in.

 Kayla Bugs loves her daddy. They had a fun morning together one day when I was out running errands.

 Makayla still loves bath time. She loves to fill the mug up with water and try to drink out of it.

 She still loves her swing, but she is getting too big to use it. It stopped working the other day. Luckily she is used to sleeping in her crib now.

 Carson is the best cousin. He was helping her to walk.

 Our little girl loves to "help" us with everyday chores. She helped us with the laundry. Really she just pulled all the clothes out of the dryer, but I think she thought she was really helping us.

 This drawer is a little trickier. Lovies can climb in it just fine, but she struggles to climb out.

 I think this is my favorite picture. Tyler was taking an unusually long time to get Makayla down for her nap one day and when I went in to check on them, this is what I found. I don't know if I love Tyler more in this picture or Kayla. It is so typical of how they sleep.

Some other fun things about our little girl at 11 months:

• She figured out how to climb the stairs. The other day I was down stairs for a minute and I heard her fussing. I ran upstairs, but I couldn't find her. I looked up to our bonus room and there she was at the top of the stairs (which is about 17 stairs). I panicked and ran up there, but Kayla just laughed when I got up there like it was some fun game.
• She has also learned what the word "no" means. It doesn't mean that she listens... she just knows what it means. Recently she has started shaking her head and wagging her finger when we tell her no.
• Stinkies is so close to walking. She will cruise on the furniture and occasionally take a step on her own before she falls. I really think we're in trouble when she starts walking.
• She says "da-da" and "ma-ma" when she's around us.
• She jabbers all the time. It's almost like she is speaking some different language.
• Kayla loves her toys.
• Her favorite food is bananas. She doesn't like baby food anymore... I used to think she was such a good eater, now we can barely get her to try anything. We're finding out that she likes to pick up the food herself instead of us helping her eat with a spoon.
• She gives the best kisses... especially to her Daddy.
• Kayla is still the happiest and best baby we could ask for!

As far as Baby Boy goes, he is starting to kick a lot in my belly. He is about 1 1/2 pounds and the length of an envelope. Here's my 6 month prego picture. I can't wait until he's here!!