Rowan is 11 months old :-)

What a big month sweet girl!  You took your first 3 steps on your 10 month bday and by 10.5 months you were fully walking.  You have hands down THE.CUTEST. little waddle EVER!!!  You do laps from the kitchen, the the playroom, pick up a few toys, and loop around back to the living and repeat many, many times.  It is so adorable.  You love walking with something in each hand. 

Lighting is awful on this one, but this is one of your fave spots.  You try to sneak up the steps all of the time, but you sometimes just chill out here.  You look so cute.

You are wild in your high chair, stroller and shopping cart.  I MUST strap you in at all times or you try to make a quick getaway.  And you are QUICK!

You LOVE going to the park and the splash park (but unfortunately they are closed now :/ ) 

You LOVE LOVE LOVE balls and can throw and catch and dribble.  I am so not exaggerating and we are convinced you will be some sports star!  We went to the park this afternoon and you saw a boy playing basketball.  You plopped yourself on the slide and watched him and clapped.  You finally got up and reached to him for the ball and he nicely shared.  You threw it and kicked it and carried it all over.

You sat yourself on the slide and watched

You got it!!  And were SO excited!!!

You are so much fun!!!

You are completely obsessed with your binkies.  You now need one in your mouth and one in each hand.  :/

You are eating very well.  Still not a big veg or fruit fan, but you eat good meals.

You are finally down to 4 bottles...sometimes 5, but usually 4 and you will finally take up to 8 oz. sometimes!

You are taking one nap...occasionally two (maybe once or twice a week).  You go to bed at 7 pm and wake up between 3 and five for a bottle and go back til between 7 and 8.  MUCH better than before and I am LOVING the snuggles at night. 

And your naps last 2-3 hours when you take one. 

You are not really talking tons because of that binky constantly in your mouth!!!  But you clearly say uh oh, ball (surprise!), book, ba-ba, dada, mama, up (I think), and you try to repeat a lot of things that I say.  You play peek a boo, so big, and patty cake.  You gesture a lot for things you want.  When you are hungry, you go to your high chair and reach up.  Very good at getting your point across...also when you are mad--a tad feisty these days, throwing yourself back quite a bit!  :/

You really like interacting with other kids now. 

You have started to pay some attention to Elmo on TV.

You love your dolls, a puppy pillow pet we have (anything soft) and cleaning toys. 

You love to put things in containers now.  Dump them out and put them in...over and over.  It is so cute.

You play pretty well on your own for a bit now.  That is very new.  You are not as needy and I am not sure how I feel about that!  :/

You are such a SWEETIE!  I cannot believe I sent out the evite for your birthday party last Thursday!!!  We are so excited to celebrate with you and all of your friends at the pumpkin farm on October 6th!!!!!  Love you big girl!!