11 months old

Emma turned 11 months old over the weekend and wow has she changed. She is now feeding herself by hand (yes even sometimes with her cups) and with a spoon. She can now brush her hair and she brushes her teeth every night (all 2 of them). She is standing all of the time and pulls up on everything. She started using a walker that she pushes across the room to assist her with walking. She has learned sign language in daycare and knows several words. And the biggest thing...she said her first word a couple of weeks ago, "duck". She says it all of the time now and she has started saying "daddy" or "dad". She is definitely like her mommy and daddy, she talks all of the time and she is loud! She recognizes a ton of words, but she is still learning how to say them. We can't believe she will be 1 in less than a month...time flies.

Pictures from her 11 month birthday...

Emma at Caitlin's baptism, here she is being pulled by Aunt Angie in the red wagon. She loved being in the wagon with her friends Caitlin and Lara.

I love this group photo...

Our little ladybug at our neighborhood Halloween party. (don't worry there will be plenty more pictures of her in this costume from this coming Friday)

A common pose, standing in the crib when she doesn't want to sleep.

Here are pictures from our newly renovated bathroom (fresh paint and new accessories). We are also working on Emma's playroom. As soon as we have the playroom complete we will post pictures of that as well (they both have an ocean theme).