11 Months Old!

One month closer to the big 0-1. Riley has been crawling all over the place. It's neat to see her "chase" after things. Her chubby little legs move so fast. The down side is that she follows me everywhere! There's no escaping her. She has starting cruising along the furniture. My guess is that she'll be walking in a month or so.

Her three main words are "mama", "dada", and "baba". She now says "mama" more than "dada". She loves to eat. Her favorite foods are: graham crackers, ritz crackers, Lil Crunchies, Yogurt Melts, anything sweet, bananas. She will no longer eat bland foods. Some of her Gerber baby meals go to waste because she will only take a couple of bites. She takes 3-4 bottles per day. She usually takes 6 ounces at a time. Riley is still nursing when she's tired. I'm hoping to cut her off at the 1-year mark. We'll see how that goes. When she wants to do it, she's very persistent. She arches her back until she's "in position" and whines.

She's still kind of inconsistent as far as her sleeping. She will take a good 1-2 hour nap in the mid-morning. She likes to take a little cat nap in the evening and is usually sleeping by 10:00pm and up for the day by 8am. Sometimes she sleeps through the night and sometimes she doesn't. When she wakes up in the middle of the night, she crawls to the end of her crib, stands up, and stares at the door, waiting for us to come in. She's a handful!

She still loves to watch Ethan and Mia. She follows them to see what they're doing. Ethan has been kind of rough with her lately. He pushes her for no reason, so I really have to keep my eye on them. Ethan has been to time-out almost daily for that. Mia still has a love/hate relationship with Riley. She'll give her a kiss and scratch her in the same 5 minutes! Riley gets jealous if Ethan and Mia are sitting on my lap. If she sees one of them on my lap, she will either pull hair or hit whoever is on my lap. Her temper is really starting to come out. Sometimes it makes me laugh and sometimes not so much! She's got the screaming and arching of the back down pat!

Relaxing on the floor.

Just chillin'.

The scratches are courtesy of Mia.

I was trying to get a picture of them in their pajamas. 2 out of 3 looking isn't bad!

She pulls herself up on everything. She has now figured out how to get back down. Before, she'd cry until we came and helped her down. Notice Ethan "cleaning" in the background. He likes to take a washcloth and wipe down everything!