We officially have an 11 month old. All of the feelings of where we were last year, how far we have come, how much she has grown fill my head every day. We drove back from Seattle on her birthday and she did amazing considering our trip to Portland the weekend before and our trip up to Seattle were mini nightmares for all members of the family. We once again concluded that there is NO WAY we will be able to make the move to MI via a family road trip. Instead Lily and I will be flying and Colin will be moving everything.
Lily continues to excel with all of her fine motor activities - picking small items up, feeding herself, helping to dress herself, even zipping and unzipping mom and dad's coat occasionally. She is also a talker - non-stop. She is developing new words every day and making words of her own up and looking at us with such intent and directive when she tells us something as if we are supposed to know what she is saying. This week she has come down with a miserable cold - lots of crying and 2 nights of NO sleeping. Last night she was crying so hard because she did not want to be changed and when I was finished and finally picked her up she actually yelled at me with words I could not understand. It was funny and sad at the same time. Also odd because we do not yell at our house. She is starting to get up on her knees when crawling but never actually moving on her knees while crawling. She just this weekend started to cruise (walk herself along furniture) between furniture which is a huge milestone.
Everyday we feel more love and joy with this girl, even through the sleepless nights.
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