Dear Emme,
You're eleven months old! Next month we'll celebrate your BIG birthday (with yummy cupcakes, Mom assures me!)
Although you're not as round as I was at your age, you've still got some rolls to be proud of and are sporting size 12-18 month clothes and size 4 diapers.
The big "first" this month was your first tooth; it was a middle-bottom tooth and took a full week to break the surface....which made it a very long week for all of us here at home with you! Then just a week later it was followed by your second tooth (middle-top). And it looks like you have another one on top about to pop through, too. So your "gummy grin" is gone forever, but is being replaced by an awfully cute "toothy" smile. Mom says there's nothing cuter.
And your favorite mode of transportation is still scooting, rolling, then sitting up. It's actually pretty entertaining to watch just how far you can go without crawling. One of these days you'll wise up and get your crawl on, and then you and I can really have some fun!
(Even though you seem pretty content just as you are, sis!)
You're standing up really well now, too, as long as you have something to hold onto; but you don't know how to fall down yet, so after a while you just pucker those lips and Mom and I rush to you before an all-out-cry begins! (You are the QUEEN of the pucker.) And your first two words became official this month: "dada" and "hi." Daddy is of course very proud of the first, and the world is getting to see your friendly side with the last. :)
Some of your favorites right now include reading books, "singing" along to the radio, bouncing, peek-a-boo, clapping, drinking from your sippy cup then spitting it all out (with roars of laughter), and being outside. Some of your dislikes are being away from Mommy, sitting still for diaper changes, and getting out of the bath.
You're getting more and more fun to play with, and I'm having a total blast being your big brother!
Love you like Goldfish crackers,
Jude
