11 Months!

Someone is very happy to be 11 months old! I'm kind of struggling with trying to wrap my mind around how in the world she can be so close to one year old!

This little surprise baby has been such a wonderful surprise and we have enjoyed every day of her life.

How could you not love that little chunk!?! She is losing some of her baby rolls since she's so active now. Don't know how much she weighs, but I doubt she's gained weight lately. She has definitely gotten taller. She still loves to eat and she gets really excited when we walk through the produce section at the grocery store. She says "mmmmmmm" and almost shakes while saying it because she is so excited seeing all the food! She likes everything, but she LOVES blueberries, oranges, pizza, cinnamon bread, yogurt, and Chick Fil A chicken.

She is learning to share and will find things and bring them over to me. Here she is sharing her stacker piece. She loves to push things around, like her baby stroller, but also the laundry basket, her stacking pieces, tupperware, empty boxes, anything she can find. She also likes to throw balls on the wood floor and chase after them. Emalyn LOVES music and dances to any and every sound. She even dance if we sing to her. She has a little baby ipod that we keep in the car for her to play with and she cracks up when it recites the Little Piggies or Patty Cake.

Look at those little chompers! Still just 5 teeth. I keep waiting for more to pop up, but they haven't yet. I am told on a daily basis how much she looks like her daddy from friends. I could eat her with a spoon, she is stinking cute and sweet. We are all really enjoying this age.

Emalyn's hair is getting a bit longer, but not much. It has some serious curls at times, but other times not so much. You can see her one side seems to have more curl than the other. Maddi and I have the same thing. Weird.

She is getting such a great sense of humor. When we stick our tongue out at her she laughs and sticks her out too. She thinks it's really funny when Brett puts her bow in his hair. She mildly chuckles when I put it in my hair but she cracks up when Brett does. How does she know that boys don't wear bows?

Emalyn loves to go outside and has starting screaming and jumping in her seat when she "drives" her car to school to get the kids. She waves to everyone she sees, it's like she's in a parade. Maddi and Cade are always so happy to see her after school and if she's asleep, they can't wait for her to wake up.

She points all the time at things she likes. This time she's pointing at her favorite little doggy, Cocoa! She has a sweet little coo that she makes when she's happy and snuggly. Brett says she sounds like a dove when she does it. It melts our heart.

As sweet as she is, she is starting to assert her opinion about things. She is showing off how she's learning to throw a fit. She will cry and lay her head down on the floor when she's mad. LOVE IT! Happy 11 months Emalyn Faith!