11 Months Old!

Audrey is 11 months old today! More than ever, she is changing so fast, it's hard to keep up on everything she is doing now! An important development this month - TEETH! She finally got her first two teeth! It's her bottom two and they came in at the same time. They are only poking through a little bit so far, but we can tell they are going to be crooked! Guess she might need braces at some point like her Daddy (her Mama didn't need braces, for the record). So I'm hoping this will make eating a little easier. She is starting to get the hang of feeding herself chunkier foods. Right now, she is loving bananas and puffs! Every time I shake the container of puffs, she gets so excited! We've also added eggs to her diet. I wouldn't say she loves them, but she'll eat them.

Our parents as teachers representative came this week and she said Audrey is doing well! She said we should be working on asking her to do things to check for understanding. It's amazing how much babies can understand even though they can't talk yet. When we tell her to do pat-a-cake, she'll clap her hands. She can point to her nose when we ask "where is your nose?" And she even pointed to the nose of one of her dolls and her stuffed dog Violet! What a baby genius! She's also really into peek-a-boo now. If you ask her "where's Audrey?" she'll cover her eye with her hand (or sometimes she'll cover the side of her head, but we know what she means!). And just within the past two days, she has started doing the sign for more. We've been trying to teach her a few signs (more, all done, you know, the basics), but this is the first time she's signed back to us! So much fun!

She continues to move around all over the place, but isn't quite walking yet. She'll sometimes test her balance and stand on her own for a few seconds. I'm sure she'll be walking in no time, but I'm in no hurry for it to happen! In fact, we're planning her first birthday party and I still can't believe how fast time flies by - I have to remember to savor every moment because she is growing up so fast!