Double Ones!

Brayden is 11 MONTHS OLD today!  Can you believe it?!  (I can't)

New for Brayden over the past month:

* High fives

* Clapping

* Dancing

* Standing

* "So big" (actually I think he was doing this at 10 months, but I forgot to include it in that post)

* Incessant "talking" - His list of words now includes Dada, Mama, Bubba, Nana, Papa (but only occasionally), no no, ni ni (night night), ball, and I swear a few times he's said "key key" (kitty kitty).  He sounds like he is talking in complete sentences a lot of the time, it's just unfortunate that no one understands a word of what he's saying!

* Pointing at objects that he wants

* Occasional signs for "all done," "milk," and "more" - we're still working on this; I was much better about sign language with Logan, but Brayden's starting to pick up on it too

* Teeth #5 and 6 - he now has 4 on top and 2 on the bottom 

* Walking holding onto a moving object or holding our hands

* No more baby food!  He's eating all table food now.  I find that I rely on many of the same foods to give him because they are small or easily cut up.  I try to rotate them the best I can, but I just don't feel like I'm giving him enough variety sometimes.  I'll take any suggestions for easy-to-manage finger foods.  He tried a lot of new foods this month - too many to remember!

* Falling asleep by himself, and as a result, sleeping better throughout the night and later in the morning.  This was a HUGE accomplishment this month!!

* Eliminating our 3:30 nursing session, which was MUCH easier than I thought it would be.  I've cheated a little bit and started him on whole milk already, but just for this one feeding for now.  We are still nursing 3 times a day - morning, lunch, and bedtime.

He's such a happy little baby, and I'm shocked that he is going to be a year old (and no longer a baby) in just four short weeks.  For those of you with only one baby, just wait until you have another - time flies so much faster with the second I think!  I can't imagine how quickly it would go with a third or fourth...and NO, this is NOT in the works for us!

I feel like I included a huge mix of this month's pictures in my other posts, but here are a few that I didn't include and some from our monthly "photo session" this morning.

 When he can't reach something he wants, he has started climbing to get it.

 Walking...we're so close!

Sharing a popsicle with Logan

 Just cute!

The theme of the month was SWIMMING...and lots of it!

11 months old!