11 months

Well....our sweet Jillian is 11 months old! Only 1 short month away from one year!! I can't believe it. She is pure joy and a bundle of sweet sweet sugar! She has done a lot this past month and she is quickly becoming a toddler and less of a little baby.




Here are some new things about Jillian this month:

* She crawls, pulls up and cruises around furniture with ease.

*She now bends down to pick things up and can stand by herself not holding on to anything!(when she wants to)

*Has dropped 2 feedings, so she just nurses in the morning and at night. She flat refuses any bottle now, so now we give her real milk in a sippy and more food during the day and she loves it!!

*She only wants table food now. She will eat some baby food, but she really wants the "big girl stuff".

*New signs this month: bath, hat, milk

*claps her hands!!!! She LOVES to clap and gets excited when you sing "pat-a-cake" or "If you're happy and you know it...." She claps right along with you!

*can show you her tongue when you ask her to and we are working on "nose"

*Loves being outside!

*says dog, dada and mama. She also says "ssss" for her Sophie the giraffe toy.

*she is learning how to blow kisses! Too cute! She loves to give kisses to her baby dolls!

*will not keep anything on her head...no bows or hats! I did put her hair up in a little rubber band and she tolerated that well.

*she loves playing with the play kitchen upstairs (mostly, throwing all the play food off!)

* pretends to talk on the phone (she holds the phone to her ear)

* she is very interested in doors and goes to each door and pushes it to try to open it! She loves it when the door actually opens!

*climbs the stairs like a pro and is working on "bumping" down the stairs.

We love our little Jilly bean!