11 Months Old!!

One more month to go before little Miss is 1 year old. Where oh where has the time gone? I am always amazed at how quickly our time with Lucy has flown by. She is such a big girl these days. We went to the doctor on Friday for some vaccines and here is how she measured up: 18 lbs 11 oz (25th percentile) and 29.5 inches long (75th percentile). The doctor was very very pleased with her health and development. I have been worrying about the amount of formula that she takes, but the doctor made me feel better about it. She is not wanting to drink much milk any more - not out of a bottle or out of a sippy cup. It is frustrating. I know she needs more milk, but when she decides she doesn't want it, there is no chance that she is going to take it. We are going to start slowly incorporating whole milk mixed with her soy formula to see how she responds. Hopefully she will do fine and we can get her off of the soy. Here are the fun things that Lucy does at 11 months:

-Very close to walking. Only needs one finger to walk assisted and will take 3-4 steps on her own. If she would slow down and not try to run, she would be able to walk now I think. She is the fastest little crawler around.
-Thinks that if she is squating she is hiding. Expects us to say, "Where's Lucy?" and she will pop up with a huge smile. It is really funny. She has been doing this for quite some time now.
-Eats lots of people food now. Loves fruit and crackers the most. If we give her any kind of meat, she will gum it for 15 minutes before she finally swallows one bite. Needless to say, she doesn't get much meat.
-Loves to dance to music, claps, and waves to everyone.
-Is so much more social than she used to be. Still reserved with strangers, but much much less so than she used to be.
-Still only has 4 teeth. More are close. We brush her teeth.
-Loves to be held, especially in her Hotsling.
-Says mama, dada, nah nah (which I think is her trying to say No No), ba ba, and a lot of other jibberish.
-Sings all of the time.
-If I ask her where mama's nose, mouth or eyes are, she points to them. She doesn't do this all of the time. In fact, she will do it perfectly when I am rocking her and she is supposed to be going to sleep, but she gets a little shy sometimes in front of others. She knows them all though. I can't get her to point to her own yet.
-Still naps twice a day for about 1 hour and 15 minutes each. She sleeps through the night and is usually up around 8 or 8:15 in the morning.
-We work on signing with her, but she is not real interested. Of course, I should be doing it much more with her. She will do a clap motion for more, which is close. She will make the milk sign, but not usually when milk is actually around. Again, I need to put more effort into this.
-She is so easy going and happy almost all of the time. She is such a blessing.

Here are some pictures from today and a video of her with her walker. Enjoy.

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