11 months…OH My!!!

I can’t believe next month Amelia will be a year, how time flies!!! No more baby all little girl. I have found that in the last couple months Amelia has really developed a personality, she is such a ham and very devilish. She loves getting attention and flirts with everyone when we are out shopping, she likes starting people down till they look at her then smiling and then hiding her face in my neck and pecking out smiling. She understands a lot and if you say “no” she looks and either scrunches her face in protest or turn and smiles and tries to do it again. She knows “fishies” , I give her those fish crackers for a snack every once and awhile and if I ask her if she wants some fish she will do the high speed crawl over and then stand at my legs till I give her her fish. She has started saying cat this month, well “TAT”. Amelia loves harassing Maisy, poor Maise doesn’t want to have anything to do with Amelia and usually makes a quick exit. Dexter is staved for attention and will flop right in front of Amelia and she will ignore him. She does like harassing Dex when he is asleep, she usually starts by tapping him and petting him abit then it quickly turns to pulling his legs or trying to lie on him (this is when he takes off). In the last couple months Amelia has developed a deep love for her blanket, it now has to come everywhere with us when there is sleeping involved. She likes to chew on the corners and feel the satin edge, very cute to watch but abit troublesome if I forget to bring it, eep. This month Meals has become more comfortable standing on her own and she is also getting much better at walking. She walks quite comfortably if we hold her hands and will even walk if I just hold the straps on her overalls but as soon as she feels you let go she sits down. Ah well all in time. She is still holding strong at 4 teeth, the two ups are really out now, no sign of any others yet. She is still sleeping very well and rarely give is a fuss except when we are in an unfamiliar place. She will got down for naps anywhere but going to bed at night in a playpen results in a couple major meltdowns before one of us gives in (right now our record stands at about 50/50). This month she has been waking up earlier in the morning which I am finding a bit rough. I have now got into the habit of going to get her then bring her and her blanket back to bed with me and we both lay and nap for abit before she has had enough and I get climbed on. At first I didn’t bring her blanket with us and she never napped it was just playtime but since I sorted this blanket thing out we both get abit of a sleep in. She is still eating well but she is getting more particular and at times she puts up quite a fuss if she isn’t the mood for what I am feeding her. She has now discovered she can take the food out of her mouth and on a couple occasions she has pulled food out of her mouth with her fingers, bah!!! Oh well she doesn’t do it very often. She other favorite trick if she isn’t impressed with me is wiping the inside of her mouth with her sleeve, BAH!!! That one really drives me nuts.

Amelia Helen Reitsma - 11 Months

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