11 months

Fe turned 11 months today! We're just one month away from her first birthday. I won't get all sentimental yet, but yikes! I can't believe we're already here.

(Please excuse the red, chapped cheeks. This winter storm has done a number on her sweet baby skin.)

• No wellness check-ups this month so I don't have official weight/height, but when we took her to the pediatric after hours clinic they weighed her (with her shoes and clothes on) and she was 20 lbs. 4 oz. She is definitely slimming up.
• Size 12 months clothes and size 3 diapers...I'm thinking by the summer she'll be wearing 18 months.
• She's still nursing four times a day and sleeping 11-12 hours at night. I'm planning to wean her at a year.
• Her naps have changed a bit and I'm still working on adapting, but in an ideal world she goes down for naps at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and sleeps for two hours each. The afternoon nap is usually shorter though.
• Felicity's hobbies include:
• Waving: This is her absolute favorite thing. It takes us forever in the grocery store because she just sits in the buggy waving at every single person, so of course they stop. If you don't see her, she will just keep waving until you notice her...and if she really likes you, you might get a double wave with both hands. Anytime she leaves a room or you leave a room - you get a wave.
• Dancing: Fe is a little dancing queen. Anytime any music comes on, particularly commercial jingles, she gets a huge smile on her face and starts-a-moving. If she's standing, those little legs start bending and she bounces up and down. If she's sitting down, she's starts twisting at her waist and waves her hands in the air. I love it!
• Sharing: Anything she has, she will give to you...and then promptly want back. She also likes to share her food and expects you to eat it.
• Playing pretend: She loves to pick up invisible things and hand them to you. She will wait patiently until you take it from her and pretend to eat it. And she has really started loving on her baby doll Honey gave her for Christmas. (See post below.) It is precious.
• One not-so-fun thing we are dealing with at this age is separation anxiety. We've been paged once from the nursery at church and some babysitting sessions have not gone so well. Hopefully this will pass soon, but for now she really prefers mommy and daddy...lots of "clingyness" going on at our house.
• Lici is still eating good, but getting a little pickier. She basically eats whatever we're eating now, just cut up into smaller pieces. She will pick through what is on her tray and throw whatever she doesn't want/like on the floor. I refuse to have a picky eater, so I'm determined to feed her a wide variety of foods to develop her taste buds. 
• She's not walking yet, but on Thurs., Jan. 27 (for my records) she took her first steps!! It was so exciting. Justin and I practice with her and try to entice her to walk, but she's still happy cruising around holding onto the furniture. She will take a few steps now and then...it's only a matter of time. She finally figured out how to use the little car we gave her for Christmas to stand behind and walk. She is so proud of herself walking down the hall waving bye bye.
• Hands down her favorite word is "dada"...she probably says this hundreds of times each day. Other faves include "mama" and "yaya".

We love you little lady!