December 5th was Lydia’s eleven month birthday!  Happy birthday, my sweet girl!

I know it’s only three days until she’s one year old, but just for a minute, pretend I was an on-top-of-things mother and that it is still the first week of December.  Okay?  Oh, and just to make myself feel a tiny bit better, I’ll mention that these photos were taken around her 11 month birthday.

Eleven months old, oh where does the time go?  Lydia’s current mode of transportation is a combination of army crawling, hands and knees crawling and cruising around holding onto things.  She definitely seems interested in walking, but has not yet gathered the courage to let go of her supports.

Her favorite activities continue to include taking baths (you should see her, she thinks she’s a fish!), eating (doesn’t seem to matter what it is as long as it’s easy to chew) and getting into Alethea’s stuff.  We also enjoy lots of hugs and kisses and her repertoire of goofy faces that she uses to get our attention and make us laugh.

Physically, we can tell that she is continuing to grow since she is wearing almost all 12 month clothes and even some 18 month tops.  She’s also getting more hair and has this random one that is always standing up on the back of her head.  We are still waiting for her last two bottom teeth to poke through.  She drools a lot and it seems like she’s always chewing on stuff, but there is still no sign of them.

The other notable thing that has happened this month is that Lydia’s vocabulary has expanded from just ‘all done’ to include ‘mama’, ‘dada’ and ‘nigh-nigh’ (night-night) as well.  She responds to her name when called and will shake her head from side to side if you tell her something is a ‘no-no’.

We are enjoying our eleven month old while we can because we know that her first Christmas is just around the corner and right after that comes her birthday!  Love you so much, Lydia Grace!